CES: Samsung Announce New Smartphones, Wireless Speakers, Monitors, TVs, And Some New Fridges
Over at CES 2017 Samsung have hit the ground running announcing a hoard of new products. CES is often the time when we hear about a heap of new whacky tech products that will usually not see the light...
Say hello to Qualcomm’s new powerhouse, the Snapdragon 835
It's smaller, lighter, faster and most importantly sucks less battery; meet Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835, the chip every mobile nerd will be lusting after for the next 6 months or so. By the numbers, the 835 is 35% smaller and uses...
More reports suggest that Samsung will retain the Note branding for their 2017 phablet...
Unsubstantiated rumours have been circulating about the future of Samsung's Note brand, and even to some extent the Galaxy branding following the issues with the Galaxy Note 7. In what seemed to be more of a grab for clicks...
St.George, BankSA and Bank of Melbourne enable Tap & Pay feature in their Android...
Australian banks St.George, BankSA and Bank of Melbourne have finally launched their Tap & Pay feature, but only for Samsung phones.
The Tap & Pay feature has been a commonly requested feature among users who have noted the popularity...
ZTE Axon 7 — Australian Review
ZTE shook the mobile world when they announced their ‘Daydream ready’ Axon 7 earlier this year. The device, while expected from a generational upgrade perspective, has launched ZTE to be one of the kings of the affordable flagship smartphone...
Lenovo’s Moto Z and its modules proves the modular concept actually works
The modular concept for mobiles had a bit of a shaky start; while we liked the idea of LG's Friends for the G5, the execution just wasn't quite right, and the concept kind of fell on deaf ears. However,...
Google and Chrysler are partnering to bring Android to the vehicle
When you mention Android and cars these days the first thought is of Android Auto. We have seen it roll out direct from the factory in many cars as well as many aftermarket head-unit manufacturers. Now, it seems, Google...
Pixel Phone’s Camera Security Flaw Patched And Ready For Distribution
Recently a flaw was discovered in the security of the Pixel and the Pixel XL phones that allowed a user to be "tracked". The good news is that the flaw has already been patched in the AOSP source code...
Lineage OS logo lands to kick off 2017
The downfall of Cyanogen, by far the most popular Android custom ROM, has been (at least for those involved with the company) all too public, but for those of us that use the OS on devices the good news...
Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2017, here’s how smartphone makers can dethrone Google’s Pixel
As we approach the season for the discerning mobile consumer (CES 2017 and MWC 2017), we're undoubtedly going to see some fancy tech built with the newest in technology, and some of those phones are going to give our...
Samsung sneaks out the Galaxy A 2017 range, with added water resistance and 16MP...
Samsung has somewhat quietly announced the 2017 iteration of its popular budget Galaxy A line, with the Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7 2017 editions. These budget phones are going on sale in tertiary markets in January (Russia...
With an announcement at CES 2017 around the corner, details of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835...
The processor that will power the next generation of Android smartphones has already been all-but-confirmed as the Snapdragon 835 from Qualcomm, and we're expecting that announcement to be made as early as CES 2017 this week. A leaked slideshow,...
CES 2017 kicks off in a couple of days, and here’s what we’ll see
As Dan flies towards the northern winter, for CES 2017 in Las Vegas, we're going to take a look at the rumour round-up and see what's likely to be announced, how likely it is, and whether we might see...
Happy New Year 2017
Good morning everyone, and thank you for joining us in 2017. Whatever you did last night, wherever you did it, we hope you had a great time with family, friends, a loved one, or all of the above.
Our regular...
ZTE Blade makes an appearance ahead of CES 2017 reveal
CES 2017 is just a few days away, and while we wait for Daniel to drag himself through New Year and off to Las Vegas, we can sit back and read about ZTE's latest Blade release, thanks to today's...