Android was originally destined for cameras, not phones
Andy Rubin, who has (until recently) been the driver behind the Android platform has told Japan's New Economy Summit that ten years ago, before Android was the smartphone behemoth that it is today, Android was being designed as a...
Google updates Tablet App Guidelines and Screenshots for the Play Store
In an update posted today on the Android Developers Blog, Google has announced that it will be even easier from today to show off tablet-optimised apps to users and easier for developers to understand what steps they can take...
Facebook Home now available in Australia for selected devices
After launching less than a week ago to a US only audience, Facebook has today rolled out their Facebook Home launcher to an international audience. The app which is available in Google Play is still officially restricted to a...
Motorola extends the $100 cashback for RAZR M
Earlier in the year, perhaps facing increased competition in the mid-range handset market, Motorola announced that it would offer a $100 rebate to those who purchased the Motorola RAZR M through Telstra. This ran from February to 31 March,...
Sick of annoying notifications? Silence them with this app
Here at Ausdroid we test a lot of applications, and like us, the Android Police have come across a major annoyance -- apps that generate spam notifications requesting that you install other apps. These are incredibly annoying, but if...
Ever rooted something and wished you hadn’t? Now you can undo it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_viwAMoIcJM
We at Ausdroid have occasionally experienced this kind of remorse, and no, you dirty people out there, we're not talking about regretting our Saturday night exploits. Rather, we're talking about what happens if you've modified your phone and all...
Facebook Home not enough? Facebook Chat Heads might wet your whistle
Facebook Home might not be to your liking; some people like what they've seen, and others surely don't. However, one aspect of the new Facebook experience is available here, now, and it doesn't even seem to be too bad!
Facebook's...
Facebook Home launches, install it onto any device now
Facebook have today launched Facebook Home -- their replacement launcher for a variety of Android devices (those being: Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note II, HTC One, One X, One X+). So if you own one of those device,...
Telstra’s LG Optimus G gets rooted, unlocked, and Cyanogenmodded
We've been playing with the LG Optimus G for a little while now, and while we loved it in our review, we're liking it a whole lot more now.
Yesterday, we received a tip that the specific variant of the...
Babel Rumours: Feature list, iOS interface and more
With all the rumours, leaks and particularly the screenshots that are appearing more consistently by the day it seems more and more likely that Google Babel is in fact real, and fast approaching. In a way it doesn't feel...
Samsung announce 6.3″ LTE and 5.8″ 3G HSPA Galaxy Mega phones
Samsung has officially announced the Samsung Galaxy Mega phones. The Mega is actually two phones, one is a 6.3" phone with HD display and LTE radios while the smaller Galaxy Mega 5.8" is has a qHD resolution screen with...
Vodafone update the HTC One SV to Jellybean starting tomorrow
The Vodafone blog has been updated with news that HTC One SV owners will be excited to see, starting tomorrow HTC will be pushing out an Over The Air(OTA) update to their device which will see it update from...
Chrome Beta Updated: More web, less chrome
Google have recently updated Chrome Beta with a few nice little features and one that many users have been calling for since the release of Chrome on Android: Full screen web browsing.
This feature has been available in the stock...
Google takes out the trash, 60,000 apps removed from the Play Store
Google has shown the door to nearly 60,000 apps considered to be repetitive, spammy, in violation of "terms of service" or otherwise deemed to be inappropriate for distribution through the play store.
It appears that the majority of the apps...
Samsung Galaxy Express coming soon to AllPhones
According to the April edition of the AllPhones buyers guide the Samsung Galaxy Express, which was announced in January will be 'coming soon' to AllPhones. When asked about exactly when the Galaxy Express would be arriving in-store, staff advised...