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Details emerge on 4G enabled LG Optimus F5 and Optimus F7
We saw the first leaks this morning about F Series phones the LG Optimus F5 and Optimus F7 in the form of some photos from @evleaks, but there are now some more details to...
HTC One Sydney Launch – Live Updates
HTC is launching the HTC One tonight in Sydney, and we're sending Jason Murray, Graham Bae and Matt Booth along for the ride!
Stay updated below with live updates and photos from the event. You...
HTC One – Now available for pre-order at Harvey Norman
Harvey Norman is really doubling down on Android handsets, with the Nexus 4 and now the HTC One. The Harvey Norman twitter account has just tweeted a link to the pre-order page for the...
Telstra expanding 4G network to meet broadband demand
Telstra to add a new 900 MHz 4G network
In recognition of the increasing demand of mobile broadband users -- both with smartphones and wireless dongles -- Telstra has announced that it will be adding...
Opinion: Why is Google leaving Australia behind?
While casually running through and continually playing with my newly acquired Nexus devices, the more I use them, the more I realise that these devices aren't targeted at me. But why? How could this...
Sony Australia now taking pre-orders for the Xperia Z
Sony has just opened up pre-orders for their new flagship phone the Xperia Z. Pre-orders for the phone are being taken via the Sony website and the phone has been listed with a retail...
Pictures of the LG F5 and F7 get leaked prior to MWC
Overnight EVLeaks tweeted this pic of the LG Optimus F7 (left) and Optimus F5 (right). No further information was added so anything at the moment is pure speculation but remember the LG MWC teaser...
Huawei shows off their teaser for MWC 2013
I literally have no idea what Huawei is alluding to with this teaser, but here it is. This teaser picture was released yesterday by the Huawei Twitter feed, the image shows something between two...
Asus releases their Mobile World Congress teaser
Asus has released their teaser that shows that they will also be at MWC this year, the video they've released invites us to join Asus to embrace the Metallic Miracle. The video they've released...
Official Android 4.2 Changelog finally available after 3 months
Well, it's been over three months but Google has finally gotten around to releasing the official Android 4.2 Changelog, listing everything that was changed in the 4.1-4.2 update. The tweet announcing the list, came...
New Google Glass Promo – “How it Feels Through Glass”
Google has just uploaded a new video showing off the capabilities of Google Glass, from taking pictures and videos with voice commands to finding out how to say things in Thai. The video also...
Coles begins trialling NFC Payments and rewards on Smartphones
Coles supermarkets has begun trialling an NFC based payments and rewards system in their stores. In December 2011, Coles rolled out NFC point of sale terminals to all their stores giving them the infrastructure...
Sony Xperia Z launch event — Wrap
This afternoon, Ausdroid attended a launch event of sorts (see below) for Sony's 2013 flagship, the Xperia Z. The lunch event, held in the Jørn Utzon room at the Sydney Opera House, was wonderful...
Swiftkey 4 featuring SwiftKey Flow released to Google Play
First released as a Beta back in October last year, Swiftkey Flow has now gone live in Google Play updating the Phone and Tablet keyboard apps currently in the store. As a celebration of...
NVIDIA announces Tegra 4i with on-board LTE and new camera tech
NVIDIA has announced today the Tegra 4i — the cheaper, little brother of their beastly Tegra 4 system-on-a-chip. The Tegra 4i trades the Tegra 4's ARM Cortex-A15 CPU for a 2.4 GHz quad-core Cortex-A9...