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Samsung Q1 Profit Soar On Galaxy

Staff Writers April 5, 2013 No Comments

The world’s biggest phone maker’s January-March Q1 ’13 operating profit rose 53 percent to an estimated 8.7 trillion won (US$7.7 billion) thanks to huge sales of mid-tier smartphones, according to…

Telco Battle For ‘The One’

Staff Writers April 5, 2013 No Comments

After much delay, HTC One went on pre-order Optus, Telstra, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone today at 9am, and will be on sale in-store from April 23 (same day as Samsung…

HTC First: A Facebook Addicts Phone

Staff Writers April 5, 2013 No Comments

The first phone to come with Facebook Home pre installed announced today, will be HTC First, dubbed “the ultimate social phone.” First on sale in the U.S. from next week…

Its Baack: Click Frenzy ‘eCarnival’ Hits 2013

Staff Writers April 4, 2013 No Comments

Click Frenzy was OZ’s first 24-hour Internet sales event with 170 retailers taking part including Myer and Dick Smith, which led to multiple retailer servers and…

OZ Retail Climbs February

Staff Writers April 4, 2013 No Comments

February retail enjoyed a sight rise of 1.3 per cent to $21.9bn, seasonally adjusted , according to ABS figures released today. The largest contributor to the rise in February was…

‘iPhone 5S’ To Hit ‘Mid-Year’

Staff Writers April 3, 2013 No Comments

In fact, the ‘refreshed” Apple phone dubbed ‘IPhone 5S” is soon to go into production in Asia according to Wall Street Journal, as is a budget-end iPhone, previously reported. The…

Why Turkish Appliance Maker Beko Should come Clean About Death Products

David Richards March 26, 2013 No Comments

Beko Australia, have failed to respond to several voice and written requests from Smarthouse. All we want to know is whether any of their products being sold in Australia are…

Exclusive: Chromebooks To Fly In OZ?

Staff Writers March 20, 2013 No Comments

JB Hi Fi, one of the only OZ retailers selling Google OS notebooks, predicts Chromebooks will be popular, while IDC analysts say its “unlikely” for some time. Samsung and Acer…

Only Way is Up… For Downloads

Staff Writers March 19, 2013 No Comments

As it emerged Aussie downloads have soared 36% in the last year, it now seems this is only the beginning for digital downloads. Australia’s digital TV and film industry was…

Chrome Me Up, Google

Staff Writers March 19, 2013 No Comments

After a long wait, Chromebooks are here – the Samsung and Acer notebooks running Google Chrome OS. Starting at $299 for the Acer C7 model, Chromebooks promise instant boot up…