Can't quite tear yourself away from your netbook totally? I bet you can now! Smartphones, Tablets, Phablets, Netbooks, Ultrabooks, Notebooks, PC's, Power PC's... There's a lot of ways to gain access to information and data nowadays. The question is which one is right for you? I know a lot of people like myself, who carry a smartphone, Tablet and a Continue reading...

NFC or Near Field Communication is something that first appeared on the Android landscape with the Nexus S back in November 2010 when the handset was launched and then was continued in the Nexus line up with the Galaxy Nexus. NFC capable phones like the HTC One X and the Xperia S have recently launched and there are several more slated Continue reading...

Samsung have begun the official teasers for the upcoming launch of what we're expecting to be the Samsung Galaxy S III -- the Galaxy S II's successor. Samsung have created a website that might appear to have a gibberish domain, but is in fact an anagram for "The Next Galaxy". Clever. The countdown isn't counting down to the May 3rd Continue reading...

Another day, another overstated and sensationalised security scare! I don't normally take too much notice of this sort of thing, but I've had a few emails asking me to investigate and report on the latest security scares for Android. This time round, the "scare" is based around an app that was written out of curiosity to see what an app Continue reading...

Just a day after announcing Project Glass, Google's co-founder, Sergey Brin, was spotted (and interviewed) at a charity event for the Foundation Fighting Blindness (ironically) sporting the HUD unit. In an interview with The Verge, Brin asked for people to give Google time to take a look at all the feedback they get before announcing anything concrete about a Continue reading...

Some time ago, I started doing an Android 101 series of posts that I have left sadly neglected recently. This time around I thought I would look at social networking apps. For most social networks there are a seemingly endless number of apps you can install on your device to access them, so which one is right Continue reading...

Deep within the secret labs of Google[x] a team of Googlers has been working on an augmented-reality assistant that comes in the form of a futuristic looking set of glasses, except it's not. But it is being called Project Glass. What we can see in the above photos that were released by Project Glass on Google Plus, is that the display Continue reading...

So you are probably all wondering where this weeks Podcast is? Well... It's been postponed until next week and baring all excuses in the world as to why, it's because we have some good news, great news in fact. We put it to you a while ago about the prospect of a weekly podcast and well we agree with Continue reading...

Apple have done it again! They've managed to get one of their broad reaching, non-specific patents upheld in court. But this time, if the trial goes in their favour it could mean more than just the inconvenience of a minor change to unlock screens. The patent I'm specifically referring to is the touchscreen heuristics that Apple have a very Continue reading...

I'll keep it short and sweet... If you have even the vaguest possibility of needing to edit MS Office docs, spreadsheets or Powerpoint shows while you're on the move go to the play store right now and buy this app! It's normally $14.99 but until tomorrow it's $2.87 The play store can do the sell job on you since they're not paying me Continue reading...

It's the time of year when all of the new devices announced at CES in January and MWC in February actually make it into consumers hands. So we're reaching out to you, to see what your next phone will be -- if you're upgrading, that is. There's a lot of cool stuff in the high-end and mid-range levels for Continue reading...

That's right, you can pre order your quad core goodness right now! A press release from Optus earlier today (which gave the wrong URL) has stated that if you pre order early enough, you can expect delivery on the 2nd of April. If you're holding out for some Quad Core action Continue reading...

Hello everybody and welcome to another fine episode of the Ausdroid Podcast. This episode is a special one, it's our 1st birthday episode and we only had two hosts, but that didn't stop us bringing you all that is Android around Australia and the World, including HTC's new shot at becoming relevant again, Samsung's dominating Galaxy Note and much Continue reading...