We're back for another look at the best Android Phones, and this time we're heading down under. We've teamed up with our pals at Ausdroid.net for this one for the best Android smartphones available in Australia. So without further ado, let's get to it. And be sure to check out our other Best Phones lists [...]
If you bought or are planning on buying a Sony Ericsson Xperia device (including the Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman) sometime soon be sure to consider this deal Sony has going on. New Xperia device owners are being offered 5 movie downloads from Video Unlimited and 90 days of Sony’s Music Unlimited service. Those of [...]
You get a Galaxy Nexus! You get a Galaxy Nexus! With the release of the Galaxy Nexus in the US, Google HQ must feel like the set of Oprah’s big giveway right now, delivering smiles all around the world. And world domination is what we will have. Just take a look at this pallet full [...]
Just in time for the holiday season, Samsung can sell its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet again in Australia. The decision for the tablet to be allowed back on Australian store shelves comes one week after Apple’s appeal to the high courts was denied. Back in October, Apple won a temporary injunction blocking the sale of [...]
We told you guys a few days ago that Samsung won a huge victory over Apple allowing them to sell their Galaxy Tabs in Australia. Well, just 4 hours before that ban was about to be overturned, the Sydney High Court gave Apple another break by delaying the ban-reversal to December 9th. I know, a [...]
Somebody get a pot of coffee going and find a box of krullers — I'm going down under on Wednesday morning. The folks at Ausdroid have graciously asked yours truly to join them for their biweekly podcast. So I said yes. And then I realized what time it is in Australia. Whoops. No matter. If [...]
We all know about the patent wars going on between Samsung and Apple. The iPhone maker has been able to win many battles so far, bringing salse bans in Europe and Australia. So it just makes sense that Samsung is starting to modify their upcoming devices to avoid legal troubles, including the Galaxy Nexus. Samsung’s [...]
I don’t think this is a shocker to anyone. After last week’s setback in which Apple was granted an injunction on the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung just filed for a preliminary injunction on the Apple iPhone 4S in Australia and Japan. In Japan, they are also asking for an immediate ban on iPad 2 and iPhone [...]
Things have really heated up in Australia where recently Apple rejected Samsung’s latest offer to settle the dispute over the Galaxy Tab 10.1. This Thursday, the Australian court will make a ruling which could result in a ban of the tablet. If that’s not enough, Samsung has set up a temporary store just two doors [...]
Samsung figured it would take the chance to do a little scrapping out behind the gym with Apple with the iPhone 4S set to launch in Australia this week. Samsung set up a little pop up store right next door to the big Apple Store in Sydney and then offered the very nice Samsung Galaxy [...]
Yesterday Samsung offered up a deal that it hoped would allow it to get back into the Australian tablet market. We don’t know exactly what the offer from Samsung was, but what we don’t know is that at least for now Apple is having none of the offer. Apple has reportedly declined the offer and [...]
In a five finger slap to the face, Apple has shot down Samsung’s attempt at settling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 dispute in Australia. Samsung made an offer to Apple last week in which they promised an expedited court hearing as long as Samsung was able to launch the long delayed Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. [...]
Samsung and Apple have been in a heated battle across the entire continent for a while now. All you have to do is search “Samsung Apple” in our search bar, and you will find numerous stories from Korea, Australia, Europe, and the U.S. It has mostly been Apple on the attack, but anonymous sources, “close [...]
It looks like the Amazon Appstore for Android is finally rolling out across the world, following its US-only launch earlier in the year. Reports are appearing from a variety of sources in the UK, Australia, the Netherlands and India suggesting that customers in these countries can now directly download the Appstore and use it to [...]
Wassup, my Phandroids! It’s the end of the night and always, comes the Android Overload. This is the place we stash the Android news that didn’t make it onto our front page for the day. Doesn’t mean there isn’t anything of interest so have a look around and remember… you break it – you buy [...]
Apple and Samsung are currently involved in a number of lawsuits across the world. Today’s news comes from Australia where a judge is asking for Apple to reveal iPad and iPad 2 sales data. Apple wants an injunction on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, and is claiming that it will hurt iPad sales. If [...]
After promising to release the Galaxy Tab 10.1 on time despite current litigation with Apple, Samsung has wised up and delayed the launch of their Android slate in Australia pending the result of a court ruling to be handed down the week of September 26th. The Australian case is just one of many in which [...]
Telstra has joined the many that are backing LTE around the world. It’s business customers (only them sadly) will get to pilot test the LTE service starting August 29th. There will be 5km range around Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane for those that want to try out the speedy goodness. The Sierra Wireless device will support [...]
Forget the fact we’re still waiting for the current Samsung Galaxy S II variations to arrive in the U.S. for a second and feast your eyes on the Samsung Galaxy S II Celox that comes fully loaded with LTE. Sounds awesome, right- Not so much, you see — the LTE-loaded in this case is for [...]
A new wrinkle in the latest chapter of the Apple v. Samsung saga has appeared. After the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 was initially blocked in Australia pending further litigation, Samsung has announced that a media event coinciding with the launch of the tablet scheduled for August 11th has been postponed. It should be [...]
Here’s a quick round up of what happened in the Android world in case you missed something. You guys have a good day and we shall be back within a couple of hours!  Logitech Revue price drop in effect, get yours for .99 Samsung concedes to Appleí¢Â€Â™s attacks, halts Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales in Australia [...]
Here’s a quick round up of what happened in the Android world in case you missed something. You guys have a good day and we shall be back within a couple of hours!  Logitech Revue price drop in effect, get yours for .99 Samsung concedes to Appleí¢Â€Â™s attacks, halts Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales in Australia [...]
After initially agreeing to halt sales of their Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, Samsung has released a statement saying, in essence, the show will go on. “The Galaxy Tab 10.1 for the Australian Market will be released in the near future,” says the statement, adding that the version of the tablet planned for sale in [...]
Apple has little battles being fought on multiple fronts around the world as it seeks to stop what it feels are copycat products that are looking to take the easy route by copying its products like the iPhone and iPad. One of the fronts that Apple is fighting Samsung on is in Australia. Apple has [...]
The HTC Sensation — one of our favorite Android smartphones of the year so far — is headed to Australia by way of the Telstra network. Same 4.3-inch qHD screen, Android 2.3, Sense 3.0 and that dual-core processor. It also sports the TelstraOne app, which brings news, sports and weather feeds direct to the home screen. Telstra [...]
If anyone happens to remember October of last year, a new streaming video app appeared in the Android Market called Crackle. It was a subscription based service which offered some video for free but the premium videos were to cost you .99/month. It ended up being there for quite some time and then it all [...]
Bad news if you were holding out for an 8-megapixel Galaxy Tab 10.1v in the UK, with Vodafone UK deciding to switch their attentions from the original Samsung slate – announced as an exclusive to the carrier back at its debut in February – to the updated, slimmer version that followed on in March. Vodafone [...]
Dropbox and Sony Ericsson have reached a partnership that will pre-install the cloud service on several upcoming Android devices. Devices labeled as “Dropbox-powered phones” will be sold in Denmark, the UK, Sweden, Australia and Italy. We’re assuming this just means that Dropbox comes pre-installed with the devices and nothing more. And don’t worry, Dropbox will [...]
Got to give it to our friends down in Australia to come up with an unusual fad called Planking. If you don’t know what that is, Planking is the action of lying face down with arms to the sides of the body, in unusual public spaces and photographing it, like on a police car for [...]
LG has put together a pretty awesome lineup of devices called Optimus.  Recently at Mobile World Congress 2011, an LG official confirmed that the LG Optimus 3D (pictured above), Optimus Black, and the Optimus 2X would be arriving in Australia in the second quarter or early third quarter of this year.  All three of these Optimus phones [...]
If you thought you wanted to work for Google and get awesome Christmas bonuses, this might push you over the edge a little.  Google has always been generous to their employees, offering in the past an HTC Hero and a Nexus One. Google plans on giving away the Nexus S to all Google employees, world-wide. They are [...]
Back in October there was a lot talk about the Ideos X5 and X6; everything then was just a rumor. A few days back, Huawei made the official announcement in Australia. Both phones will launch with Android 2.2, nothing mentioned or official on 2.3. Here is a snippet of the press release: “More than half of [...]
In recent weeks, the temperature in the smartphone arena has been on the rise. There has been as much attention on the performance of new devices as on budget friendly deals all over the market. Telstra, an Australian telco company, has been offering the HTC Wildfire as a pre-paid device at $349. If you have [...]
Sony secure soccer sponsorship Soccer players in the UK and Europe can get paid the same astronomical wages that basketball players do in the states. The biggest club competition in the game is the UEFA Champions League which pits the mights of such teams as Manchester United and Real Madrid against each other. Never ones [...]
CNET Australia surveyed 1000 smartphone users to find out what’s changing. Some highlights: People spend more minutes a day surfing the net than they do using the phone to make actual phone calls. Instant Messaging use takes up almost as many minutes as the calls. 75 percent of responders websurf more than 30 minutes a [...]
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