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Choo-Choo: Samsung 4G Express Hits Town

Staff Writers May 31, 2013 No Comments

Samsung’s well spec-ed budget 4G smartphone, Samsung Galaxy Express aimed at the youth market, is on sale from Monday. The 4.5-inch Galaxy has Super AMOLED Plus screen, 1.3MP (front) camera,…

Hello, Cloud: 230,000 Ditch Copper For VoIP

Staff Writers May 28, 2013 No Comments

Cloud telephony is on the rise, MyNetFone says it has ported almost quarter of a million users (over 230K) switching to Voice over IP services. The telco say it due to Number Porting,…

NBN Co Gains 8500 Fibre Links, Nabs ACT

Staff Writers May 24, 2013 No Comments

Under the deal, the builder of the National Broadband Network also acquires the network assets currently planned or under construction covering a further 4500 premises – and will pay iiNet…

Telstra 4G Rocket Hits (USB + Wi-Fi)

Staff Writers May 24, 2013 No Comments

Click to enlarge Get 4G Wi-Fi hotspot and mobile broadband in one – meetTelstra 4G LTE USB. The pre-paid device offers mobile broadband USB (it rotates) and Wi-Fi hotspot, allowing…

5G: A Lot of “Noise”?

Staff Writers May 22, 2013 No Comments

Despite Samsung’s publicised 5G breakthrough last week don’t expect it to hit anytime soon. By 2020 or thereabouts, most analysts reckon. Mobile giant Samsung stirred up the pot last week…

“Sorry”: Telstra Cringe After Privacy Stuff-Up

Staff Writers May 16, 2013 No Comments

Thousands of Telstra customers personal data like names, addresses and phone numbers were uncovered online on spreadsheets by Lee Gaywood, owner of SMB marketing, yesterday. The business owner stumbled over…

Labor Slashes NBN Budget 1.5 Million Homes Could Miss Out

David Richards May 15, 2013 No Comments

The cuts come as Samsung successfully demonstrates super-fast 5G wireless technology that allows users to download an entire movie to a mobile device at speeds of one gigabit per second.…

BlackBerry SOS Message To iPhone, Droid

Staff Writers May 15, 2013 No Comments

BlackBerry shares the BBM love by offering its “ground breaking” instant messaging to iOS and Android users this year. The startling hook up was announced as BlackBerry Live kicks off…

1 In 4 Phones Sold In China

Staff Writers May 15, 2013 No Comments

Sales of mobile phones fell globally bar Asia/Pacific in the first quarter 2013 and 50% of phones sold were smartphones like Samsung Galaxy SIII and iPhone. Mobile sales totaled nearly 426 million…

Droids XL Attack… Apple’s “Big Dilemma”

Staff Writers May 14, 2013 No Comments

(Hint: it’s green, fast and is on a mobile near you). Google Android ascention continues accounting for three out of four smartphones shipped in Q1 (Jan-Mar), says analysts Canalys. (It…