Optus adds more 3G and 4G coverage in Adelaide
Optus is on the move in Adelaide, they've announced today that they've added some more towers to their network. After turning on 4G in the Adelaide CBD back in December they've added an additional 25 4G towers which are...
HTC Australia using Shazam to give away a HTC One
If you really love the look of the new HTC One but can't quite afford it, then HTC Australia is giving you the chance to win one by using Shazam on their commercial. If you're quick you can load...
Motorola X-Phone to Feature “Clear Pixel” Camera Technology
While the Motorola X Phone still remains a phone known only by rumours, speculation and innuendo, just when you thought every single specification had been covered by the rumours another new one arrives. This one involves the camera the...
Galaxy S III vs S 4 – To upgrade or not?
I make no secret of the fact that I’m a big fan of Samsung hardware, in fact people have gone as far as calling me a cheerleader. Recently during an Ausdroid team Hangout when I again mentioned that...
Android Distribution numbers for June released – Jelly Bean finally king
The numbers for June are in and it's finally looking a little better for Jelly Bean; the combined total of devices running Android 4.1 or above shows that 37.9% of devices have a taste of Project Butter and with...
LG Optimus F5 — Review
LG enters the budget LTE Smartphone market
LG has made a great comeback in their mobile phone market share over the past 12 months, from the launch of their budget range L Series handsets which has since seen them achieve...
HTC One with Android 4.3 gets Bluetooth certification
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) are the body who oversee Bluetooth developments and issue licences and certifications, and an interesting certification was granted over the weekend - Bluetooth 4.0 for design model number PN071xx_Android 4.3_G. What that string...
Google Play at the airport
Google have started rolling out an NFC and QR code ad campaign throughout selected Australian airports and I was lucky enough to be passing through Melbourne airport and got to experience it first hand.
The campaign is being delivered...
LG sends out invites for August 7th event in New York
LG has sent out invites to the August 7th event in New York, that they were talking about last month. Even though LG has nothing to say on exactly what will be shown off at the event, it's widely...
Samsung set to expand Australian retail presence
Samsung took their first step into the world of retail stores in Australia in August last year; opening a Samsung Experience store on George Street in Sydney run by ARMS Retail - the company behind the AllPhones stores. They...
HTC’s financial results for second quarter 2013 aren’t pretty, profit down 83% from last...
HTC have released their second quarter results from 2013, and things aren't looking great, but it could have been much, much worse. HTC have reported a profit of AUD $44 million after tax from revenue of AUD $2.57 billion....
Optus add the Huawei Ascend G510 to their Pre-Paid range
It seems a lot of entry-level Android mobile devices are being made more enticing with somewhat recent Android OS (Jelly Bean 4.1 for a start at least), with some features like NFC/DLNA features making their way to these devices,...
Huawei Ascend P6 Australian launch – $499, July 16
This morning, Ausdroid attended the local launch of Huawei's new Ascend P6 handset at their offices in Chatswood, NSW where we heard from Product Manager Jephix Liu about the device.
The headline news is that the device will be available...
Telstra partners with Samsung and HTC to introduce new customers to Android
Telstra have a world first on their hands, Android in Retail, which is an augmented reality setup in their retail stores which they've developed in partnership with Samsung and HTC.
The augmented reality setup gives the potential client "super enhanced"...
Accessory Review: Aranez case for Samsung Galaxy SIII
There's no shortage of cheap cases for any of the big release phones each year, but there is distinctly short supply of quality cases for phones particularly if you're after something with style and a hint of class about...