Ausdroid Podcast 040 — Live Stream tonight 8:30PM AEST
Hey everybody as always it's Ausdroid night. We are gonna break down this weeks news and bring it to you the only way we know how. So run down to your local bottlo, throw some snags on the...
Nexus 7 — Mini Review
Aside from being a bit of a gadget freak, the tech in my life needs to be useful and used, otherwise it's just clutter. When the Nexus 7 was announced I could feel my inner gadgetgrrl sqee-ing at the...
Motorola to cut 20% of staff, release fewer phones each year
Motorola is looking to steamline its business through job cuts and focusing on fewer phone releases each year. 20% of Motorola's staff are expected to lose their jobs in the move, with a third of them coming from inside...
Android is fragmented? Think Again!
Note: This article is written from the point of view of a USER, not an app dev, therefore 'fragmentation' here means untimely or even cancelled updates.
Nowadays, us Aussies are much more likely to win Olympic silver than finding an...
Asus Nexus 7 Accessories are starting to appear on Australian websites
After the tip from Michael regarding the Nexus 7 Travel Cover at JB Hifi I started looking around and have been finding some more links at other places, not saying in-stock but very close :
Looks like EB Games...
Asus Nexus 7 Travel Covers on sale at JB H-Fi
Looks like the Asus Nexus 7 Travel covers are on-sale at at least one JB Hifi store with Michael tweeting Ausdroid to advise us that he picked up the above cover at the JB Hifi store at Epping Plaza...
HTC promising all announced devices will receive their Ice Cream Sandwich update by the...
It's from the US but that doesn't mean that the news won't be just as good here. Android Police have captured Facebook updates from HTC regarding the status of Ice Cream Sandwich updates for the list of announced devices....
Gameloft’s first Android game powered by Unreal Engine: Wild Blood
Gameloft have unveiled their upcoming game for Android and iOS called Wild Blood which is powered by Unreal Engine making the game look pretty awesome -- as you'll see in the video below. The release date for Wild Blood...
Renders of what could be Sony’s new tablet hit the web
Renders of what could possibly be Sony's next Android tablet have leaked on to the internet thanks to a user on XDA-Developers. This new design is riffing off of the Tablet S but Sony have removed the wedge design...
Telstra to keep us up to date with device updates
For some time now, Telstra have had a ‘Smartphone Software Updates’ page on their website, a place where they could list any information they might have about various different updates for their handsets. While this is a great idea...
Telstra: Samsung Galaxy Note to receive Android 4.0 update on August 27th
Telstra have updated their "software updates" forum post which now tells us that they're expecting the rollout of the Android 4.0 update for the Samsung Galaxy Note to happen on August 27th. Should testing be completed without problems arising...
Video: HTC Dream gets a pre-alpha build of Android 4.1.1 via CyanogenMod
Remember the original Android device, the HTC Dream (or G1 in the US)? Well thanks to a pre-alpha build of CyanogenMod's Android 4.1.1 ROM, you can now run it on the hardware of the past. The performance is far...
Optus approves Ice Cream Sandwich update for HTC Rhyme – HTC to roll it...
Looks like the Ice Cream Sandwich updates are really flowing now, with the 'Charm' toting HTC Rhyme now showing on the Optus software updates page as having it's Ice Cream Sandwich update approved and ready to rollout by Optus,...
Vodafone Australia Nexus S Owners receiving OTA Jelly Bean – Is the Challenge over?
Starting to see reports that Vodafone Nexus S users are seeing Jelly Bean being pushed out to their Nexus S this morning. First Tweet we saw was from Taufiq :
Jelly Bean is now installing on my Nexus S -...
Galaxy Note 10.1 and Australian availability
Samsung has pre-empted their own August 15th Announcement and started releasing information, Engadget was the first to start showing it off. Samsung has advised that the Note 10.1 will ship globally in August in WiFi and 3G varieties and...