Recent 4.0.4 update locks system tray and changes shortcut function on Galaxy S3
We recently received an email notifying us that Samsung had done something both very unusual and slightly worrying! With the OTA update that Galaxy S III owners received they also received two bonuses of an unwanted nature :
Their app...
Apple ordered to apologise to Samsung; tries really hard not to apologise
While the American legal system was busy being crazy earlier this year, the High Court of Justice in the United Kingdom decided that Samsung's Galaxy Tab series of devices did not copy the iPad. One of the orders given...
Android 4.2 applications available for your Android 4.0 device
Since Android Police leaked the updated Gmail application a few weeks ago, a number of other applications from Android 4.2 have been leaked online. You can now download the entire system dump from the LG Nexus 4, but it...
New security features in Android 4.2 scan sideloaded apps for harmful behaviour
The Play Store has built-in security features that scan its over 700,000 applications for malicious code, and Android Police are reporting that Android 4.2 extends this app-scanning feature to all applications, regardless of where you downloaded them. Computerworld spoke with...
Android 4.2 hides developer settings. Here’s how to get them back
The Nexus phones were originally intended to be developer reference phones. They were to run the latest and greatest version of Android, free from manufacturer UIs and carrier add-ons, and they've tended to be used predominantly by the more...
Samsung: 3 Million Galaxy Note IIs sold
Samsung has announced - by way of a post on their SamsungTomorrow Flickr account, of all places - that they've sold 3 million Galaxy Note II's since launch in just 37 days.
Galaxy Note II, the follow-up version of Galaxy...
32 GB Wifi and 3G Nexus 7 models coming to Dick Smith Electronics
We received a tip this afternoon that Dick Smith Electronics will sell the 32 GB Wifi and 3G models of Google's Nexus 7 tablet, announced earlier this week.
While we don't have confirmation of dates, we're told the 32 GB...
Android Platform distribution figures released, Ice Cream Sandwich Up, Gingerbread down
Google has released the latest platform distribution figures for Android and it shows that the trends we saw last month are continuing. The number of devices running the Eclair, FroYo and Gingerbread versions of Android are slowly decreasing whilst...
Movember App Now available to all Mo-Bros and Mo-Sistas in Google Play
Men's health is something that is near and dear to everyone's heart, but never in the forefront of our minds. Movember is a way of changing that, even if it's only for one month every year. The...
Ausdroid Vidcast 045 — Ausdroid On Air — 31/10/2012
Welcome to our first ever Video Podcast or what we are calling the Ausdroid Vidcast. As always there is still a Audio only version available alongside the Video version. The video can be downloaded manually or you can get...
Nexus 7 orders resume shipping
Looks like shipments of the Asus Nexus 7 have resumed, Scott one of our regular podcasters here at Ausdroid has advised that he has just received his shipping notification for his 32GB Nexus 7 which he ordered yesterday from...
Asus reports that they are now selling almost 1 Million Nexus 7 tablets per...
Apart from the fact that at times finding stock of the Nexus 7 at retailers in Australia can be difficult, the only indication that we've had from either Google or Asus in regards to sales figures regarding the Nexus...
Samsung Galaxy Note II launch event on 14 November
Today, Ausdroid received an invite to an event to launch the Samsung Galaxy Note II in Australia. Of course, we've already reviewed the Galaxy Note II but we had our review unit ahead of the product's launch in the...
Virgin Mobile will not be ranging the Nexus 4 or Nexus 7 3G, Optus...
The list of carriers who could possibly support a release of either the Nexus 4 or the Nexus 7 3G is rapidly dwindling with Virgin Mobile now confirming that they will not be stocking either device. In regards to...
Optus expands 4G services to Brisbane and Gold Coast
With all this talk of LTE not being included on the Nexus 4 and a number of people pointing out the lack of coverage being a factor in this NOT being an issue for them, Optus has today advised...