Into the Wild: Comparison of Iridium vs Inmarsat vs Thuraya in the field
We've been looking at satellite communications for the last few weeks as part of our Into the Wild series, and we thought what better way to compare the options available than to grab three of the leading satellite phones...
LG G6 — Re-reviewed
To say that I was less than enamoured with the LG G6 I reviewed a month or so ago is an understatement. I thought the design was near-perfect, so much so that I feel the 18:9 ratio phone is...
Bose Soundlink Revolve — Australian Review
It's no secret that I -- and my colleagues at Ausdroid -- are rather fond of Bose gear. We've reviewed plenty of it, from the first time I used a Bose Soundtouch speaker, to Phil's review of the excellent...
Review – TAGG Tempered Glass Screen Protector for Moto G5/G5 Plus and OPPO R9s/R9s...
Some people like to use smartphones as is but I always use a glass screen protector and a drop proof case. I recently purchased a few TAGG Shield tempered glass screen protectors from eBay Australia store techacc-au to try...
Garmin Dash Cam 45 — Australian Review
For the last couple of weeks I've been driving around with one of Garmin's newest connected DashCam's in my car -- the Dash Cam 45. I've used quite a few dashcams, including cheap ones from Jaycar and more expensive...
Moto G5 — Australian Review
The Moto G5 is the baby brother to the Moto G5 Plus. Motorola's G series have been popular for several years amongst Australians looking for outright purchase, value for money phones that don't compromise on quality.
The newly launched Moto...
Into the wild: Iridium Go!
Welcome to the second instalment of our Into the Wild series, where we take a look at ways of keeping in touch in places where modern smartphones fear to tread (at least, by themselves). We've already taken a look...
Huawei GR5 2017 — Australian Review
Huawei and other Chinese manufacturers dominate the low to mid range sector of the smartphone market in Australia and for good reason. They build quality hardware, and manage to do so without hiking the prices. The bulk of consumers...
OPPO R9s Plus and R9s — Australian Review
Oppo has been in the Australian market for 3 years now, bringing their range of affordable high-quality phones to an increasingly-receptive Australian public. While their older N and Find series seems to be taking a rest, the company’s devices...
Fitbit Alta HR Sleep Tracking and Sleep Stages Review
I've been using the new Fitbit Alta HR to track my sleep and fitness activity for the last 24 days. The Alta HR uses a combination of your heartbeat data and arm movements to sense when you are asleep...
Klipsch R6i earphones — Review
Some manufacturers have shown “courage” in recent times and begun to remove the headphone jack from their devices. Others have seen sense and realised that there’s a lot of users out there (like me) who’ve dropped a lot of...
Review: Fitbit Alta HR, the stylish tracker for the average person
Fitbit and fitband. Same thing apparently. Just ask any average Joe or Joanne. Fitbit were the first to do the fitband thing well and have since continued to make high quality wearable fitness tracking devices. Their latest offering, the...
Moto G5 Plus — Australian Review
For years now Motorola has led the mid-range with their G range of Android Phones, offering a great value for money and substantially better specs every year. Combine that with widespread Australian retail availability and it’s not hard to...
Into the wild: Pivotel’s Big Bundle with the Thuraya SatSleeve
For the last week, I've been testing out something which many of the average consumers probably won't have a need to use -- a satellite communication service. However, you can push out of your mind the images of clunky...
Ford’s 2017 Everest — It’s a mountain of a car
When the opportunity came up to have a play with some more vehicles, we immediately thought "hey, why not?" I took a look at a few cars last year for Ausdroid, on the premise of examinng the technology inside...