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Neil Armstrong once said “there can be no great accomplishment without risk,” and look, he has a point. I wouldn’t have met my daily calcium intake needs if I didn’t eat that expired cheese. But there are some risks you really don’t want to take, like committing treason or getting …

The upcoming announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 cannot come soon enough. Every few days we see a new leak revealing more details of the Note 9. Overnight the folks at XDA revealed some interesting tidbits they found regarding the new S-Pen. Using the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 (which …

The other piece of news overnight indirectly gives us a bit of information about makes the launch of the Galaxy Watch. If this leaked box image is to be believed, the Samsung fast wireless charger we saw through the FCC a few weeks ago is in fact a dual charger, …

With Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 to be announced in just 18 days from now, on August 9 in New York City, the rumour mill surely has just about run out of grist. However, overnight we got the best glimpse yet of Samsung’s Galaxy Watch plans, alongside a brand new Galaxy …

Perhaps tablets are coming back into vogue, with not one but two tablet leaks in about the same number of weeks. What we see today is Samsung’s updated Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018), and like the Galaxy Tab S4, the Tab A carries a number of design features across from …

Over the last couple of years, Samsung has released a plus variant of its annual Galaxy S phone, but rumours suggest that next year, the Galaxy S10+ will be where this trend stops. A report from South Korea’s The Bell indicates that Samsung is moving on from this dual release strategy, …

In case you hadn’t heard Samsung will be announcing the Galaxy Note 9 in New York on August 10 (AEST). After seeing so many leaks of the Galaxy Note 9 there isn’t much left to reveal but today we have gotten a sneak peek at what the price of it …

JB HiFi love their partner deals with Telstra, and today is no exception. Presumably to clear out stock of the Pixel 2 range ahead of a product refresh in a couple of months, JB HiFi is running a promo on Google’s big premium smartphone from 2017. At the moment, you …

Dropping a phone and smashing the display is one of the worst feelings for a smartphone enthusiast. When Corning introduced the first Gorilla Glass we all thought our displays would finally be safe. Unfortunately that was not the case and although it has improved over the years it is still …

Google’s Fuchsia OS has been circling for a while with some wild rumours about it and what it is intended for. Overnight Bloomberg reported that Project Fuchsia was planned to replace Android within five years. Fuchsia OS is reportedly being developed by over 100 Google engineers to unify all of …

Google has their flashy Google IO each year but it has been a while since they have had their more focused Android Dev Summit. This year Google are bringing back the Android Dev Summit after a hiatus of a few years. Google IO seems to have a lot of focus …

We reported recently that the Nvidia Shield TV, an Android TV-based set-top box focused on gaming, was coming to Australia and today it has arrived. From today Australians can purchase the Shield TV from the Shield website and from local retailers including PC Case Gear, Umart, Mwave, Centrecom, Scorptec, PLE …

Everyone knows the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is coming in a few weeks. Everyone also knows that a Galaxy Watch from Samsung is also on the way but no one knows for sure when. Some may know of a Bixby-powered smart speaker in production but it’s announcement is not spoken …

We know there’s lots of excitement about the upcoming phone from Samsung – whatever it may be – but Vodafone has taken it a step further and announced a registration of interest process on Samsung’s new phone. That is, before the new phone has even been announced. With the announcement …