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March Release For New HTC U Smartphone

Fergus Halliday February 23, 2017 No Comments

At a press briefing in Sydney today, HTC Australia confirmed that its new HTC U series of handsets will be rolling out for Australian customers from March 8th. Both the…

LG G6 Gets Danish Approval Ahead Of MWC Debut

Fergus Halliday February 23, 2017 No Comments

Though still not officially revealed, LG’s G6 smartphone is already attracting international acclaim. Danish Industrial designer Torsten Valeur, CEO of Danish design studio David Lewis Designers, has praised the design of…

Optus Rolls Out 4.5G Network For Macquarie Park

Fergus Halliday February 22, 2017 No Comments

Optus has taken its first real steps towards operating a 5G network today, with the telco launching its first 4.5G network. The new network, currently only covering Optus customers living…

Reports Say Samsung Will Recycle And Refurbish Note 7

Fergus Halliday February 22, 2017 No Comments

If you saw the pictures of the thousands of Samsung Note 7s wired up for testing during Samsung’s recent press conference and wondered what would happen to all those handsets,…

Qantas Wi-Fi System Takes Off

Computer Daily News February 22, 2017 No Comments

Qantas has taken 140 of its staff on a flight to test its new in-flight Wi-Fi system, due to be installed across its domestic fleet around mid-year. So far the…

Vodafone No 1 Sydney Operator

Computer Daily News February 22, 2017 No Comments

Once derisively known as Vodafail for its seemingly unending shutdowns, Vodafone has now emerged as the No 1 mobile service provider in Sydney, ahead of Telstra and Optus. According to…

Oppo Tease 5x Camera Ahead Of MWC

Fergus Halliday February 21, 2017 No Comments

Chinese smartphone player Oppo are looking to follow Huawei, HTC and Apple into the arms-race of portable photography, with the company teasing something photography-related for next week’s Mobile World Congress…

IoT-Net Is In The Works, Says Boost Founder

Fergus Halliday February 21, 2017 No Comments

Speaking to media in Sydney last week, Boost Mobile co-founder and former-CEO of 360Fly Peter Adderton predicted that the task of connecting the “Internet-Of-Things” will soon be handled by carriers…

Optus Double Down On Content Deals To Get Ahead Of Telstra

Fergus Halliday February 20, 2017 No Comments

Reports say that Optus is eyeing further content deals after their securing of broadcast rights to the EPL helped the telco edge ahead of competitors in 2016, despite issues. Originally speaking…

ZTE Pulls Plug On Crowdfunded Handset

Fergus Halliday February 20, 2017 No Comments

ZTE have put an end to their efforts to crowdfund their eye-tracking smartphone, “The Hawkeye”. Originally announced at CES in 2016, The Hawkeye (also known as Project CSX) was pitched as a project that…