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HTC says aggressive multitasking on the One X is perfectly normal

Buzz Moody — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:09:30 +0000

If you own a HTC One X and have experience irregular multitasking (ie. apps being killed when you switch to another app) you’re not alone. The One X community is up-in-arms at HTC as to why it is happening and if there’s a “fix” coming for it. Turns out HTC think it’s perfectly normal behaviour, but will look into people’s complaints to see if they can improve it.

An obvious reason behind the One X (or Sense UI) killing some apps as they are pushed into the background is to save battery life — if there’s nothing to run in…

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Samsung Australia to hold Galaxy S III launch event on May 31

Buzz Moody — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:37:53 +0000

The great team over at PC World Australia are reporting that Samsung Australia has sent out invites to the media for a launch event happening on May 31st. What might that event be for, you ask? Well I think this blanket statement from Samsung Aus sums it up nicely:

“Samsung Electronics Australia is pleased there is continued interest about our GALAXY range in Australia, but we have no plans to make any announcements at this time.”

We totally believe you, Samsung. Why on earth would want to launch the successor to the most successful Android phone to date — the Galaxy…

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Google I/O 2012 Schedule released

Daniel Tyson — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:11:49 +0000

Whilst no-one I know will be attending Google IO in person -Hint: Google Australia the Ausdroid crew’s bags are packed and ready to go at any stage. The sessions held are usually very interesting, whilst IO doesn`t just cover Android, it usually shows features that Google wants to concentrate on in depth over the next year. Google does kindly stream the events so you can catch up on either YouTube or possibly on Google+ either whilst the sessions are held or shortly thereafter.

Looking through the schedule I`ll certainly be tuning in for the ‘What’s new in Android’ on…

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HTC Sensation, XL and XE set to receive ICS Update from Vodafone

Daniel Tyson — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:44:42 +0000

Vodafone has announced on their blog that the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Sensation, Sensation XE and Sensation XL is going to be rolling out to handsets from the 22nd of May which will take the handsets from Android 2.3.4 for the Sensation and Sensation XE and 2.3.5 for the Sensation XL to Android 4.0.3.

Roll-out scheduled for 12:00PM, 22nd May 2012; keep an eye on our blog for further information.

Good to see this handset finally get the update, it seems it’s pouring for updates for fairly recent handsets at the moment.…

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Google to expand Nexus program to multiple OEMs

Daniel Tyson — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:34:32 +0000

One of the things that Android and Google both cop flack over is the speed at which updates to the Android OS filter out to both new phones and as updates to older devices. One of the reasons specified previously by OEMs has been the fact that they don’t receive access to the source code for the latest update until Google releases their latest Nexus device which also signals the dump of the latest code to AOSP(Android Open Source Project). To remedy this it appear that Google will be partnering with many OEMs from the OHA(Open Handset Alliance) to…

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Samsung Galaxy S III manual leaked

Daniel Tyson — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:13:05 +0000

You`ve pre-ordered the Galaxy S III but can’t wait the 2 weeks till importers start shipping out the Galaxy S III to get your fix? Well how about you get a head start on reading up on your new toy and download the manual which has been found on-line at Samsung. You can start reading up on S Voice, S Planner, S Memo, S Suggest and S Beam and all the other features that Samsung has baked into their latest flagship by downloading the 181 page PDF from Samsung at the source.

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ASUS now offering Transformer Pad (TF-300T) in Australia

Daniel Tyson — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:00:27 +0000

Asus has put up a product page for the TF-300T Transformer Pad on their Australian website, the tablet has yet to show up in stores or online yet but their Facebook page lists the 32GB version being priced at $499 sans keyboard dock or $599 with the Keyboard dock and the tablet will be available at major retailers and resellers from next week.

The slightly scaled down version of the Transformer Prime(TF-201) runs Ice-Cream Sandwich and still packs the same Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-Core(Plus One) CPU but scaled it down to 1.2GHz compared to the 1.3GHz on the Transformer Prime.…

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Ice Cream Sandwich update for HTC Sensation on Telstra delayed due to issues found in testing

Buzz Moody — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:11:42 +0000

Although the HTC Sensation on Telstra was expected to be updated to Ice Cream Sandwich sometime this month, it was then pushed back to later this month / early June. Now the latest news from Telstra suggests an even later roll-out in June. Why? Well it seems as though issues were found in the update by Telstra and now HTC are working to rectify the identified issues and send a new update to Telstra for internal testing. If Telstra’s update testing process is anything like Vodafone’s –which was explained on our podcast — then it’s possible the update…

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Ausdroid Podcast 032 — Live Stream tonight 8:30PM AEST

Buzz Moody — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:55:39 +0000

Tonight ladies and gentlemen, we welcome you to join in the relaxed banter that is the Ausdroid Podcast. Not a lot happened this week, so we’re going to take it easy and talk about anything and everything that interests us as Android lovers, and as people of the universe. Anything you want us to chat about, join in the chat or leave a comment below. Cya in ~30 mins!

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MobiCity now selling the HTC One XL, beats Telstra at their own game

Buzz Moody — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:35:28 +0000

While Telstra might have delayed the launch of the HTC One XL until sometime in June, MobiCity have beaten them at their own game by offering the device for purchase right now. The HTC One XL comes in black and works on all Australian 3G networks, but most importantly it works on Testra 4G LTE network on 1800MHz. The main difference between the One XL and the One X is the inclusion of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 Dual-Core CPU which can certainly hold its own against the Quad-Core Tegra 3 in the One X as it is built on a smaller…

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Ausdroid Podcast 31 – All Your Cats Are Belong To Us – 08/05/2012

Lucas Burnett — Sun, 13 May 2012 10:52:43 +0000

THat’s right everyone, All Your Cats Are Belong To Us. It’ crazy and this is exactly how this episode was. It’s was crazy awesome or crawesome as we here at Ausdroid call it…… ok we don’t, only I do. Anyways, we covered a bit in this episode and the hot topic was the newly announced Samsung Galaxy S 3. It gets a grilling and also a praising. If you want to hear what we had to see, Hit the break for the rundown.

Hosts: Lucas Burnett, Daniel Tyson, Matt Booth, Phil Tann and …

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Samsung explains its decision to use PenTile AMOLED on the Galaxy S III, says it increases lifespan

Buzz Moody — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:27:48 +0000

A lot of people were annoyed by Samsung’s choice to use PenTile Matrix in the Galaxy S III‘s display, however, Samsung have come to defend their choice saying that it increases the lifespan of the AMOLED display. Sammy says that AMOLED screens degrade quickly over time, so with PenTile they can reduce the effects of degradation; something RGB cannot do.

With PenTile, Samsung says it can have the display function perfectly and still look as vibrant in 3 years time — not that you’ll hold onto the Galaxy S III for 3 years, anyway. Then again, this could all be…

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Telstra’s HTC One XL may have been delayed until the middle of June

Buzz Moody — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:13:40 +0000

Take this with a huge grain of salt, but we’ve been hearing from a few people — and it’s been posted on Telstra’s own community forums — that the HTC One XL for Telstra may have been delayed until the middle of June (next month). We’ve heard no definitive reason for the delay, but it has been widely speculated that the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chip powering the device has been in short supply. That would make sense as to why the One XL has only been launched in major markets such as North America (AT&T in…

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