HTC Salsa, ChaCha, Desire HD, Sensation from Vodafone all get updated
It seems that HTC are pushing out updates to most, if not all, of their devices in Australia at the moment -- it started with the HTC Incredible S on Optus and now Vodafone have notified us that 4...
Android 2.3.5 update for HTC Incredible S from Optus rolling out now
Optus and HTC are today rolling out the Android 2.3.5 update for the HTC Incredible S which bumps Sense UI up to version 3.0 with a few new UI tweaks and performance increases to boot. As always we recommend...
Nozomi and LT28at could be the phones that make Sony (Ericsson) relevant at the...
Sony Ericsson somewhat fumbled their way through 2011 releasing only single-core devices and pushing their exclusivity of the Xperia Play to no end. There was really nothing wrong with any of the 2011 devices -- I fell in love...
Samsung Galaxy Nexus with 32GB of Internal Storage to go on sale at the...
If you haven't yet bought a Samsung Galaxy Nexus because you weren't satisfied with the limited 16GB of Internal Storage, you won't have to wait much longer. UK online retailer, Handtec, have posted on their blog announcing a 32GB...
Ice Cream Sandwich now on 0.6% of Devices, Gingerbread still the king
The Android developers blog has posted an update which gives a snapshot view of the current distribution of Android versions across devices which access the Android Market. The snapshot is for a 14 day period which ended on the...
Android Market now has over 400,000 Apps
Looks like the Android Market continues to grow and the number of apps added is increasing pretty quickly, Distimo are reporting that the Market now plays host to over 400,000 apps. When they broke down the numbers they found...
Sony Ericsson offering 5 free movies and 90 days of music subscription
Android Central has pointed us towards a deal that Sony Ericsson are offering recent purchasers of certain Sony Ericsson devices. People who purchase their device between 01/11/11 and 31/01/12 will receive a 90 day free trial of the Music...
Gameloft holding post christmas sale on their game catalog
It`s been a pretty good month for buying apps and games for Android and now Gameloft are putting their catalog on-sale, from today for a limited time you can purchase their titles including the recently released title Tintin HD...
Andy Rubin: 3.7 million Android devices activated over the Christmas weekend
Andy Rubin has announced via his Twitter account (and Google Plus, apparently) that over the Christmas weekend -- 24th & 25th -- there were 3.7 million Android devices newly activated. The usual amount is around 700,000 a day, so...
Samsung reviewing no Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab
According to TheVerge, AJNews in Korea is reporting that due to 'strong customer demand', Samsung will review their decision not to upgrade the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab to Ice Cream Sandwich. Samsung advised that they could not fit...
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays from Team Ausdroid
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays readers! Enjoy spending time with family, friends and various consumer electronics. If you're going to knock a few back, please don't get behind the wheel of a car -- we don't want any bad...
Sony Tablet S to receive Ice Cream Sandwich update, release timeframe coming ‘soon’
Merry Christmas, Sony Tablet S owners, for your device is confirmed to be receiving the latest and greatest version of Android yet, Ice Cream Sandwich. The news was confirmed by Sony staff on the official Sony Tablet sub-forum.
Today...
Samsung Galaxy Tab, Galaxy S won’t be getting Ice Cream Sandwich, TouchWiz to blame
Samsung won't be updating two devices of theirs to Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich'. Those two devices are the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab (7-inch) -- both have fairly good specs, so you would think an update would be...
Things I would like Google to learn from the latest Nexus release
Editor's note: This is an opinion piece by one of our writers, Dan Tyson.
The Nexus platform is a reference platform. It is what Google sees as what a phone should be, it is usually the phone that gets the...
Who will be updating the Galaxy Nexus from Australian Carriers?
There has been an app making the news rounds lately that checks your Galaxy Nexus to see if it's the Yakju codenamed device that is updated directly by Google. The app is called GN Official Update Checker (market) and...