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Boost mobile offering refurbished smartphones from Samsung, Google and Apple
Boost mobile is now offering selected refurbished iPhones, Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel smartphones at some reasonable prices.
The smartphones, which have been refurbed by Boost mobile and are only available through the Boost website...
**Updated** Telstra and Optus rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo to their Samsung Galaxy S8...
Just the other day we covered the roll out of Oreo to the HTC 10 and now it seems it is Samsung's turn update their first phone to Oreo. Yesterday Android 8.0 started...
Here’s why Samsung halted the Android 8 Oreo rollout for Galaxy S8 owners
Samsung Galaxy S8 owners were undoubtedly excited at the announcement of broader availability of the Android 8.0 Oreo update. However, unexpectedly perhaps, Samsung put the brakes on the rollout.
It turns out there's a good...
Samsung finally allow the Bixby button to be completely disabled
Ever since Samsung released a phone with a totally useless button, the Bixby button even though Bixby itself wasn't available yet, developers have been fighting to make that button useful. Many though are...
Daydream now works with the Australian Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+
Recently we reported that the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus were now officially Daydream compliant. Unfortunately it needed not just an update from Samsung but also a server side switch. Today...
Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ can now be used with Google’s Daydream
Back in May at Google I/O Clay Bavor from Google announced that Daydream VR would be coming to the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+. There have been whispers that it was imminent recently...
Samsung announces Bixby Voice is now available on the Galaxy S8/S8+ in the US
Almost a full three months after the initial launch, Samsung has today announced that after a beta trial, the Bixby Voice component of their virtual assistant is now available for everyone in the US...
Samsung Australia adds Coral Blue colour option for Galaxy S8/S8+
Samsung Australia has today announced that the Coral Blue colour variant of the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ is now available in Australia.
The new Coral Blue colour is available only from retailers, with no...
Samsung blocks the remapping of the Bixby button again and the next day it...
In the never ending cat and mouse battle between Samsung and their end users, an update for the Galaxy S8 blocked the remapping of the Bixby button, but today the button can now be...
Google Daydream VR coming to the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus – as...
On stage today at Google IO Google's head of VR Clay Bavor made a surprising announcement, Daydream VR is in fact coming to the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, as well as LG's...
Got your new Galaxy S8? Here’s some accessories you should consider
If you've found yourself with a new Samsung Galaxy S8, you've got one of the phones of 2017 that's most likely to receive the most compatible accessories. It's hard for accessory manufacturers you see;...
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus are now on sale.. here’s all the...
Merry S-mas: the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are now officially on sale in Aus. If you've read the Ausdroid review and decided you're after Samsung's latest and greatest, you've got a few different...
Bixby Button Remapper lets you remap the Bixby button to many other things, and...
If you're a new Galaxy S8 owner, you may have reached a similar conclusion to me -- Bixby just isn't that useful at the moment, compared to more established services like Google Now (for...
Got your brand new Galaxy S8 / S8+? How to get the most from...
If you've received your new Galaxy S8 handset in the last couple of days, you're in for a fun weekend setting up and getting to know your new Samsung phone. For some of you,...
Samsung Galaxy S8 is apparently the company’s “most successful launch ever”
Showing that the firey Galaxy Note 7 disaster hasn't hampered consumer demand for the Galaxy S8 range, Samsung has announced today that the Galaxy S8 pre-orders have "broken all records".
Just as the late Steve...