Monthly Archives: January 2012

Nokia Lumia 800 Hits Australia

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The world’s first Nokia Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia 800, will be available on Australian shores through Optus, Telstra, Vodafone and all major retailers. The Lumia 800 was enthusiastically received by UK residents and marks a new page for the … Continue reading

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Nokia Lumia 910 Surfaces

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The Nokia Lumia 910 has recently shown up on the website of Dutch retailer named Typhone and it seems to be a slightly tweaked version of the Nokia Lumia 900 that was demonstrated at CES. Where the Lumia 910 apparently … Continue reading

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HTC Sensation XL Review

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The HTC Sensation XL is definitely at the larger end of the current smartphone spectrum, weighing in with a large 4.7 inch display. Being a variant of the HTC Sensation, it’s also one of HTC’s highest-end phones. So can this … Continue reading

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Quad-Core HTC Edge Coming in Feb?

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HTC’s first quad-core phone, the HTC Edge, is a little device we found some leaked goss on a few weeks back. Very little solid info is currently known about the HTC Edge, but now it’s starting to look like we … Continue reading

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Android 2.3.6 for Galaxy Tab 7 Inch

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Vodafone has released an Android 2.3.6 update for the original Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 inch. Basically the update fixes a few minor issues and should improve efficiency marginally. It’s not a huge update, but it’s free so it’s definitely worth … Continue reading

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Telstra HTC Velocity 4G Pre-Orders

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Telstra’s first 4G LTE handset is up for pre-order. The HTC Velocity is the first 4G LTE phone to hit Aussie carriers and if you’re one of the first 500 to pre-order by 11:59pm on January 20th (tomorrow) then Telstra … Continue reading

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iPad 3 to Receive HD Display?

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The Apple iPad rumour wheel never stops turning and for those of us out here on the rim it can sometimes be difficult to wade through all the dross and find that one relevant and hopefully plausible little gem of … Continue reading

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A Pocket Sized 200″ Movie Experience

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We’ been secretly looking forwards to plausibly portable laser projectors ever since green lasers were perfected a few years ago and now it looks like our dreams are finally becoming reality. WOWee and MicroVision have teamed up to join PicoP … Continue reading

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$10m To Invent a Star Trek Tricorder

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Qualcomm is offering a $10 million prize for anyone who can create a device akin to the medical-tricorder from Star Trek. If you’re unfamiliar with the show or the fictional gadget, it’s basically a hand-held scanner than can identify just … Continue reading

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Android 4.0′s Design Standards

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Google’s Matias Duarte has revealed the new operating system (OS) standards for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. For any previous iteration of Android we’d say something along the lines of “who cares” but in this instance it’s actually positive news. … Continue reading

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