Monthly Archives: June 2013
Secure messaging coming to Cyanogenmod
With Edward Snowden, the NSA and PRISM making headlines across the world; the newest feature making its way to Cyanogenmod very soon could not have come at a better, nor more appropriate time. Well...
Ausdroid Podcast 74 – June 25, 2013
This is the 74rd episode of the Ausdroid podcast. This week we unpacked Samsung's new products from their Premiere event in London, chatted about Sony's new 6.4 inch behemoth and talked about Microsoft porting...
HTC One Glamour Red announced
HTC has announced today, their award-winning HTC One will be released in a new colour variant, come mid-July.
For now, "Glamour Red" HTC One handsets will be sold exclusively through Phones 4U in the UK...
Android 4.2.2 for HTC One – Vodafone update pending
Holding true to recent form Vodafone has continued to be early to users with OS updates on their current line of phones. While it's not yet being pushed out, the much anticipated update...
Telstra T-Hub 2 receiving Android 4.0.4 update
Regular Ausdroid tipster Alex advised that he and other Telstra customers who own the T-Hub 2 are reporting that the Android 4.0.4 update has begun arriving on their devices. The update from Gingerbread Android...
Google Edition phone leaks – Boot Animation, Wallpapers and Kernel Source
Now that the Google Edition Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One are on-sale and also in the hands of some of the US Tech sites, bits and pieces from the phones are starting to...
Updated Camera app included in ‘Google Edition’ Galaxy S4 and HTC One
The last we saw of Android 4.3 was it running on a Nexus 4 at the Thailand Mobile Expo, where an XDA user managed to take some snaps and a video of an updated...
New Motorola logo revealed – ‘A Google Company’
With the acquisition of Motorola by Google now just over 12 months old, it appears that Google and Motorola want to move forward with a fresh new look that associates the hardware manufacturer with...
Updated Google Services – New Now features, new corporate things
Today we awake to two pieces of news that come directly from Google which you might be interested to read about. Unfortunately, this is probably not too exciting for end-users of Android services, but...
Google launches HTC One and Galaxy S4 ‘Google Editions’ in US Play Store
Google has put the HTC One and Samsung 'Google Edition' phones on-sale in the Play Store as an exclusive for the US. Orders are being taken now and the phones will begin shipping on...
Archos 97B Platinum – 101 Titanium and TV Connect available for order
Archos fans can order three new products directly from an Australian source, with Australian site minidisc.com.au announcing that they have the 97B Platinum, 101 Titanium and TV Connect.
For those not familiar with the...
Samsung announces a Galaxy S4 LTE-A running Snapdragon 800
Samsung announce another variant of their current flagship phone - the Galaxy S4 - yesterday, the Galaxy S4 LTE-A, becoming the first manufacturer in the world to support the higher end 4G technology. Launching...
Did the pictures of the Optimus G2 just leak
The case for an August 7th launch of the Optimus G2 has just gotten a little stronger, with photos released by EVLeaks showing what appears to be some sort of briefing for the phone....
Vine vs Instagram Video – Which will you choose?
Hot on the heels of Twitter-owned Vine's long awaited Android release, Facebook-owned Instagram last week launched an updated app (version 4) featuring video capabilities for both iOS and Android.
For months and months we were...
CyanogenMod adds mini-camera tile to notification quick settings
CyanogenMod has a reputation for being one of the best custom ROMs available for Android devices, and a big part of that is the fantastic and innovative features they've come up with over the...