Samsung articles
January 18, 2013
Telstra have today launched the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 4G onto their network following Optus’s launch in December. The Note 10.1 4G starts off at $53/mo on Telstra’s lowest tier plan which includes 1GB of data a month, all the way up to $108/mo for 15GB of data. It’s a fairly expensive deal to sign [...]
January 17, 2013
A tip off from an Ausdroid reader Michael who has advised that the Jelly Bean update has arrived for his unbranded Samsung Galaxy S III which he purchased outright from Dick Smith Electronics. The I9300XXELLA Android 4.1.2 update is available for your handest via KIES. Whilst Samsung has not released a changelog for the update, [...]
January 17, 2013
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 [...]
January 10, 2013
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 [...]
January 10, 2013
At a second press announcement overnight at CES, Samsung has announced a new 8-core CPU the Exynos 5 Octa, a CPU which uses ARMs big.LITTLE processing technology. big.LITTLE processing offers better power efficiency to extend battery life by what ARM claims is up to 70%, they also claim this gives better performance. To do this [...]
January 9, 2013
Hello fellow Melbournians! Did you know that Samsung is bringing a store to Melbourne, so it’s not just those pesky peeps up in Sydney having all the fun? Well neither did I until this afternoon. Gizmodo Australia has uncovered that Samsung are opening a store at Highpoint Shopping Centre that’s expected to open in mid-March. [...]
January 5, 2013
Well, it’s that time, we have our Nexus -well it’s been released anyway even if most people can’t actually get their hands on it, so that must mean it’s time for the rumours to start on the other big name device in the Android world the Samsung Galaxy S IV. Overnight, SamMobile have posted a [...]
December 21, 2012
Update: Another reader, acceler8er has informed us that his “unbranded” SGSIII has also received the JB update. One of our readers, Matthew Cranley has just made us aware that the SGSIII phones on the Virgin Network are starting to receive Jellybean, 4.1.2. This update has been long awaited for most SGSIII owners, and it will [...]
December 21, 2012
Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen a few “bare bones” mobile service providers come up. Offering cost effective plans as “Sim Only” or “BYO Phone” deals, which are great if you purchase your handsets outright, or you have recently had a plan expire, and you’re happy with your handset. But what if you’re [...]
December 21, 2012
Earlier this week, it was discovered that the kernel for various popular Samsung devices, such as the Galaxy Note II and the Galaxy S III contained a security hole that exposed owners of affected devices to malicious code that could take complete control of the phone. It wasn’t long before xda-developers were on the case, [...]
December 20, 2012
Telstra started selling the Samsung Galaxy Note II on their online store this morning. The ‘tweener’ device which was due to go on-sale on Boxing Day has come as an early Christmas present to those who were wanting to get the phone on the Telstra Network. The Note II is available in Black or Silver [...]
December 19, 2012
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 [...]
December 19, 2012
Samsung loves their Galaxy line and they’ve just added another one called the Galaxy Grand. Running the latest iteration of the TouchWiz UI which includes all the usual Touchwiz enhancements such as: S Voice, Multi-Window, AllShare Play, Direct Call, Smart Alert, Popup Play and Software, Social and Music Hubs. The Grand comes with a 5″ [...]






























