IR Port packing LG Optimus Vu 2 arriving in South Korea next month
After getting news last week that the Optimus Vu will not be launching in Australia it's a bit of a stretch to see this launching here in Australia but LG has announced via their website that a successor to...
Galaxy Note 2 specs leaked early
According to Slashgear, a Seoul newspaper has jumped the gun slightly early ahead of the August 29th Launch at IFA in Germany and leaked the specs of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2.
Apparently it will have:
a 5.5" Super 1280 x...
SBS On Demand app for Android “is in development”
World News Australia won't be the only Android app to come from SBS. The television network today launched SBS On Demand for iOS (as that's where the greater demand is), however, journalist and friend of Ausdroid, Neerav Bhatt, today...
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 – Unboxing and First Impressions
I was lucky enough to receive a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 to review. I decided to share the unboxing, because who doesn't love a good tech preview? I also share my first impressions of the build of the latest...
Google responds to Apple vs Samsung verdict
It was a big weekend for Apple, a $1.049 Billion weekend to be exact, which will obviously be appealed again and again through every avenue that is available in the US. Samsung and Apple both put out statements but...
Apple vs Samsung: Looks like Apple won.
Anyone who's alive probably knows that Apple and Samsung have been doing battle in a number of forums for a couple of years now. There's a lot to these issues, and we don't propose to cover the background here....
Even Facebook knows their application sucks
Word around the internet is that Facebook is making its employees use Android phones so that they can see just how truly horrendous Facebook for Android is. This is a very welcome step in the right direction for the...
Video: Samsung on the design process behind the Galaxy S III
In the video embedded below, Samsung let us know how the design of their flagship Galaxy S III came about. Sure, some tech sites have said that lawyers designed the Galaxy S III, but in this video you'll learn...
Samsung bringing the Galaxy S III 4G to Telstra
I think it's fair to say that when Samsung came to market with the Galaxy S III, there was one thing a lot of us - particularly Telstra users - were a bit upset with. It wasn't a deal...
Jetpack Joyride
After many months of me sending enraged tweets at the developers, all the while eyeing iPhone users with jealousy, Halfbrick Studios have finally released Jetpack Joyride onto Android. Hoorah! Even though it's free, the catch is that right now,...
Stick Tennis – App Review
One of my favourite games on Android is Stick Cricket which I reviewed when it first came out on Android. Today Stick Sports has released another game into the Google Play Store : Stick Tennis. Following in the same...
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 on sale tomorrow
For those of you who didn't notice in the Experience Store opening post, or who might not have read it, there was a little bit of news in there that's worth sharing separately - the much anticipated Samsung Galaxy...
Samsung Experience Store opens in Sydney
Since the last news of a Samsung store in Sydney, things have come a long way. This evening, Ausdroid attended the Samsung Experience Store launch event in Sydney, along with representatives of various other media outlets, and lets just...
Google Australia: “We want to sell gift cards outside the US eventually”
We reached out to Google Australia earlier today asking if there was any chance of the Google Play gift cards that launched today would ever find their way to Australian stores. It turns out that there may well be...
Xperia S gains AOSP support, Sony watching closely
Jean-Baptiste Queru the gatekeeper for the Android Open Source Project(AOSP) announced recently that an experiment to bring AOSP support to the Sony Xperia S had been undertaken and that a specific git project has been created for this purpose....