LG Optimus Vu not coming to Australia
With talk of the LG Optimus Vu launching globally in September in Europe, Asia, Middle East/Africa and Latin America. I approached LG Australia to find out if Australia was supposed to be included in that list or was perhaps...
HTC planning strong device line-up for the rest of 2012, early 2013
HTC is certainly feeling the pinch from its lost market share over the past year and is now planning to turn their metaphorical ship in the right direction once again. The Taiwanese company's CEO, Peter Chou, told his employees...
Rumour: The next Nexus phone could possibly only be a minor upgrade on the...
Ahh, I love this time of year. The rumour mill for the next Nexus phone from Google is starting to ramp up and here we go, SamMobile.com is advising that the next Nexus phone we see will be from...
Import files to your Nexus 7 from USB Flash Drives without Root
One of the complaints about the Nexus 7 is the lack of storage and/or the lack of ability to expand that storage. At this stage the only option is to root your Nexus 7 and then use StickMount with...
Samsung teases upcoming Galaxy Note II: “small and light thing”
Samsung have released a teaser video for their upcoming launch of the Galaxy Note II -- the successor to the surprisingly popular Galaxy Note. In the video they note (punny) it as being "a small and light thing" which...
Ice Cream Sandwich update now rolling out to HTC Incredible S on Optus
Optus has just announced that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the HTC Incredible S has begun to roll out. It's a staggered roll out with all users expected to get the update over the next couple...
Asus Transformer 300 Jelly Bean Update to arrive on Australian Tablets within 2 weeks
On the weekend we saw news from the US that Jelly Bean has started rolling out to the ASUS TF300 tablets in the US. We asked Asus Australia via twitter about when Australians would start to receive the update...
Talking updates and Android with Telstra
I was in Sydney almost 2 weeks ago for the Asus Transformer Infinity launch and Telstra were kind enough to set up some time for me to speak to one of their Mobile Software managers Craig Ruhan. He sat...
Opinion: The Nexus brand and the future of Android
I’ve had some interesting feedback recently regarding Android tablets and their future no doubt sparked my recent opinion piece asking Does Android as a tablet platform have a future?. Specifically since the release of the Nexus 7 Tablet,...
Samsung Galaxy Beam now available in Australia through Dick Smith
Two years after Samsung said that they'd launch the projector-toting Galaxy Beam here in Australia, it's finally available through Dick Smith stores (and online). Dick Smith are asking for $585 for the 1GHz Dual-Core, Android 2.3, and of course,...
ASUS: Each Nexus 7 shipment to Australia sells out in 1-2 weeks
Friend of Ausdroid, and regular Podcastee, Scott, sent out a tweet to ASUS Australia asking about Nexus 7 sales figures, and while ASUS couldn't get into anything specific, they did say that every shipment has sold out here in...
Sony quietly announces Xperia SL – Xperia S with a faster CPU and Android...
When Sony launched the Xperia S running Android 2.3, we were pretty disappointed, as were most of the tech industry. Sony promised that it would be updated to Android 4.0 in the coming months -- that roll out has...
Pinterest for Android — App Review
For quite some time there has been an app available for the iOS users of Pinterest. It wasn’t fantastic, but it was an app. Android users have had to put up with a rather lacklustre mobile site, which actually...
Motorola launches “Unlock My Device” website, bootloader unlocking to come with future devices
Google's influence over Motorola is finally beginning to bear fruit, this time through the introduction of a bootloader unlocking service simply dubbed "Unlock My Device". The unlocking process is very much the same way HTC have been doing it...
JB HiFi now selling ZTE Urbane a Telstra pre-paid phone running Ice Cream Sandwich...
JB HiFi are now selling a phone from ZTE called the Urbane for $149. Whilst it's nothing to rave about specs wise it is at least running Ice Cream Sandwich which is a huge plus especially in this end...