UK Sales of Android PhonesTriple Sales of Android phones in the UK grew by a staggering 350 per cent since the beginning of 2010 despite the contract market growing by less than 1 per cent in the same period, according to GfK Retail and Technology in the UK.
Telstra Announces iPhone 4 Pricing Telstra has confirmed that it will launch the iPhone 4 in Australia on July 30, despite antenna problems identified in the UK and US markets. There is no mention of whether bump covers designed to fix the antenna problem will be handed out by the national carrier.
73 Per Cent Of Consumers Happy With iPhone 4 As HTC Gains Ground A new survey of the Smartphone market by ChangeWave shows big leaps in demand for the Apple iPhone 4 and HTC?s Droid Incredible in the next 90 days. This comes at the expense of Motorola and RIM.
Major Problem With iPhone 4 Flash Cases EXCLUSIVE: iPhone 4 buyers in Australia, could have problems sourcing covers for their new phone which goes on sale later this month after Apple issued a warning to manufacturers that the camera?s flash hole on several cases are causing images to come out blurred or have colour rings around them.
First Look: New OZ Samsung Wave Running Bada OS Samsung Australia has launched their new Bada OS Wave phone, 24 hours ahead of the Google Android Nexus One phone, which is set to debut on the Vodafone network tomorrow.
Google Nexus One Finally Hits Oz After weeks of speculation, Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has confirmed that it will launch the Google Nexus One tomorrow, 1 July 2010.
Samsung Set To Hurt HTC Desire Sales Due To Screen War HTC who are in a brutal Android phone war with Samsung and their new Galaxy S in Australia, will have to switch display screens from their current AMOLED display which is found in the HTC Desire to LCD due to supply problems created by their arch enemy Samsung.
Sony Puts The Pressure On Sony who is fighting to get back into the Smartphone market has developed new touch screen technology that measures the pressure applied to a screen
New Form Factor iPhone 40% Better Battery Life Apple has announced a brand new multitasking iPhone that is thinner than previous models and delivers a big 40% improvement in battery life.
Leaked: New Samsung Android Phone & iPad Type Tablet Samsung Australia is set to launch an assault on the Android devices market with a new Galaxy S Android phone and a new Android tablet PC that looks remarkable like an iPad and has a phone calling capability.
New Motorola Quench Available On Optus Following the launch of DEXT and Backflip a couple of months ago, Motorola announced that its new Android phone, the Quench with Motoblur, will be available exclusively through Optus.
Know Where You Stand With Your Mobile Phone Carrying a mobile phone is essential for many Australians, but many are not fully aware of their rights and are at risk of being scammed.
New Google Click And Translate Phones As Google gets into a bun fight with Apple and their iPhone software the big search Company is now upping the ante with a series of Android updates including an app which translates foreign words found in a picture or menu.
Smatphone Market Booming 3 Vendors Have 60% New research indicates that the number of smartphones shipped in 2009 topped 180 million units worldwide, with Nokia, Research in Motion, and Apple sharing 60% of the market claims research Company Park Associates.
Consumers Moving To Cheap BlackBerry Consumers are moving away from purchasing premium Blackberry handsets, such as the recently launched Storm. Instead, they are opting for cheaper models, which analysts are predicting could have an impact on the company?s bottom line.
Motorola Android Smartphones Hit Oz Motorola announced that it will be bringing two of its Google Android phones, the DEXT and Backflip, to Australia. These new smartphones will be available exclusively to Optus starting 9 April 2010.
Samsung Boss Talks Bada & Apps No Carrier Deal Yet Tyler McGee, the Vice President of Telecommunications for Samsung Australia, refuses to say whether any carrier in Australia has confirmed that it will carry new Samsung Wave phone built around the new bada operating system that is currently being developed by the Korean phone manufacturer.
Microsoft Branded Win 7 Mobile Phone Being Considered Microsoft, which recently announced a smart new Windows 7 Mobile operating system, is set to demand a minimum hardware requirement in an effort to compete with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android-based phones. Speculation is also mounting that Microsoft may launch its own mobile phone in an effort to compete with Google.
New Apple iPhone Will Have Video Calling The next 3.2 iPhone, which is due to be released this year, is set to have video calling, a technology that carriers welcome as it drives bandwidth via both their data and broadband networks. Among the carriers that will be able to support the technology is Telstra with its Next G Network, which will shortly move to 42Mbps.
Intel And Nokia To Merge Number one mobile phone manufacturer Nokia and number one chipmaker Intel are to merge their Linux-based smartphone operating systems in a bid to compete with Google's Android and Apple 's iPhone OS.
New Samsung 2.1 Android SmartPhone With DLP Projector Leaked Samsung has accidently revealed a new Android 2.1 smartphone while launching its new Bada OS Wave. The new offering has a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 8-megapixel camera and a built-in DLP projector.
New Microsoft Mobile OS On Show At Barcelona Microsoft's long-awaited plunge into the fierce competition of advanced smartphones is due today, US time, as the company seeks to regain a technology edge against rivals Apple and Google.
Apple Plans New iPhone With Bigger Screen & Faster Processor Sources in Asia claim that Apple is planning a brand new iPhone with a bigger screen and a faster processor. What is not known is whether the processor is a new Qualcomm Snapdragon processor or a version of the Apple A4 processor found in the new Apple iPad.
Samsung Omnia Pro Launches On Telstra Samsung announced that its Omnia Pro, a Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone with QWERTY keypad, is available exclusively for Telstra users.
Nokia Takes On Google With Free GPS Nokia has announced that a new premium version of its Ovi Maps app is now available for free?a move that will help the company compete against Android-based smartphones, which have access to a free Google Maps application.
HTC HD2 Smartphone Hits Telstra HTC has launched the HD2?a pencil-thin smartphone with a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen that will be sold by Telstra for $829.
HTC Shelves Tablet Plan New HD2 Smartphone Today HTC, who today will launch their new HD2 Smartphone in Australia, has pulled the plug on their tablet PC product which was originally planned to compete with the new Apple iSlate offering.
Will Microsoft Sell Win 7 Mobile Direct As Telstra Goes Android? Microsoft is expected to reveal the first beta version of its new Windows Mobile offering at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month after failing to even hint at what was expected at this year's CES in Las Vegas, where Google Android was flavour of the day.
No New Google Nexus One Smartphone For OZ EXCLUSIVE: The new Google Nexus One smartphone will not be launched in Australia, nor will consumers with an Australian-issued credit card or IP address allowed to buy the phone online, according to US Google sources.
Dial Up A Mobile Bid On EBay Consumers are now using their mobile phone more than ever to bid on eBay, with the auction company claiming that more than 1.5 million products were purchased over a mobile network during the past few weeks.
Nokia Debuts Handsets For 2010 Nokia has unveiled its new range of handsets that will be coming to Australia early next year. The N900, N97 Mini, and X6 were showcased at a function conducted by the company yesterday.
New Google Phone Could Be Locked Out Of Networks Phone carriers in Australia have privately said that they are concerned about the pending launch of the new Google Android phone, which is tipped to be launched on January 5th?the same day that the CES show opens in Las Vegas.
New HTC OLED Android 2.0 Phone Early In 2010 HTC, who was set to launch a new OLED Android 2.0-based Passion smartphone in January, is now set to delay the launch due to a new chipset from Qualcomm and further advances in the developmen of the Google Android software.
Tethering Now On Telstra iPhone Telstra announced that tethering on the Apple iPhone is now available for its customers. This means that users can now use their iPhone as a modem.
Optus Launch New Voice To Text Mobile Service Optus has launched a new Voice to Text service that allows Optus?s mobile customers to convert spoken VoiceMail messages into text and receive them as a text message on their mobile phone.
Tough New Subbies Phone From Telstra Subbies and trades looking for a tough mobile phone that's water and dust resistant and has a built-in FM radio are being given the choice of a new offering from Telstra that is described as ideal for Australian conditions.
More Phone Problems For Sony Ericcson Struggling European phone company Sony Ericsson, who last week saw its new Satio smartphone pulled from retailer shelves in the UK, now has another problem with users reporting software issues with their Aino touchscreen phones.
New Google Smartphone To Deliver Free Calls Speculation is mounting that Google is set to go it alone with the search Company close to launching their own Google branded mobile phone that will deliver free calls in several Countries. It will also be twice as fast as the current iPhone.
RIM Takes It Up To Apple & HTC With New Blackberry 9700 Research In Motion who are in a brutal smartphone war with the likes of Apple, HTC and Samsung will tomorrow roll out a brand new BlackBerry Bold 9700 on the Telstra Next G network for a $0 upfront payment.
New Smartphone Hero Next Week Taiwan's HTC will launch its latest Android smartphone, dubbed Hero, in Australia next week. The Hero will replace the HTC Magic Android phone, which has been marketed by Vodafone and Hutchison "3", now banded together as VHA.
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