Lenovo buys Motorola Mobility from Google for US$2.91 billion
Google had closed a deal with Chinese manufacturer, Lenovo, to purchase Motorola Mobility for US$2.91 billion. This will mark the end of Google's foray into the manufacturing side, after originally purchasing Motorola back in 2011 for $12.5 billion.
Of course...
Developers can now bring Chrome apps to Android, easily
Google has been hard at work on a not-very-secret project which would allow developers of Chrome apps (you know, the ones for Chrome OS and in the Chrome browser on other platforms) to readily bring their apps across to...
Toshiba Chromebook now available in Australia for $399
Since the announcement of a Haswell based Toshiba Chromebook in September last year, I admit I've been holding out to see what this company can do with the 'other' Google Operating System. Announced officially at CES, the Toshiba Chromebook...
Asus brings the MeMO Pad 8 to Australia – Available through Harvey Norman for...
Asus has today announced that they have launched a new tablet in Australia which joins the existing MeMO Pad range - the MeMO Pad FHD 10 and the MeMO Pad HD 7 - although the new 8¨ tablet will...
Samsung looking to launch multiple 5-to-6 inch devices
Samsung are looking to further build on the market desire for bigger, bolder and certainly larger screen smartphones in 2014, according to Samsung’s Executive Director, Hyunjoon Kim, who revealed during the company’s Result Report Conference Call that Samsung is...
Sony Xperia Z Ultra released in a WiFi-only variant in Japan
We've taken a fairly good look at Sony's Xperia Z Ultra before, and when Matt reviewed it, he rather liked it, except for the fact that for a phone, at 6.4", it was just too big.
It seems that this view...
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014) — Review
Samsung have been making some impact in the tablet market in the past 12 months but does the 2014 edition of the Galaxy Note 10.1 stand out in the ever-growing crowd of premium tablets?
Samsung are the big success story...
Samsung announces Galaxy Tab 3 Lite, a new 7″ tablet
Samsung has now formally announced an(other) addition to its already fairly crowded tablet range with the Galaxy Tab 3 Lite. In a range where there's already a Galaxy Tab 3 7.0, the addition of another 7" tablet seems just a...
Optus announces three new Samsung tablets available now
Optus has today announced that it has three new Samsung tablets — the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 edition), Galaxy Tab 3 10.1, and Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 — available to purchase on plans starting at $39 a month.
While...
Google brings the ChromeOS experience to Windows 8
Back last October, Google started letting out its secret plans for ChromeOS on Windows 8, but being as it was part of the developer build of Chrome, not many people saw it. However, from today, Google is rolling out...
Possible Nexus 10 successor surfaces via @evleaks
Update: It looks as if this render might be a hoax. Evan is now reporting that he's aware the same render was sent to a number of publications, with different corroborating evidence, which he believes (and we'd tend to...
The 32GB Nexus 10 is now out of stock on Google Play
We're no closer to any sort of announcement of a replacement, but it appears that stock levels on the Nexus 10 - at least in the 32GB storage capacity - are depleting with the 32GB Nexus 10 no longer...
Lenovo executive advises a big Chromebook push coming from the company in 2014
Lenovo has made tentative steps into the Chromebook world so far, they've so far released the Lenovo X131e for the educational market - as well as very limited retail sales - but according to Jay Parker, President, Lenovo North...
CES 2014 — Kogan announces the 7″ Agora HD Mini 3G Tablet
CES is almost over, but it's not quite over yet and this morning sees Ruslan Kogan announcing some new products for his online retail store, like a sub-$1000 4K UHD TV, but more importantly to us a new Android...
CES 2014 — Hisense backs Android for TV’s, Tablets and Phones
Hisense is also at CES and has announced a whole slew of Android based products for 2014, including tablets, Smartphones and a new interface that use Android to power their line of Smart TVs.
Hisense has been quite active in...