Android Distribution numbers finally released – Marshmallow makes small gains
It's late this month, but Google has finally updated their Android Distribution Numbers this month, with Marshmallow making small gains in the lead up to the launch of Android Nougat.
Only the most recent versions of Android (6.0 and 5.1)...
Optus to pay customers back over $2 million in insurance fees
Following a breach notification to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Optus has reached an agreement to refund approximately $2.4 million dollars to around 175,000 affected mobile customers, and to write to a further half a million customers who...
Supposed picture of upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 7 leaked
Samsung has two major flagship releases each year, the Galaxy S series release and the Galaxy Note series. With the Galaxy Note 7 rumoured to be announced in early August it is hardly surprised that here we are a...
What we’re expecting from Google this September
It's no secret that Google traditionally holds a hardware-focused event towards the end of the year. If timelines for multiple products are kept, then we are expecting an event before September 23rd this year, and that's just two and...
Pokémon Go on iOS requests more permissions than it needs, but Niantic is working...
Yeah Pokémon Go is going gangbusters in terms of popularity, so much so that the servers seem to be going up and down quite regularly. In fact, the mobile game has become so popular in just a few days...
Sony Xperia X Performance now available exclusively on Telstra
Sony's Xperia X range are slowly hitting Australian retailers and carriers. Today Sony and Telstra have announced that the Xperia X Performance is now available from Telstra as a carrier exclusive.
Telstra will sell in both Graphite Black and white...
Qualcomm announce their latest high-end SOC the Snapdragon 821
In a world where technology never sits still it's not surprising to see large chip vendors like Qualcomm iterate on their offerings, and so surprise we are not to see their latest update to their top of the line...
Rumour: Are these the Google’s Android Wear devices Angelfish and Swordfish?
With Google's expected September hardware event shaping up to be their largest ever hardware reveal, we are beginning to see more and more leaks out of Mountain View. Today, Android Police have released two recreated renders (i.e. they made...
HTC to launch Desire 10 as a follow on from HTC 10 in Q3...
HTC's flagship '10' handset this year was received much better than last years One M9, with improved design, internals and of course a much better camera. The high end isn't HTC's only market and a HTC Desire 10 is...
Ausdroid weekly round up – 4th to 10th July 2016
This week has been a bit of a mixed bag; there hasn't been a lot 'new' on the Android front but we've still had some excitement. On the hardware front, we got our first leaked look at Google's next handsets...
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 prototype seems to have snuck onto Geekbench
It seems a prototype version of Samsung's rumoured Galaxy Note 7 might have shown up in Geekbench's benchmark database in the last couple of days, though it doesn't quite line up with what we've come to expect. In fact,...
How to negotiate with your phone carrier for a better deal
One of the many advantages of not getting a phone on contract is that it makes you less beholden to one specific carrier and improves your negotiating stance with them. If you've got a phone on contract the likelihood...
Motorola launches the Moto Online Store for Australia
We've been waiting for Motorola to launch its online store in Australia for quite some time, in the vain hope that we might see MotoMaker launch locally. While it seems that the Moto Maker service isn't coming here, Motorola's online...
Motorola announces the arrival of the Moto G4 Plus in Australia from $399
Motorola's latest super-mid foray into Australia is here, with the arrival of the Moto G4 Plus this weekend, following the announcement a little while back. The Moto G4 Plus will be available in two configurations, a 16GB variant with...
Motorola Moto 360 gen 2 finally comes to Australia too, from $479
It might have been announced a little while ago back in September last year, but the Moto 360 gen 2 has now officially landed in Australia, and it goes on sale next week on the 13th.
You might think it has...