Mondays suck. That’s a real true fact. On the other hand, mobile phone deals are awesome. To help make your Monday a little bit better, here are four of the best mobile deals in Australia today. To start, Optus has an excellent deal on the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. If …
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Nokia 8.1 is on sale today at JB Hi-Fi for $699
After it was announced back in December 2018, HMD Global has today announced that the new Nokia 8.1 is on sale in Australia. The Nokia 8.1 has landed at JB HiFi and is on sale today for $699 RRP. What does it offer? The Nokia 8.1 is a genuine value …
Read More »Evleaks gives us an early look at the scary pricing for the Galaxy S10+
Evan Blass has given us a look at the potential pricing for the Samsung Galaxy S10+, one of the phones expected to be officially announced in the early hours of Thursday. That's about $1,500. pic.twitter.com/5BIDyeegAf — Evan Blass (@evleaks) February 17, 2019 The pricing works out to just shy of …
Read More »Preserving photographic memories with the Epson FastFoto photo scanner and Google Photos
Over my Christmas holiday, I set myself a goal: get all of my parents’ photographs into digital form and upload them to Google Photos. Normally, this is something that might be considered biting off more than I can chew, but I had a secret weapon – Epson’s FastFoto 680W scanner. …
Read More »Nokia 7.1 — Australian Review
HMD Global’s first couple of years as custodians of the Nokia mobile phone brand saw a surprising and welcome variety of phones released to the market at ambitious price points. Their solid product focus and the Nokia heritage reestablished the brand at retail and in consumer’s minds as a go-to …
Read More »Here’s some high res renders of Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active, and wireless earbuds Galaxy Buds
With Samsung’s Unpacked around the corner, you might mistake Ausdroid for Samdroid or Aussung, with the volume of Samsung news that just keeps appearing every day. Fortunately, it’s almost over, and we’ve got some high-res renders of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Watch Active and Samsung Galaxy Buds for your delectation. …
Read More »OPPO will not release an R19 this year… does this mean the R series is dead?
In 2018 OPPO released not just one but two R series phones, the R15 and the R17. Next in line would of course be the R19 but according to OPPO’s Vice President Shen Piren they will not be releasing the R19 phone this year. On his Weibo account Mr Shen …
Read More »Enough renders. Here’s Samsung’s Galaxy S10+ spotted in the wild
Samsung renders in the weeks before a launch event are like the calm before the storm; inevitable, and ever present. What we don’t often see much before a launch, though, is actual devices and today we’re in for a treat. With every aspect of the upcoming Galaxy S10 range leaked, …
Read More »Galaxy Note 9 Users – February 2019 security patch is coming around now
Not all that long ago, Samsung spoke of its desire to do better with software updates, and if 2019 (so far) is anything to go by, the South Korean company is keeping true to its word. Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 is receiving the February 2019 security updates in eastern Europe …
Read More »Samsung’s ‘Over the Horizon’ theme celebrates 10 years with a new ocean inspired theme for 2019
Yes, it’s hard to believe that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S10 will celebrate 10 years since Samsung launched the first Galaxy S smartphone. To help celebrate this decade milestone, Samsung have released a new ocean-inspired version of the ‘Over the Horizon’ theme song, which came installed on the first Galaxy …
Read More »10 years on, what was your first Android phone?
As you may have read today is the tenth anniversary of the release of the HTC Dream into Australia. To celebrate we thought we’d ask you, our readers, what your first Android phone was and what your Android Journey has been since then. For me the start was the T-mobile …
Read More »Samsung leaks their entire 2019 wearable line via their Gear app
With multiple wearable and phone leaks leading up to Samsung’s Unpacked event next week, we thought we were done. However, today’s leak comes from Samsung itself. Thanks to an update to the Samsung Galaxy Wearable app yesterday we’ve got our first official glimpse and confirmation of what’s in the 2019 line …
Read More »Philips Hue Lights Now Work Better After Power Cut, if Connected to v2 Hue Bridge
Several months ago George Yianni (Founder and Head of Technology at Philips Hue) promised at the IFA 2018 electronics industry conference “no more power cuts waking you up at night” due to all your Hue lights turning on at max brightness when power was restored. Hue promised that all their …
Read More »Happy Australian Birthday to Google’s Android as today marks 10 years since the HTC Dream release
Ten years ago today Optus launched Australia’s first Android phone, the HTC Dream after its success in the US as the T-Mobile G1. Since then, Android has taken the country by storm with much success in many areas. So much so that Android now outsells the iPhone in Australia. In …
Read More »Samsung buck the trend, announcing a new Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab S5e
You’d forgive us all for thinking Android tablets were dead. We’ve seen few released recently, and far fewer that were any good. However, it seems someone forgot to tell Samsung. Overnight, Samsung released a tablet that looks the goods – something no other manufacturer has been able to do for …
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