Here we go again: another phone from Samsung brings another claim of patent infringement from Apple. While the issue Apple has with the Galaxy S4 is essentially the same as they had with the Samsung Galaxy S III and only required an amendment to the existing claim, this amasses a total of 5 direct patent [...]

Samsung has so far had a pretty decent track record with keeping all their older models of the Galaxy S line up to date and it appears that the Galaxy S III is about to get some love. A very early pre-release Android 4.2.2 firmware for the Samsung Galaxy S III has surfaced and it [...]

CyanogenMod – possibly the most popular third party ROM for Android – has made a release candidate of their newest offering available. CyanogenMod 10.1 is based on Android Jelly Bean 4.2 and is currently said to support just over 40 devices – as you’d expect, this includes mainstream Samsung devices, various Nexus devices, and a [...]

Android Jelly Bean 4.2.1 for the Galaxy S III is still under internal testing by Samsung, but as is often the case, it has leaked it’s way into the big wide world of the internet. Thanks to SamMobile, Android 4.2.1 has been made available to the public, even though the official release isn’t expected until [...]

Since the announcement of Android 4.2 which brough Miracast capability to the new Nexus flagship phone the Nexus 4, a working Miracast display adapter which you can plug into your existing TV has been the holy grail of Nexus 4 owners all over the world. The PTV3000 was originally seen as having Miracast support, however [...]

Ausdroid reader Anthrox has given us the heads-up that he received a Jelly Bean 4.1.2 update for his 3G Galaxy S III today. The handset update table from Telstra’s Crowd Support page initially read “Scheduled to begin staged deployment at 2:00 PM AEDT 4th February” but the update was pulled at the last minute, and it seems [...]

Thanks to a number of tipsters who’ve contacted us, it appears that both Optus and Vodafone are rolling out the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update to their handsets now. From what I can tell the update is going out as an OTA update but can also be upgraded via Kies as well if you so [...]

Droidax are at it again with a new, slimmer EzyCover wireless charging accessory for the Galaxy SIII. I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m a big fan of Droidax and their accessories, but this type of device accessory is exactly why I love their work. I reviewed the Droidax EzyCharge a while back, [...]

You may have heard of a little family of devices from Samsung called the “Galaxy S” range. Well, apparently they’re pretty popular, with Samsung shipping over 100 million Galaxy S units in total. Other cool numbers from Samsung include selling 190,000 Galaxy S IIIs each day, and 40 million Galaxy S II and Galaxy S [...]

I just started using a Fitbit, I`m late to the so-called fitness device game but I received a Fitbit Aria scale for Christmas and thought it was a pretty cool concept and decided to get further into it so I went and grabbed a Fitbit Zip from DSE. Overall, I love the device and the [...]

This was a big week for Android updates, with all three carriers releasing Android 4.1 updates to their flagship Android phones — the HTC One X and the Samsung Galaxy S III. But often, these updates are rolled out progressively and you may have to wait a couple of weeks for the update to reach [...]

Looks like Telstra Samsung Galaxy S III owners are being prompted to download the Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ update on their handsets Over The Air(OTA) right now. Reports are coming in of users being prompted to download and install the 295MB update. Update : More details have been made available over at the Crowd Support [...]

The other day the Optus Update page advised that the Jelly Bean update for the Samsung Galaxy S III had been approved and was awaiting distribution by Samsung, well it appears that this rollout has now begun with many users tweeting us to advise they have received the update on their phones. The update takes [...]