BBM announce Android Wear compatibility
Remember BBM? The other, other, other, other messaging app that most people (outside of Indonesia where Blackberry is apparently still huge) installed out of curiosity then fairly promptly un-installed and haven't looked at since?
Blackberry has announced today...
HTC announces a new entry level Desire smartphone, the Desire 320
A little over a year ago, HTC announced the entry level Desire 310 and it seems they're continuing the 300 line, announcing the Desire 320 at CES overnight.
From viewing specs alone, it's easy to see that the Desire 320...
Android Auto: Panasonic joins the list of manufacturers
CES 2015 has shown itself to be the year of Android Auto for manufacturers. We've already seen products that are Android Auto compatible from Parrot, Kenwood, Pioneer and Volkswagen. All with their own pros and cons from...
HTC and Under Armour Join Forces For Connected Fitness
In the fitness industry Under Armour are well known for producing top quality clothing. Expanding their reach recently they have launched a connected fitness network, UA Record, to rival the Nike fitness apps, and possibly Google Fit as...
MediaTek announce new ARM Chip For Android Wear
Here in Australia, our experience with phones and tablets sporting Mediatek processors, have generally been quite bad, with most only appearing in low-end devices that are of dubious build quality and often slow and full of bugs. From...
Sony announces a range of speakers supporting Google Cast
One of the announcements that's brought interest from the Android faithful at CES 2015 is Google Cast for audio which allows you to stream audio to a compatible soundbar, AV receiver or stand alone speaker in much the same...
Nexus 6 appears on Google Play in white; 64GB models now showing “sold out”
If you've been waiting since launch for a white Nexus 6, today could be your lucky day - if you want the 32GB model.
Eagle-eyed reader Dimitry drew our attention to the fact that the Play Store page for the...
Android distribution numbers are in – Lollipop still not even a footnote
A new year, a new bunch of numbers, and as we saw last month there's still no sign of Lollipop, despite being released for 2 months now. The data they've released has been collected during the 7 days leading...
Sennheiser Announce New Headphone Ranges
We had a Parrot announce Zik Sports earphones at CES the other day and not to be left behind Sennheiser have come out swinging today announcing four new ranges of headphones. The four ranges announced are the Momentum...
Australian LG G3 owners receiving Lollipop update
It appears that the wait for Android 5.0 Lollipop might be over for Australian owners of LG's G3 flagship smartphone. Ausdroid reader Jason Oakley owns an LG G3, and excitedly tweeted this morning that his phone has received the...
Pioneer offers Android Auto head units from March 2015
Pioneer is also keen to jump on Android Auto, announcing overnight at CES 2015 that it will offer head units for existing cars from March 2015. In particular, Pioneer has announced that it will sell three models of its...
Kenwood shows off its DDX9902S In-Car unit with Android Auto
It seems 2015 could be the year for Android Auto, with Kenwood jumping on board announcing availability of head units featuring the new Android software. Cars with built in support is one thing, but third-party head units that you...
Volkswagen will have Android Auto on board later this year
When Android Auto was announced mid last year, we were quite interested but there wasn't much noise about whether (and when) Android Auto powered autos would actually arrive on scene. It looks as if Volkswagen will be among the...
HTC announces Desire 826
HTC has taken the wraps off its new Desire handset, which it promoted in the lead-up to CES 2015. Dubbed the Desire 826, this new mid-range Android phone features a 5.5" screen with 1080p display, 2GB of RAM, a...
Samsung announces Galaxy E5 And E7 for India
Samsung hasn't made huge announcements in the mobile space at CES 2015 (likely opting to save those for MWC 2015 instead), but it has separately announced a couple of mid-range phones overnight. Destined for the Indian market, Samsung has...