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Rumour: The next Nexus phone could possibly only be a minor upgrade on the Galaxy Nexus
Ahh, I love this time of year. The rumour mill for the next Nexus phone from Google is starting to ramp up and here we go, SamMobile.com is advising that the next Nexus phone we see will be from Samsung and be only a minor iterative upgrade from the Galaxy Nexus(GT-i9250) and more along the [...]
Redeemable Gift Cards for Google Play Store coming Soon?
Looks like something that has been long asked for in the Google Play/Android Market may finally be coming to fruition. Issue 7818 – Implement Gifts within Android Market has been around in the Google Code database since April 2010 and been starred 629 times so far and it looks like Android Police who has done [...]
Renders of what could be Sony’s new tablet hit the web
Renders of what could possibly be Sony’s next Android tablet have leaked on to the internet thanks to a user on XDA-Developers. This new design is riffing off of the Tablet S but Sony have removed the wedge design in favour of a more flat overall look. According the post on XDA, the tablet will [...]
Jelly Bean rumours for SGS II, SGS III, Note and Note 2
There hasn’t been much official word on any types of updates for the most popular phones that Samsung has sold in the last year, we’ve seen insane profits reported for the last quarter by Samsung and sales figures for the Galaxy S II and III seem pretty fantastic and the surprise hit the Galaxy Note [...]
Rumour file: Crazy Johns store closures
From time to time, we post things that don’t immediately relate to Android. We received this tip, thought it a little odd, and so decided we’d look into it a bit further, and share it for your consideration. Crazy Johns, part of the VHA (Vodafone Hutchison Australia) group, is closing some stores in New South [...]
HTC One S launching July 1st on Virgin Mobile’s Big Plan 39?
We’ve received a tip-off from persons familiar with the matter suggesting that the HTC One S will be launching on Virgin Mobile come July 1st. While the idea of a launch on Virgin is completely plausible, a Sunday launch date isn’t. Perhaps we’ll see it launch during the week of July 1st instead. Our source [...]
Google’s Nexus 7 tablet leaked, expected to launch locally in July
The awesome team at Gizmodo Australia have come across a training document for Google’s upcoming Nexus 7 tablet which is to be manufactured by ASUS and announced at Google IO later this week. Before we even get into the specs, Giz reports that the Nexus 7 will launch here in Australia in July — a [...]
Rumour: Nexus Tablets already shipping ready for Google I/O Launch
Hardly surprising, leading into Google I/O at the end of July there’s the usual rumour mill circulating about what’s going to get released. The most exciting and plausible of these rumours is the Google Nexus 7 Tablet. Let’s be honest, it makes sense! The attendee’s at I/O usually get a gift of some sort from [...]
VLC about to launch on Android shortly?
The VideoLan Twitter account just posted the tweet above, indicating that an official VLC Port for Android may be on it’s way soon. The Android page on the VLC website currently lists the status for the Android app as ‘VLC for Android is in development. Come later for more information’. Currently there are unofficial Alpha [...]
Telstra to release the Sony Xperia P on 26 June
Courtesy of our good friend Secret Squirrel we can confirm that the Sony Xperia P will be coming to Telstra at the end of June, the 26th of June to be exact. The Xperia P is the baby brother of the Xperia S with a 4″ QHD (960×540) screen, 8MP camera and 1GHz dual core [...]
Samsung Galaxy S III – 32gb variant available in store, and so’s pebble blue
We’ve received a few tips today indicating that the Galaxy S III is now available in its 32gb variant, and not only this – but in the much sought-after Pebble Blue colour. We’ve received tips from well placed sources indicating that Vodafone currently has them in stock across its store network, with Optus and Telstra [...]
Rumour: Optus has the 32GB Samsung Galaxy S III in stock!
If you’re and Optus customer and looking to upgrade, now might be a good time! One of our very reliable sources of info from inside the inner sanctum at Optus tells me that existing customers can now order the 32GB version of the Samsung Galaxy SIII from the carrier, but this is not yet being [...]
Rumour : Galaxy Note II coming this October
After they announced recently that they have sold over 7 million Galaxy Note handsets, Samsung must be feeling pretty good about themselves and looking towards what they can do in terms of offering a successor, to that end UbuntuLife are reporting that Samsung are looking at launching one in October. The newer model will sport [...]