Dimple adds physical buttons to your Android
Following in the foosteps of Pressy and Klick, Dimple promises to add buttons to your Android device. Unlike the previously mentioned contenders, Dimple does this by adding more than one physical button to your device and allows you...
Toshiba CB30 Chromebook — Review
Can Toshiba bring their Windows laptop expertise to the Chromebook market
Back when I used to sell laptops at retail -- back in the late 90’s, early 2000’s -- there was one name that was synonymous with quality: Toshiba. Customers...
LG announces the LG L70 launching exclusively on Optus
LG has today announced that the first in their L Series III phones to launch in Austalia is the L70 and it will be available exclusively from Optus.
The L70 will be sold for $179, it's a mid-range phone...
ACCAN and Australian Human Rights Commission announce the Apps for All Challenge
We all love using Apps on our phones and tablets right? Well, not all apps are created equal, and people with disabilities often have trouble using apps, that's why today the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) and the...
Huawei set to launch the Ascend P7 in Australia next week?
May is just getting busier and busier for Android launches. We've just received an invite to the Australian launch of the latest handset from Huawei. This is of course most likely to be referencing the Huawei Ascend P7.
The event...
Sony Xperia Z2 arrives on Optus, coming to Vodafone
As rumoured yesterday, the Sony Xperia Z2 has launched on Optus today, and in new news, will launch on Vodafone in a few days on the 7th. Announcing the launch this morning, Sony Mobile's John Featherstone said:
Sony Mobile has...
Android malware threats on the rise, warns F-Secure
Android Malware. It's something that we hear a fair bit about at Ausdroid, and it's something that you probably should be mindful of. Every so often, digital security companies put out their research on the current trends in security...
New Motorola smartphone – ‘Made to Last, Priced for All’ to be announced May...
Motorola is apparently set to launch a new smartphone in just under two weeks, sending out press invites to an event scheduled in London on May 13.
The invite, which announces the new phone will be 'Made to Last, Priced...
Android Silver rumoured to replace the Nexus and Google Play edition programs
The existence of the Android Silver project seems to be gathering support across a number of sources, and is set to replace the Nexus handset program and Google Play editions program with a single, unified Google-controlled program.
Android Silver is...
JB Hi-Fi offering the Lenovo IdeaTab S6000 10″ Android Tablet for $288
JB are offering the Lenovo IdeaTab S6000 10" Android tablet for $288. The tablet, which sports decent specs for an entry level tablet, is the follow on from Lenovo's Yoga tablets which launched last year.
The Lenovo IdeaTab S6000 10"...
Share Google Drive Presentations with your Chromecast
Users of Google Docs have probably long seen a synergy between the Presentations option and Google's Chromecast. In fact, it's the logical (and really simple) way to present on the big screen. Well, imagine no longer -- Google has...
Google’s Nexus 6 could be based on LG’s G3
We don't yet have an LG G3 released (but it's coming soon), and rumours are already circulating that LG will have the honours for this year's Nexus phone for the third year running.
Nexus phones usually come out in the...
Google Now updated to version 3.4 with new features
Google has updated the Google Now app for Android to version 3.4, and while it promises some new features, these seem to be country-dependent, and at least for now, they're not visible in Australia.
The update promises the following new...
The OnePlus One Release Timeframe Announced?
The OnePlus One has certainly had an interesting introduction to the world. First it was the social marketing of OnePlus taking a dig at other manufacturers, then the slow, drip feeding of the specs of the device, resulting in...
LG G3 to announced on May 27th in a world-wide launch across six cities
After announcing that the G3 would help their financial results for Quarter 2, LG has apparently begun sending out press invites for the launch of their 2014 superphone.
The launch will take place in six cities, across two days but...