Ausdroid
Telstra articles
HTC One XL — Review
HTC has upped its game from the One X to the LTE-enabled One XL and it’s worth every cent. The HTC One XL isn’t a design we’ve never seen before; it’s the HTC One X with a few tweaks. Well, by “tweaks”, we mean some pretty awesome under-the-hood changes. It picks up where the One [...]
Samsung Australia support site confirms Galaxy S III for Vodafone, Optus, and possibly a 4G version for Telstra
Well how about this. Our own Matty Booth pointed out to me that on Samsung’s support site it lists versions of the Galaxy S III that are going to launch. Lo and behold there are versions for Vodafone (VAU), Optus (OPS) and a few versions for Telstra (TEL). The GT-i9300 is just the basic Galaxy [...]
Ice Cream Sandwich update for HTC Sensation on Telstra delayed due to issues found in testing
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 [...]
MobiCity now selling the HTC One XL, beats Telstra at their own game
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 [...]
Telstra’s HTC One XL may have been delayed until the middle of June
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 [...]
Getting the Samsung Galaxy S III in Australia
The amount of hype that has built up around the Galaxy S III launch has been pretty big, I’ve had a number of people who have shown no interest in mobile phones previously asking me what the Galaxy S III would have hardware wise. So this morning, I was kind of expecting to see a [...]
Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich update now rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy S II on Telstra
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 [...]
Confirmed: Samsung Galaxy Note launching on Telstra come April 24th, $0 on $99, $864 outright
It turns out the previous speculated release date of the Samsung Galaxy Note was wrong, but close. We’ve got solid sources that have just given us the release date of April 24th, as well as pricing: $20 on $59 $10 on $79 $0 on $99 $0 on $129 Outright: $864 As we assumed, you will [...]
Mobile FOXTEL now available for download on the Play Store for Telstra users only
Being a Telstra user myself, I have dabbled in the crud that is Mobile FOXTEL, and today when checking out what Telstra recommends on the Play Store, I found that Foxtel MOBILE is now available for download. Before now it has only been available pre-installed on some devices, or you could download it from an [...]
How to root the HTC One X
Looking to root your brand new HTC One X that you just purchased from Optus, Vodafone, Crazy John’s, Virgin or outright from somewhere? Well you’re in luck. Paul at MoDaCo has released a method to root your brand new device, and it’s fairly simple and straightforward. We’re going to tell you right now we take [...]
27 March: Samsung Galaxy S II 4G launching on Telstra
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 the former Galaxy S II, the 4G iteration offers: [...]
HTC One S, Motorola Atrix 2 on their way to Telstra
A friendly tipster has sent us in this screenshot of Telstra’s internal documentation. Within the documentation is a list of phones that have been put into Siebel (Telstra’s sales system) but cannot be sold yet, which means they’re confirmed to be launching at some point in the future — the Samsung Galaxy Note is a [...]
Editorial: Where is my Ice Cream Sandwich?
“When will ICS be available for my device?” – It’s a question most of us have been asking each other — and our carriers — ever since Ice Cream Sandwich was announced by Google on the 19th of October last year. The wait for a software update seems to take excruciatingly long since the update [...]