HTC Wildfire S to hit Telstra Prepaid around the middle of September for $199
File this one away in the Rumour Mill for now, but we've received word from a source whom tells us that Dick Smith Electronics are expecting the HTC Wildfire S on Telstra Prepaid to hit their warehouse(s) around the...
Ausdroid Podcast 013 – It Was A Big Week – 24/08/2011
Welcome back to another episode of the ever glowing Ausdroid Podcast. This is episode 13, recorded Wednesday 24th August. It was a serious week in tech and mobile. Google purchased Motorola Mobility, Ice Cream Sandiwch screenshots leaked, Nexus Prime...
Woolworths and Coles both working on Android applications
After reading this post about Android outselling iPhone, I got a tweet from Scott from the Ausdroid Podcast who suggested emailing customer service for Coles and Woolworths, which I did, and received the following replies confirming that both supermarket...
Samsung / Google Nexus Prime will only have a WVGA 800×480 display
Samsung make some great phones -- 5 million Galaxy S II owners can't be wrong! -- but in my opinion they don't make phones which push the boundaries, which is why I hope the rumours of Samsung making the...
Telstra’s Motorola Atrix to see Gingerbread in September
Well if you were one of the few who bought the Motorola Atrix from Telstra, you will be excited to know that Telstra's Support Site now shows the Gingerbread update as "Currently in Telstra testing".
We have no idea how...
Rumour: Is Samsung creating the Nexus Prime?
Two recent articles have appeared that may confirm Samsung as the hardware manufacturer for the next Google Nexus phone, seemingly the Nexus Prime. First we have from geek.com, a cease and desist letter sent to a source which says...
Sony Ericsson to update Xperia Neo, Xperia Play and Xperia Arc to Android 2.3.4...
Sony Ericsson have just announced that starting October they will be pushing out Android 2.3.4 to their 2011 lineup of Xperia devices, which covers: Xperia Neo, Xperia Play and Xperia Arc; all of which are available in Australia.
The update...
Samsung loses to Apple, or does it?
So it has been an interesting couple of weeks in the patent wars between Apple and Samsung.
The first being the court ordered injunction against sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. This hasn’t done so much as...
What Google / Motorola should learn from HP’s $99 WebOS TouchPad
HP recently 'killed off' their Mobile Operating System, WebOS, which they not long ago acquired when they bought out Palm; but what's this got to do with Android? Not much really, however, here's why I think Google and Motorola...
Optus also looking to launch the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 early next month?
We know Myer are on the case and have even advertised the Galaxy Tab 10.1, but other then that we have no more about release dates for the so called "Revised" Galaxy Tab 10.1, until now. A very good...
Editorial: Should Google buy WebOS from HP and roll it into Android? Why not?
It's been a busy week, a week of big announcements. First we had Google and Motorola joining hands in holy matrimony and now it's HP's decision to dump WebOS after only 16 months after it's purchase of Palm. From...
Could the Nexus Prime be released in October?
As our regular podcast listeners will note, the Ausdroid team is waiting with anxious anticipation for the next Google experience phone, better known as the Nexus series.
We've been seeing some rumours popping up for several weeks now. We've seen...
Android top dog in Australia for smartphone sales – knocks iPhone off top spot
It was always going to happen eventually. Android has grown at an exponential rate and it was only matter a of time. In the 12 weeks up to August 7, Android handsets accounted for more then 42% of smartphone...
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play now has more than 150 optimised games
It seems that each week Sony Ericsson make me want the Xperia Play even more. First they offered Battlefield: Bad Company 2, then they scored Minecraft Pocket Edition, now they can brag about having more than 150 games that...
Do you like the MIUI ROM? Now you can have a MIUI phone.
Those of you who customise your phones may have experimented with MIUI - a highly popular custom ROM which runs on a variety of handsets. Add to that variety one more handset - MIUI will now run on it's...