Reviews

This morning I arrived at work in poor form. Tired, exhausted, emotionally drained, after a long and tiring weekend. We had a loss in our family (not entirely unexpectedly, but it hurts the same) and my partner Rachel and...

Today in our Aussie Apps review column we're looking at Pocket Weather Australia, from Shifty Jelly. We've loaded it up on the HTC Desire HD from MobiCity and given it a test toast! Pocket Weather AU is one of many apps...

The second in Ausdroid's series of app reviews is here and today we're looking at two apps - Vodafone Usage and Vodafone Usage Plus. As anyone with a smartphone of any kind will tell you, data is king. Android phones...

A little while back we came up with a neat idea to showcase some Aussie developers' work for Android. We received a huge response - we have now over a dozen applications in our queue to be reviewed, and it's...

A couple of weeks ago we put the call out to Aussie application developers - send us your app to review, and we'll put our thoughts up here on Ausdroid. We've had a great response! We've got easily a dozen...

Tuesday morning I received a courier parcel from Mobicity - the new HTC Desire Z had arrived, ready to be reviewed. The Desire Z comes in the usual packaging for HTC's mobile fare, and it lists an impressive set of...

Huawei is a name that many consumers in the Australian market won't recognise. In an entirely unscientific test, I asked a few friends - some nerds, some not - whether they'd heard this name and they just looked at...

While the full review is a little way off, here's a sneak peak of what's in store. The IDEOS is a diminutive 3G/HSDPA-capable Android 2.2-powered handset with similar form factor to the HTC Wildfire. It's small, easily fits in the hand - and while it might lack some of the hardware polish of a more 'name-brand' device, the IDEOS - as you will soon see - holds its own, especially considering the bargain-basement price of $159 outright on the Crazy John's network. It's quick, snappy, functional, and importantly, performs well as a mobile phone as well as a mobile data device.

The last twelve months has seen a real explosion of Android devices hitting the Australian market, and this has been especially true for Telstra - not five months ago they bought (in my opinion) the second best ever Android...