Monthly Archives: October 2011

Nokia Symbian Anna Rollout

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Nokia has notified Aussie carriers that the Symbian Anna update will begin rolling out today from 12:30 PM. Nokia owners with E7-00, N8-00 and C7-00 handsets will be the only users to receive this update, but at least some of … Continue reading

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Motorola Droid RAZR Preview

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You’ve probably heard by now that Motorola is resurrecting its once mighty RAZR product line. Of course Moto has taken a slightly more modern design approach, ditching the iconic RAZR flip-phone form factor for a slate-style smartphone template. What we … Continue reading

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Google Nexus One Denied Android 4.0

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The first ever Google Nexus devices, the Google Nexus One, finally looks to have reached the end of the line. Google has confirmed that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will not be coming to the iconic device. It’s not for … Continue reading

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Nokia Lumia Win Phones Announced

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Nokia has finally announced and demonstrated its two first Windows Phone Mango releases: The Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 800. The Nokia Lumia 800 The Lumia 800 appears to be the higher end of the two, sporting a single-score … Continue reading

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What to Compare?

A great column on the smh.com.au today by Sam De Brito that caught our attention. As a comparison site, with the tag line ‘How to Buy Happy’…seeing the words ‘Comparison is the root of all unhappiness’ naturally catches your eye! … Continue reading

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Temporary Break in Communications

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Our regular readers would have noticed an unusual amount of inactivity on our tech blog this last 2 weeks. The reason for this temporary silence is pretty simple; I was on holidays. I had the unique misfortune of planning and … Continue reading

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Fixed Fibre Vs Wireless Broadband

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We’ve had a lot of questions over the past few days whether we advocate wireless broadband in favour of the NBN. No, we don’t. Our latest post on ADSL2+ price plans vs. the NBN looks at consumer prices only and … Continue reading

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NBN Pricing Analysis vs ADSL2+

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UPDATED: 3.30PM Wednesday 19 October Couple of quick answers to questions we’ve had recently about this analysis. This has been picked up in a lot of places so that’s great to see, but this is a look at step 1 … Continue reading

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iPhone 4S Launch Line Longer in Bank

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It is iPhone 4S launch day and it seems that the although there were pockets of craziness, over here in North Sydney, the crowd in the NAB was larger than the line in the T-Life store. Head to our iPhone … Continue reading

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Latest News on iPhone 4S and 4 Plans

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In the race to launch, there have been a raft of updates and new price points on the iPhone 4S Plans. We’ve got four significant changes that have hit out site in the past 12 hours. 1) Optus Price Drop … Continue reading

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