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Froyo for Telstra’s HTC Desire to be available within a month
Telstra employee, Andrew Volard, has today confirmed that Telstra & HTC are on track to upgrade the HTC Desire to Android 2.2 (Froyo) within 4 weeks.
A few of you have asked how the update...
HTC Wildfire available on Telstra Prepaid from today
From today onwards the HTC Wildfire will be available on Telstra Prepaid for $349 (supposedly). The Wildfire will be network locked, but can be unlocked by recharging $80 + unlocking fee. Tell us how...
What’s happening in September..
There's quite a bit that's meant to be happening in September, although most of it needs to be taken with a grain of salt. I hope some of the stuff in this post will...
Just to clear up some confusion about the HTC Wildfire on Telstra..
It appears there is some confusing about pricing, availability & colouring of the HTC Wildfire that is currently available on Telstra. And fair enough, it has been pretty confusing for some, so in this...
HTC Legend slowly being killed worldwide due to AMOLED & chip shortages
I think we're all mostly aware of the AMOLED shortage taking place worldwide, and we've seen some of the mild effects . But now the shortage has seen Bell (Candian Carrier) completely kill off...
HTC Wildfire goes on sale from tomorrow
A quick reminder, the HTC Wildfire will go on sale tomorrow at Life and Fone Zone stores for $349 outright on Telstra Prepaid or $0 on the $49 'NextG' cap over 24 months.
The...
Optus might be getting the HTC Aria – could rename it HTC Liberty
The very trustworthy folk over at Techanist have just reported that Optus are looking at getting the HTC Aria, which we think could possibly be renamed to the HTC Liberty (it's codename) at the...
Finally.. A side-by-side comparison of Super LCD & AMOLED
What you see above is a side-by-side comparison of the HTC Desire with both a Super LCD (left) and AMOLED (right) display. AMOLED seems to have more intensity and brightness whereas the Super LCD...
Optus drop Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro to $29/mo – Lowers outright price $30
Optus have just recently lowered the X10 Mini Pro from a hefty $49/mo to a lighter $29/mo on their Max Cap. In addition to this they have lowered the outright price $30 to $489,...
HTC Wildfire to be the first Android prepaid smartphone on Telstra — $349 outright
PC Authority is reporting that Telstra will be releasing the HTC Wildfire as a prepaid phone, which is a first for Telstra. Another first for Telstra is good pricing, asking for only $349 per...
HTC Ace (Desire HD) surfaces – Lookin’ sexy
Update: New video of the HTC Ace after the break!
Not all that long ago we asked you if you'd be interested in a GSM variant of the HTC EVO 4G, and it's safe to...
Harvey Norman drops HTC Hero price $100 to $699
HTC initially thought the idea of stocking flagship devices via Harvery Norman would be a good idea.. It wasn't. The HTC Hero never really took off, and the price was too high. And now...
What’s to come in August
This month will (hopefully) bring some new Android devices to Aus, as well as some already available ones heading to new carriers. In this post I'll attempt to cover all known and rumoured upcoming...
Telstra HTC Desire packaging suggests Super LCD display
We've said for a while that Telstra would be soon using Super LCD displays in the Desire, and then HTC confirmed they'd be manufacturing them.
Now more good news, a source from Telstra has...
HTC Desire vs. Samsung Galaxy S
The HTC Desire & Samsung Galaxy S are the two best Android Devices out on the market at the moment, so we decided to put them up against each other to give you an...