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Samsung Galaxy J announced for NTT DoCoMo in Japan
NTT DoCoMo has announced their new line up of phones and as well as the Xperia Z1 f they announced earlier, they've also announced the Samsung Galaxy J, which managed to leak only the...
Pressy Kickstarter Stretch Goal: adds screenshot drawing
We previously reported on Kickstarter project "Pressy - the Almighty Android Button" when it hit US $500 000 in funding, from an original humble goal of US $40 000. Pressy is currently sitting on...
Sony officially launches the Xperia Z1 f SO-02F for NTT DoCoMo
The Xperia Z1 f or 'Honami Mini' as it's been known throughout various leaks in the leadup to its unveiling has been officially launched by Sony on the Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo.
The hardware...
Mad Catz announce M.O.J.O. pricing, release date
The Android-powered games console market is becoming quite crowded these days, given that it was virtually non-existent 12 months ago. With the Ouya and NVidia's Shield hardly taking the world by storm, accessory manufacturer...
Lenovo builds an Android Netbook: the IdeaPad A10
We recently saw the Lenovo IdeaPad B6000 -F and B8000-F released in Germany. These are a new form from Lenovo, in that they have a two stage flip out back cover. Well they haven't...
Motorola DVX rumours grow
At Ausdroid we first started hearing about a lower end version of the Moto X called the Moto DVX, back in March, when we were advised that a lower end version of the Moto...
Samsung Galaxy Gear capable of running Android apps
The Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch is a first of its kind - a smartwatch running Android - underneath all of Samsung's proprietary software - and it's had a lot of attention from the market...
Rumour: HTC talking to Lenovo about a potential acquisition of the company
HTC's woes continue, they've posted multiple consecutive quarters of negative growth culminating in selling their share of Beats Audio back to the Beat company for a much needed cash injection and ultimately posting a...
Android 4.3.1 Factory Images available for Nexus 7 (2013) LTE
Only 5 days ago and quite unexpected, we reported that the OTA rollout of Android 4.3.1 started appearing on Nexus 7 (2013) LTE models. Now only days later the factory images have appeared...
Flexible displays already in mass production for Samsung and LG
Rumours are rumours, but the more rumours that emerge with consistent information adds weight to it. There's little doubt now in anyone's mind that inside the next 6 - 12 months we will...
ASUS MeMO Pad FHD 10 — Review
Asus and Intel join forces in this mid range pitch for the large tablet market.
The Asus Intel Proposition
Asus has good market credibility in the Android tablet space. With successes like the Nexus 7 and...
Google announces the new HP Chromebook 11
Overnight, Google and HP have announced a new Chromebook the HP Chromebook 11. In a range of four colours - Red, Yellow, Green and Blue - or two shades - black and white -...
Updated: Curved screen Samsung SM-G910S shows up, fails to tell us why curved screens...
No, that's not a Samsung Galaxy series phone left in the sun too long and gone 'funny' it's apparently the Samsung SM-G910S a device that is being aimed at the Korean market only at...
Rumours of Xiaomi smartwatch emerging
The departure of Hugo Barra from Google sparked a huge amount of rumour and speculation as to the exact reasoning for him leaving, the end result is that Xiaomi have acquired a technically brilliant...
Reported HTC Sense 5.5 screenshots leaked
If you're a HTC fan, then you may be quite interested in an update to the Sense version of Android that is coming soon to some HTC handsets. From the Android-Revolution site, mike1986 has...