CES 2014 — Hands on with the ASUS PadFone Mini
Yesterday we covered the news that ASUS had announced the new PadFone Mini, and being as these kinds of devices are fairly popular, we thought it best to take a bit more of a closer look. Unfortunately, as we're...
FitBit now supports 17 popular Android devices
As you may well be aware, a few of us at Ausdroid (and indeed, many of you, too) are users of FitBit devices, and until fairly recently, you'd have noticed what we have: support for the fitness tracker is...
Leaked screenshots suggest Samsung might be changing TouchWiz
Samsung's mobile products are extremely popular, but one common complaint has been the performance (or lack thereof) of one of the key components of the Samsung architecture, namely TouchWiz. Even we've been critical of TouchWiz and its lags and...
Rumours start for new Sony Xperia devices to be launched at MWC
With the Sony Xperia Z now a year old - it was launched at CES this time last year - the details could be coming on an updated Phone and Tablet that Sony are working on for a possible...
CES 2014 — Intel confirms that it’s strategy is offering Windows / Android hybrids
After the news earlier today that ASUS had introduced a dual-OS device in the Transformer line, Intel referred in its CES 2014 press conference to throwing its support behind the Dual OS functionality. Intel confirmed that its processors would...
CES 2014 — Sony announces the Xperia Z1 Compact, coming to Australia in April
Sony today confirmed one of the worst-kept secrets in recent months - a smaller, "mini" version of its flagship Xperia Z1 (which we rather liked) is coming. It's called the Xperia Z1 Compact, and it brings the headline features...
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014) — First Impressions
It's only been a week or so since the Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014) arrived at my place, and already I'm getting a handle on the device. As a Samsung phone user (Samsung Galaxy S3 followed by my current daily...
CES 2014 — Samsung announces Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO
Android giant Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd (or Samsung as we know them) have today taken the wraps of two new product lines, the Galaxy NotePRO and Galaxy TabPRO across a range of sizes. Samsung sees these devices as the...
CES 2014 — ASUS announces new Transformers, Padfone, and Zenfones
This morning at CES 2014, Asus announced a new lineup of devices including an update to its Transformer line which we previewed a week or so ago, the Padfone Mini and a range of more consumer-friendly Zenfone devices. Let's...
CES 2014 — Pebble announces Pebble Steel, appstore and new partners
Smartwatch darling Pebble announced a new, high-end metallic version of their smartwatch, the Pebble Steel, at CES 2014.
Pebble Steel answers a major criticism of the original Pebble -- that its plastic shell and rounded edges made it look like...
Polaroid announces Socialmatic camera – fuses retro style instant prints & Android
Polariod originally announced that it was bringing a new retro styled instant prints camera with a version of Android running in the background originally last year and at the time, the company stated that it would be released in...
CES 2014 — Huawei announce the Ascend Mate 2 4G
The Huawei Ascend Mate was a pretty massive phone that was announced a full year ago at CES 2013, but only introduced to Australia in June and now Huawei has announced the successor the Ascend Mate 2 4G.
With a...
LG launch HomeChat for users to communicate with their Home Appliances
Are you a fan of LG Home Appliances and enjoy sending messages to your friends? This morning at CES 2014, LG's President and Chief Technology Officer Skott Ahn launched a new Home Appliance control application called HomeChat. Homechat is...
CES 2014 — LG announces Heart Rate Monitor Earphones
Following on from their announcement this afternoon of their entry into the fitness gadget market with the LG Lifeband Touch LG continued this morning at their CES 2014 event by re-confirming the Lifeband and introducing a companion device the...
CES 2014 — LG announces the Chrome OS Desktop – Chromebase – coming to...
Back in December LG announced that it will be embracing the 'other' Google operating system - ChromeOS - and announced they would be bringing an all-in-one desktop called Chromebase to market, this morning at their CES 2014 event...