Is the Australian Play Store getting ready to sell phones?
Eagle-eyed reader Sean wrote to alert us that the Australian Play Store's "Devices" icon has seen a subtle change today.
Previously, the icon featured a tablet as we were only able to purchase the Nexus 7 (users in other countries...
James Bond uses an Android phone?
While browsing through Google+ this morning, I noticed an interesting post by the Android account - apparently James Bond uses a Sony Xperia T in the latest film, Skyfall. In most television shows and films, the characters generally all...
Press Shots for the LG Nexus 4 leaked
The above shot has been posted on the EVLeaks twitter account over night, now the speculation over the legitimacy of the shots is in question due to a couple of things such as the placement of the clock, the...
Samsung Galaxy Note II — Review
Is it just a bigger version of the Galaxy SIII?
So many people are confused right now with a seemingly never ending choice of phones on the market. I understand. In fact, we at Ausdroid go through the same...
S-Note — Review
Note: This review was written by Juliet Fieldew - wife of the Jedi - and complements our Galaxy Note II review.
Creatives everywhere have been enthused by the fabulous functions of the Galaxy Note II’s S Pen and S Note...
Apple’s scrolling patent declared invalid
A win came for Samsung last night as the United States Patent and Trademark Office has invalidated all 20 claims of Apple's US Patent No 7,479,949. Patent number 7,479,949 covered the bounce-back scrolling effect that Apple uses on its...
Nexus 7 8GB now listed as ‘Coming Soon’ -End Of life?
Looks like the writing is on the wall for the 8GB Nexus 7, with a 32GB version of the Nexus 7 in both Wi-Fi and 3G HSPA flavours rumoured to be announced at the Google 'Playground is Open' event...
CyanDelta – An essential application for Cyanogenmodders
I am a massive, and unashamed CyanogenMod fanboy. Sure, other ROMS offer more settings (AOKP), or are super fast (CodenameAndroid), but both these ROMS have their issues. I find that AOKP's settings aren't as elegantly-incorporated into Android as CM,...
LG Executive confirms ‘LG Nexus’ will be announced at October 29th event.
At an event for the LG Optimus Vu launch in India, Amit Gujral, the head of Mobile Product Planning for LG has confirmed to Indian publication ibnlive that the LG Nexus exists and is due to be unveiled at...
Motorola RAZR HD — Review
The "All Day Phone"... so does it really go all day?
The RAZR HD is the latest phone from Motorola. Tagged as the "All Day Phone", 4G capable, with a Kevlar body, internal and external splash guard protection, Corning...
Warranties and bootloaders – what you should know
Disclaimer: the content of this post is a brief overview of this area of law and is intended to be used for information purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice. Before you do anything crazy with your phone,...
SnapPea – manage your Android device from your PC
If you've listened to last week's podcast, you would have heard me talk briefly about an application called SnapPea. For those of you who didn’t catch the podcast, SnapPea is a neat application that lets you manage your Android...
Jelly Bean upgrade schedule for Sony Xperia phones -not good news for 2011 Xperia...
While the rollout of Ice Cream Sandwich continues for 2011 model Xperia devices it appears that that is where the journey will end for those phones, with Sony announcing via the Sony Mobile Blog the list of phones scheduled...
LG Nexus 4 stripped bare, shows us its battery
Despite the fact that the back is supposed to be sealed in, someone with access to an LG Nexus 4(E960) has apparently prised that sparkly back off of the unit and shown us a 2100mAh battery hiding beneath. Also...
Competition: Win a Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 from Ausdroid and Vodafone
You may remember we had a friendly wager going with Kieran from Vodafone regarding the Jelly Bean update for the Nexus S. Well, after a false start, Vodafone won that fair and square and it's time to pay up...