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...
Never fear, Android users: News.com.au has it wrong on Android vulnerability
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Today, News.com.au Technology Editor Claire Porter claimed that almost all Android phones are vulnerable to hacking or being completely taken over remotely by cyber criminals. In this alarmist, and almost completely inaccurate news story, Porter claims:
Cyber criminals...
Accessory Review: Aranez Flip Leather Case for the Samsung Galaxy S4
Over the past week I've had the joy of trying out the Aranez Flip Leather Case for the Samsung Galaxy S4. After the infamous smashing of my Galaxy S4 display a couple of months back, I've been keen on...
Rumour: Galaxy Note 3 will feature 3GB of RAM
A Korean news outlet is reporting that Samsung's next big phone, the Galaxy Note 3, will feature 3 GB of RAM. If true, this would be a first for mobile phones, with most previous high-end devices featuring 2 GB....
Security researchers find flaw in Android that affects 99% of devices
The security research team at Bluebox has announced partial details behind a potential security flaw that has been present in Android since version 1.6(Donut) and makes 99% of Android devices vulnerable to attack.
The flaw lies in the encryption of...
Netgear PTV3000 – Review
The list of Miracast capable devices, dongles or adapters available in Australia is terribly small, and whilst Miracast has been around as a standard for a while now it's still not terribly well known and is still in its...
Falcon Pro now free; if you have your own token
Falcon Pro is one of the most popular third party Twitter clients available for Android and has received a lot of attention lately due to it hitting the maximum number of users Twitter is allowing for third party clients.
Well,...
Motorola Moto X – US Pre-Order page, customisation details and parts leak
The release of the upcoming Motorola phone, which will allow you to 'design it yourself'; the Moto X, is getting closer by the day now and true to form there are bits and pieces coming out all over the...