EXCLUSIVE! Telstra to release Android smartphone
Telstra reveals to APC that it will release an Android phone on Next G before the year is out.
View ArticleHTC and Vodafone unveil second-gen Android G2 phone
New touchscreen HTC ‘Magic’ phone ditches the slide-out keyboard for a virtual QWERTY keypad – along with better browser, bigger battery and 900MHz HSDPA.
View ArticleStuff the iPhone: Telstra to launch its own App Store
Telstra is working on an Apple-style app store for mobile phones. The icon even looks like Apple's one.
View ArticleSol's stolen phone wiped remotely
The pickpocket that scored Sol Trujillo's prototype Windows Mobile 6.5 phone will be very unhappy. Very unhappy indeed.
View ArticleiPhone 3.0: Now with copy and paste, MMS, sat-nav
Apple finally answers its critics and adds laundry list of features to iPhone 3.0 including Cut Copy Paste, MMS support and turn by turn navigation.
View ArticleAcer to launch a non-Windows smartphone
With the smartphone market booming, Acer is going for a piece of the pie, but much to Microsoft's chagrin, they are not doing it with Windows Mobile.
View ArticleUPDATED: Vodafone and Three snare Aussie exclusives on HTC ‘Magic’ Android...
Vodafone and Three are gearing up for next week's launch of HTC’s Android-powered Magic touchscreen smartphone.
View ArticleGoogle announces Codename Donut: Android 2.0
Mmmm... donuts. Google has kicked off its dev conference with a demo of the next generation of Google's young mobile OS, Android.
View ArticleOnslaught of 18 Android phones coming
Google's free mobile phone OS is about to flood the market on new handsets of all shapes and sizes.
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: Intel's hot new Moblin 2.1 OS
Intel's has taken the wraps off its Moblin 2.1 OS, a complete operating system that can run on mobile phones through to full PCs.
View ArticleIntel to launch iPhone-style appstore
The appstore concept is fast spreading to PCs, with Intel launching its own iPhone-style appstore concept.
View ArticleRIM readies broad release of BlackBerry OS 5.0
The fresher, faster and funkier BlackBerry operating system 5.0 is just around the corner, with new builds leaking at a rate of knots – but it's not for every BlackBerry handset.
View ArticleSymbian slags off iPhone: "6 months for cut and paste?"
Symbian's director has taken a series of pot shots at the iPhone, while proclaiming the Symbian mobile OS "three years ahead of its time".
View ArticleGoogle builds turn-by-turn navigation into Android 2.0
The next wave of Android-powered smartphones will include free turn-by-turn navigation software powered by Google Maps and Google Street View.
View ArticleHTC’s Hero and Tattoo Android-phones to live on, and be locked to, Optus network
Optus or one of its virtual mobile network operators will be the sole Australian carrier for HTC’s new Android-powered Hero and Tattoo smartphones.
View ArticleSmartphone shake-up: Windows Mobile falls behind iPhone and BlackBerry
Microsoft’s slice of the worldwide smartphone market slumps into single digits and is barely twice the share of newcomer Android, while the iPhone and BlackBerry pull well ahead.
View ArticleSamsung details new ‘Bada’ smartphone OS
Do we really need another smartphone OS? Samsung thinks so... its new Bada OS will debut next month, with the first handsets and Bada app store due by min-2010.
View ArticleSamsung’s new Bada OS, Wave smartphone and app store due mid-year
Australia will catch the Samsung Wave, powered by the manufacturer’s own Bada OS and accompanied by Samsung’s app store, in the middle of this year.
View ArticleSony Ericsson unveils two more Android Xperia phones
In an increasingly cluttered smartphone market, Google’s open-source mobile OS continues to gather support.
View ArticleSamsung wants “number two” spot after Apple
Samsung wants its Bada app store to become the number two player in the mobile apps scene, but Intel & Nokia say the focus for MeeGo is “quality rather than quantity”.
View ArticleMobiles are our #1 focus now, says Google CEO
The runaway popularity of Apple’s iPhone – and its scores of imitators – has turned them into the major focus for Google’s innovative developers, CEO Eric Schmidt has revealed.
View ArticleNo skin on Windows Phone 7, thanks...
Having been initially impressed by the style of Microsoft's new mobile system, difficult questions are coming thick and fast, such as: why has Microsoft banned skins on WinMo7?
View ArticleMicrosoft to make its own phone in three versions
A Microsoft Australia Evangelist, Michael Kordahi is talking up the upcoming Microsoft Phones. Yes, "phones", as in a little community of humping rabbits.
View ArticleMicrosoft locks out Windows Phone 7 customisations from HTC and Telstra
Microsoft confirms that UI overlays such as HTC’s Sense will be banned from Windows Phone 7 platform, with carrier rebranding also being slapped down.
View ArticleMicrosoft: what we learnt from the iPhone, and what Apple can learn from us
Apple’s tight integration of hardware and software pointed the way for Windows Phone 7, admits Microsoft, but it sledges the iPhone’s UI as out-dated.
View ArticleNokia to launch Linux-powered N900 tomorrow
The N900 will be Nokia’s first and last Maemo 5 smartphone, with the next version due to run the new MeeGo Linux mobile OS created as a joint venture between Nokia and Intel.
View ArticleMicrosoft: “No Windows Phone 7 upgrade for Windows Mobile 6.x devices”
Microsoft’s tight hardware spec for Windows Phone 7 smartphones means that Windows Mobile 6.x devices – including HTC’s just-launched HD2 – can’t be upgraded.
View ArticleVHA readies new fleet of smartphones
VHA’s smartphone roadmap includes Samsung’s new Bada-powered Wave, Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 Android handset and the BlackBerry Storm 2.
View ArticleMicrosoft reveals new Kin ‘social networking’ smartphones
The pair of Windows-powered QWERTY phones replaces the Hiptop series for Twittering tweens and Facebook fiends, and will run on Vodafone’s 3G network.
View ArticleSPY SHOTS: Dell revs up Android and Windows smartphones
Four new smartphones are on the launchpad at Dell HQ: the Lightning for Windows Phone 7, plus the Android-powered Aero, Smoke and Thunder running Dell’s slick new ‘Stage’ UI.
View ArticleNokia previews first smartphone based on open-source Symbian OS
Nokia’s touchscreen N8 marks the first in a new series of devices built around the new open-source Symbian 3 platform.
View Article‘BlackBerry 6’ OS set for release in Q3
RIM’s sexed-up smartphone OS will sport a slick new UI with revamped apps, Webkit browser, multiple home screens and RSS feeds. Plus: get ready for ‘Super Apps’.
View ArticlePalm WebOS to become HP’s consumer OS for slates, netbooks?
HP will “invest heavily” in WebOS as a mainstream OS for tablets, netbooks and phones in an attempt to win back its mobile mojo.
View ArticleAndroid 2.2 to get full Flash support
Google gives the finger to Apple by building support for Flash video into Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’, due to debut next month.
View ArticleGoogle gPad: coming soon, and coming to Vodafone?
US telco Verizon Wireless confirms it is working with Google on a slate – could the touchscreen tablet be launched here through carrier’s co-parent Vodafone?
View ArticleAcer and Asus ready to launch Chrome-powered netbooks and slates
The two Taiwan tigers both have plans to debut new devices running Google’s open-source Chrome OS at next month’s Computex 2010 trade show in Taipei.
View ArticleBlackBerry Bold slider with BlackBerry 6 OS set for mid-year launch
RIM’s anticipated Bold 9800 slider, which combines a QWERTY keyboard with a touchscreen and packs the new BlackBerry 6 OS, counts down to a mid-year debut.
View ArticleWill Android kill Australia's iPhone obsession?
A funny thing has started to happen in the last few months.
View ArticleAndroid 2.2 ‘Froyo’ to get USB tethering and 3G-to-WiFi hotspot
Google’s next update to Android adds two high-value features to the open-source mobile OS, with USB tethering and the ability to create a personal Wi-Fi hotspot.
View ArticleSCOOP: Acer reveals Android tablet
Acer unveils a 7 inch colour touchscreen tablet running Google Android OS, expects the slate to launch in October and says “this is no longer a Wintel world”.
View ArticleAcer says Chrome netbook is still on the roadmap
Acer denies reports it will launch a Chrome netbook at next week’s Computex show in Taiwan, but says it is still “working very closely with Google” on the project...
View ArticleIntel preps 'Android x86’ for netbooks and slates
Intel will ship a fully native x86 version of Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ to developers in the next two months to spur growth of Atom-powered Android netbooks and slates.
View ArticleSamsung preps first Bada OS phone and Android Galaxy S for local launch
This month sees the Aussie launch of Samsung’s Android-powered Galaxy S as well as the Wave, which runs Samsung’s own Bada smartphone OS.
View ArticleApp developers abandon Windows Mobile for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry
Windows Mobile is officially the last platform that developers want to write for, according to a US report, with more than 50% of code-cutters now building apps for Apple’s iOS.
View ArticleSamsung rolls out three new Android handsets plus Wave 2 duo for Bada
While yet to release the latest Android and Bada smartphones in Australia, Samsung already has a fleet of new Android ‘Galaxy’ and Bada ‘Wave’ handsets on the launchpad.
View ArticleMicrosoft launches new ‘Windows Embedded Handheld’ mini-mobile OS
The stripped-down version of Windows Mobile 6.5 and the next-gen Windows Phone 7 OS will be aimed at niche enterprise and mobility devices.
View ArticleDell does ‘tablet tease’ with Android-powered Streak 3G slate
Dell preps the ground for possible Aussie release of its Streak 3G tablet, showing the Android slate to local telcos and raising the possibility of a carrier deal.
View ArticleNokia N8 smartphone due early October for $750
The first in Nokia’s wave of Symbian^3 smartphones will take aim at the mass market with treats such as free turn-by-turn navigation.
View ArticleGet a sneak peek at MeeGo on Intel’s concept Atom tablet
The open-source ‘made for mobile’ Linux OS gets demo’d on Intel’s Atom-powered ‘Redvale’ slate, and we think you’ll be impressed...
View ArticleSamsung opens Bada Developer Days in Sydney and Brisbane
Free ‘developer days’ held in Sydney and Brisbane next week provide an introduction to Samsung’s new Linux-based smartphone OS.
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