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Every year, there’s a lot of sport between ANZAC Day and the following weekend, and this year is no different. Many of us Australians are sports mad, and beginning with an AFL match on Wednesday night Telstra customers can enjoy up to 2,300 minutes of sport live. This weekend (which …

For many Australians ANZAC Day is a solemn and sacrosanct day. ANZAC day commemorates the anniversary of Australia’s first major military action during the First World War. It is also an opportunity to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of all the Australian (and New Zealand) service men and women past …

With Voice Assistants becoming more prevalent in both numbers and interfaces that they support, we’re filing this under the ‘oh I can’t believe it wasn’t already a thing’ category. According to some code commits found in Chromium there will soon be a standards-based approach to hardware assistant keys on USB …

Yesterday we reported that Samsung had delayed the launch of the Galaxy Fold in China. Today Samsung have released a statement on a worldwide delay spelling out why they are doing so. Although the Galaxy Fold was set to hit US shelves this week, after reports from reviewers about the …

Year by year and device by device OnePlus phones have improved but with that improvement has come an increase in pricing. This year is the year that the OnePlus flagship pricing will be comparative to devices such as Samsung flagships but with it comes some amazing specs. Speaking to The …

Huawei’s entry into the PC market has been underway for a little while now. Despite hitting the Australian market late (the original MateBook X Pro launched in Australia last November and has already been superseded at MWC this year), the company is committed to ranging its PC products here alongside …

OK, I don’t think Google is even trying to hide the upcoming release of the midrange Google Pixel 3a and 3a XL. We’ve seen numerous leaks, rumours and code commits in the past months all indicating thee will be a mid-ranged Pixel line of devices. Google themselves have teased a …

If you’re like me, you rely heavily on cloud backup of your photos to make sure you don’t lose precious memories. However, if you’re like me, there’s a good chance you’ve also lost some photos because you thought they were backed up when they weren’t. On a recent European trip, …

At MWC this year HTC unveiled their 5G Mobile Smart Hub, a device with 5G hotspot wireless connectivity for to up to 20 users. We have not heard any more details on it since then but overnight a HTC device was spotted on the Bluetooth SIG website which is most …

Last week the Samsung Galaxy Fold landed in the hands of reviewers and several of some more high profile ones proceeded to have issues with the display. Now, coincidentally, Samsung have postponed the launch of the Galaxy Fold in China. Samsung are stating that they are having issues with the …

It’s been a couple of years now since HMD Global, the custodians of the Nokia mobile brand, launched here and there have been some very interesting and surprising devices since the brand came to our shores. Nokia has become a very favourite brand within the Ausdroid office. The company has …

When Samsung announced the Galaxy S10 series, it made an announcement that would be quite popular amongst users; the Bixby button can be remapped to something else (perhaps more useful). Fortunately the feature isn’t just for Samsung’s newest handsets, but for many of their recent devices as well. Available now, …

Not all wireless chargers are created equal. Due to the induction charging process, they can get quite warm, and this can – in some cases – damage your phone if you aren’t careful. We came across the Mongda charger at MWC, and I’ve been trying one out on my desk …