Sony Xperia Z — Review
Did Sony bring back the wow, or miss the mark? Ausdroid finds out.
Sony Mobile's John Featherstone told an audience of Sydney journalists last week that Sony would 'bring the wow back' with the Xperia Z, after a string of...
Huawei announce the Ascend P2 at Mobile World Congress
Huawei has kicked off the press announcements for Mobile World Congress with an announcement of their new Ascend P2. The new phone is running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean but skinned with the Emotion UI that we've heard about previously,...
Jelly Bean 4.2.1 leak for the Samsung Galaxy S III
Android Jelly Bean 4.2.1 for the Galaxy S III is still under internal testing by Samsung, but as is often the case, it has leaked it's way into the big wide world of the internet.
Thanks to SamMobile, Android 4.2.1...
Sony confirms Xperia Z availability, pricing
While Sony's Xperia Z launch event the other day might have been a little short on the details we really wanted, we're not going to hold that against them because we've now got official confirmation of what's coming and...
Google begins offering Chromebook Pixel in US and UK – Wi-Fi model now, 4G...
Google has announcedd overnight that they will be releasing the Chromebook Pixel. The Chromebook Pixel is a high end version of the Chrome OS series of laptops which is designed by Google themselves.
The Chromebook Pixel wich will be...
HTC One Sydney launch event – Wrap
Among those in the know, you’ll hear stories about how HTC puts on some of the best launch parties around. Tonight they put on a bit of a party on Level 6 of the Museum of Contemporary Art to...
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 go alongside the photos as...
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 HTC One which they are...
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 a 'second' 4G network to...
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 be?
I use as many Google...
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 price of $749 - excluding...
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 video which reeled off phrases...
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 through this morning from Hugo...
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 -- the venue was perfect...
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 the launch Swiftkey has dropped...