Ausdroid Nexus Player raffle to be drawn tomorrow morning
Good evening everyone. This is just a brief note about the Nexus Player Raffle which was to be drawn today.
Owing to rather unexpected events today in Sydney and the impact on my work, I wasn't able to draw...
Micromax YU with CyanogenMod to come with 64-bit Snapdragon 615 processor
Indian manufacturer Micromax began inviting the press to a hardware launch this week, where the Micromax YU line will be announced. As almost everyone is aware after the last weeks worth of back and forth, the phone will be...
AllDock Mini Review and Giveaway
Kickstarter is a great way to get your dream project started, but there's a catch. Your dream needs to capture the imagination of hundreds, if not thousands of people to hit your funding goal and get things moving...
Sony releases video showing bootloader unlocking process – reminds you that this process...
Sony has been at the forefront when it comes to reaching out to the developer community when it comes to Android. From providing source and kernels on their SonyDeveloper GitHub repo, through to hiring Alin Jerpelea from CyanogenMods FreeXperia...
Dell releases the Venue 7 3000 tablet with 3G voice capabilities
After launching the Dell Venue 8 tablet on their website back in October, Dell has released their second Android tablet, adding a 7" model to the range. The Dell Venue 7 3000 has a neat trick up its sleeve...
Sony Xperia Z3 — Review
It wasn't all that long ago that I remained in love with HTC's One M8. I've owned it since it launched in Australia, and even bought one before Ausdroid's review was published. I knew that I had liked the...
Google brings animated ‘Be Together, Not the Same’ Android ads to Town Hall train...
Google's 'Be Together, Not the same' line of ads for Android have made a splash around the world, with Google taking over Times Square in New York, as well as in the Tube system in London. Now they've started...
Cyanogen-Micromax “YU” Phone To Launch 18th December
To say that the last week has been an eventful one in the OnePlus-Cyanogen Inc relationship is a massive understatement. Both sides publicly fired shots at one another over the Cyanogen Inc exclusivity deal with Micromax in India....
Optus 10 – Open for business and serving rural Australians
Optus have continued their investment in infrastructure and increasing their coverage announcing on Friday that they've added another satellite to their fleet. Called Optus 10, the satellite will provide voice and data connectivity to customers in both regional and...
Nokia pushes out Here Map onto Google Play
After launching on Android as a Samsung exclusive back in August, Nokia has finally released Here maps on Google Play as a free download, allowing for much broader access.
Nokia's HERE maps is one of their main areas of focus...
Facebook now lets you follow and find hot trends on your mobile
Normally when you're out and about away from home, Facebook would normally be considered the last place to keep up to date and find big events right? Well Facebook wants to change that.
Introduced in January on the desktop,...
Google looks back at 2014 in Google Play with their Year In Entertainment
Google Play is a big business for Google, with distribution of content covering a large portion of the globe, with that market continuing to grow month by month. Australia is one of only a few countries which has access...
Android Wear 5.0.1 is starting to land on Australian watches
If you're the owner of an LG G watch R, you might have noticed (or you might soon) that you've got a software update waiting. Ausdroid reader Dylan is one such recipient of this software update which takes Android Wear...
Motorola says the Moto X will be in stores from 15 December
Motorola have announced that the new Moto X will be available in selected retailers from 15 December 2014. Given the delays we've seen on other Motorola products reaching shelves this year, we'll believe that when we see it, but...
More details begin to emerge about Samsung’s Galaxy A7 mobile device
We recently learned that Samsung was working on another thin, all-metal, mid-range smartphone device - currently known as the Galaxy A7 - with some specs leaking thanks to Tenaa (the Chinese telecommunications equipment certification center). More details have now...