German supermarket chain Aldi have just released their latest catalogue with specials beginning this Saturday, the 28th of June. The latest addition to their ‘Special Buys’ range, includes a new 5″ Bauhn branded smartphone named the Sphere B5 and will be selling for $249. The phone offers some updated spaces …
Read More »HP 7 Plus tablet on sale at Officeworks for $149
HP have been quite sneaky launching their next Android tablet device, the HP 7 Plus tablet, very quietly and it seems that the device is exclusively on sale through Officeworks in their latest catalogue for $149. The HP 7 Plus tablet is HP’s answer to returning to the low-cost tablet …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite 7″ Tablet on sale at Woolworths from this Wednesday
Woolworths are offering the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7″ Lite for $199 in their latest catalogue starting this Wednesday 21st May for one week. The Galaxy Tab Lite series are Samsung’s answer to the low-cost tablet market and it certainly has gained some territory in that respect, but the Galaxy …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Beam successor spotted in China
At MWC 2012, Samsung announced a smartphone with a pico projector embedded in it known as the Galaxy Beam. As a concept it ticked all the boxes, however it had a few major downfalls such as poor battery life, large body, older version of Android and most importantly, the projector …
Read More »HP quietly announces its HP 8 Android Tablet
HP’s entry back into the mobile tablet market has been a slow one, their first tablet the WebOS running Touchpad failed to the point where they were forced to sell off stock in a fire-sale and their subsequent entry into the Android tablet market has been aimed more at the …
Read More »Samsung removes controversial benchmark-influencing modifications in KitKat updates
Samsung have done away with its controversial benchmark-influencing modifications that surfaced last year after the release of the Galaxy S4, in which Anandtech alleged the South Korean conglomerate of essentially “gaming” its devices’ CPU and GPU benchmark scores by leaving cores at “full throttle” when benchmarking applications were launched. The …
Read More »Google pulls privacy feature from Android, says it was accidentally added
Google’s recently added privacy feature, dubbed App Ops, which was able to allow users to install apps while preventing the installed app from collecting sensitive data has is now gone in Android 4.4, according to reports. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) questioned Google over the removal of the feature, and …
Read More »Is Huawei preparing a successor to the Ascend Mate?
Huawei News claims that Huawei is preparing to introduce a successor to the Ascend Mate phablet. They’re so sure, they’ve even posted pictures of the new device: The Ascend Mate 2 is said to come with the following specs: 6.1-inch 1080p IPS display 1.6GHz, quad-core – Cortex-A9 CPU Kirin 910 …
Read More »Telstra bring some early pressies for Galaxy SIII & HTC One Users, but Galaxy Note 2 users still have to wait
Good news for Telstra Samsung Galaxy S III owners as it seems the telco has approved the Android 4.2.2 ‘Jelly Bean Plus’ update. The update, which is schedule to start hitting devices on a ‘progressive’ rolling out phase is scheduled to start from December 2nd. HTC One users also have …
Read More »Oppo R819 Dual-SIM Smartphone — Review
Oppo attracted the eye of media and consumers alike with their Find 5 earlier this year, a device that was – and still is – seen as a worthy flagship device in both specs and style. The Chinese manufacturer’s attention now seems to be shifting towards the growing dual SIM …
Read More »Laser announce MID eTouch Android tablet range
Laser Corporation isn’t a very well known brand when it comes to product and marketing, but yesterday the company announced it’s new and updated budget MID eTouch Android Tablet range, coming in 4 various flavours for nearly everyone starting with the MID 742- 7” eTouch Tablet, MID741 – 7” eTouch …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini now available from Big W for $548
With the big 3 telco’s announcing that they would be offering the little brother of the main Samsung flagship device, the Galaxy S4 Mini, you would be mistaken that you could only get this device either through the main telco’s or a grey importer, but it seems Big W is …
Read More »Telstra pushing Android 4.2.2 to HTC One XL and Xperia Z over the air
HTC One XL and Xperia Z owners will have been seeing an update to Android 4.2.2 on their phone over the last couple of weeks. Craig on the Telstra Crowd Support forum has advised that the Xperia Z began seeing the Android 4.2.2 update beginning its rollout on the 30th …
Read More »Optus announce the Android 4.2.2 update for the HTC One is now available
Optus HTC One owners can now join their fellow owners on Telsra and Vodafone with Optus today advising that the Android 4.2.2 update is now rolling out over the air to the HTC One. Great news for our HTC One customers – Android 4.2.2 now avail over the air. Heaps …
Read More »Android 4.2.2 update for Vodafone HTC One is now rolling out
After delaying the Android 4.2.2 update for the HTC One to ensure that customers would not be charged for the data, Vodafone has advised that the update is now available. The Vodafone Blog has updated to advise that the update will be preceded by a 1.5MB update which will then …
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