It was my first attempt at hosting the Ausdroid Podcast, and I think it went down pretty nicely: take a listen for yourself. We were lucky enough to be joined by Kieran McIlwain, Vodafone's Device Introduction Specialist, to talk about the Android OS update process for devices on their network. Oh, we also did some speculation about the Galaxy Continue reading...

With Samsung letting the cat out of the bag in the form of the Samsung Galaxy S III -- the successor to the Galaxy S II -- we thought it would only be fair to compare it to two other recently released devices -- the HTC One X and Sony Xperia S -- as well as the Galaxy Nexus and the Continue reading...

Vodafone has just tweeted an update advising that owners of the Samsung Galaxy S II from either 3 or Vodafone should start to see the Ice Cream Sandwich update available via FOTA(Firmware Over The Air) for their phone from midday tomorrow(May 2nd). The upgrade will be to Android 4.0.3 and as well as bug fixes Continue reading...

Work in a tough job that would require your Samsung Galaxy S II or Nexus S to be thoroughly protected? Well this is the giveaway for you. Thanks to Ballistic Cases Australia we're able to give away the cases they gave to us to review. To enter, all you need to do is leave us a comment on Continue reading...

Vodafone have confirmed via their blog that they have given final approval for the Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich update. This means that the update is now ready to be pushed out to devices by Samsung very, very soon. The date has not yet been confirm by Vodafone, however, it Continue reading...

More Samsung news, yay! From all the people sending us emails, tweets and various other forms of communication, we can confirm that the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich update is ready to be applied to your Samsung Galaxy S II from Telstra. The update doesn't appear to be available for download over-the-air, so you'll need to connect your Galaxy S Continue reading...

We've just seen the Android 4.0.3 update for the generic (unbranded / carrier-free) Samsung Galaxy S II get pushed to Samsung Kies. So if you're willing to get your update on, download Kies (if you haven't already) and connected your device and start the download process. Continue reading...

While the initial Android 4.0.3 "Ice Cream Sandwich" update for the Samsung Galaxy S II on Optus may have only been for a select amount of users, going by the amount of people telling up Ice Cream Sandwich is now available for them, we can confirm it's now available for everyone. To update your device you will Continue reading...

Week 2 of our giveaways and we've got an extended battery for the Samsung Galaxy S II. It's from Mugen Power, and at the time I received it, it was worth $100. Now you can get it yourself for the low, low price of $0.00 including postage. It's a 3200mAh battery, so it will turn your device into somewhat of Continue reading...

Samsung have just pushed the Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for the Galaxy S II on Optus to Kies. The update may be available for download over-the-air (let us know in the comments) or you can download it via Samsung Kies 2.0.

OPS = Australia (Optus) I9100XWLP4/I9100OPSLP4sammobile.com/kies

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As some of you may have known, I was the owner of a Samsung Galaxy S II and have now swapped to a Samsung Galaxy Nexus. In that transition I left behind a few accessories that I feel I should give away to you, the greatest readers in the world. The first of these giveaways are these two Samsung Galaxy Continue reading...

It has become somewhat of a routine that every fortnight Google will update the above graph (Platform Versions) with the percentages of how many devices are running each version of Android, and then technology blogs will rush to praise or criticise Google. The last update took place on March 5th, which means the next fortnightly update should have taken Continue reading...

Just a couple of weeks ago we heard rumours that the next iteration of the Samsung Galaxy S II was coming - in its 4G incarnation, on Telstra. We now have official confirmation from Telstra - it's launching tomorrow the 27th of March 2012. Compared to Continue reading...