HTC RE Camera — Review
HTC announced the tiny, portable and decidedly odd-shaped Re camera at its October Double Exposure event in New York. The RE represents the company's first step away from its core smartphone product line in a long time, a move...
HTC’s RE Camera is available today, RRP $249
First announced in New York in October, HTC has today announced that its pipe-shaped Re Camera will launch today at Telstra, Fone Zone and Next Byte stores nationwide for an RRP of $250. There's also an Australian site for...
Nexus 6 is now SOLD OUT in the Australian Play Store
Update Thurs 8:30am: Stock is already exhausted, with the Play Store advising users to check back soon. Well done all you Nexus buyers that got in early!
Update 6:30am:Â As you can see above, the Nexus 6 is now available for...
Google announces Android Wear 5.0 – watch face API is finally here, along with...
Google has today unwrapped the latest update for Android Wear, finally announcing the Android Watch face API they promised all the way back in July. But that's not all, there's also a few new bits of functionality being added...
Google will sell the Nexus 6 at JB Hifi as well as on Google...
While the Nexus 6 has launched in the US, and has begun rolling out in Europe, we've yet to see pre-orders begin here. But that may soon change, with the Google Play store listing showing a number of changes...
Google+ now lets you define your own gender
If you don't identify as Male or Female, having to select a gender on social networks can be frustrating process. As of today, Google+ will allow you to type in a custom gender for your social networking profile instead...
Transport for NSW announces 2 new Opal apps – Opal Travel & Opal Fares...
Transport for NSW along with the Minister for Transport, Gladys Berejiklian, has today announced their will be 2 new Opal apps which will help give you both information regarding modes of transport, as well as an estimated Opal card...
Samsung Australia advise a delay on the Gear VR headset
When it comes to product delays, Samsung Australia has had a pretty bad run in the last couple of months. The Note 4 and Note Edge were both delayed, and now Samsung Australia has advised that the virtual reality...
Nexus 6 was originally supposed to come with a fingerprint scanner
Device security is a major factor these days. Google implemented device encryption in Android 5.0 (Lollipop), but according to a commit that's been discovered in AOSP, there was originally supposed to be a hardware component to device security on...
Ausdroid Podcast 128 – Firing up the Scott Plowman Rage Generator 3000
Welcome to episode 128 of the Ausdroid podcast!
As you might guess from the episode title, Scott's back and he's unimpressed. And he has a lot to be unimpressed about this week, with Telstra, OnePlus, Cyanogen, Google and a few...
Review: Huawei Ascend Mate 7
Huawei might be the worlds third largest smartphone manufacturers but they are still yet to become a household name in Australia. When they first entered the smartphone market in Australia they were exclusively targeting the pre-paid market. ...
Ausdroid Podcast 128 – LIVE CHAT
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Welcome to episode 128 of the Ausdroid Podcast!
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ZTE Blade C2 now available from Officeworks
Since their launch in Australia, ZTE has been bringing in a few devices to the local market. Not their higher end range like the Nubia Z7 (which we'd love to check out), but lots of entry level stuff, like...
Google updates their Chromecast offers with a movie and credit
Google has been pretty good about offering up content and exclusives for new and existing Chromecast owners through their chromecast.com/offers website. There's a couple of new offers on the cards for owners of what Google are labelling 'compatible internet...
Plantronics BackBeat Pro — Review
Better known for gaming headsets and call centre equipment, Plantronics isn't a company you typically associate with high-end headphones, but the company's newest addition to the BackBeat family - the premium quality over-ear Bluetooth noise-cancelling BackBeat Pro - does...