Author Archives: Pete Ottery

iPhone 5 vs Lumia 920: Camera Test

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I’m desperate for the Nokia Lumia 920 to do well. Don’t get me wrong – I love taking photos with my iPhone 5 but it’d be nice to have some serious competitors in the camera stakes. Which one is better? … Continue reading

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Huge Update For Flickr’s iOS App

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Flickr released a major update today to their iOS app. Much of the talk has been about the addition of filters (ala Instagram) but there’s a lot more to it that is worth a look. There’s a lot to like… … Continue reading

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iPhone 4S & 5 Camera Test – Part 2

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In yesterday’s iPhone 4 vs 4S vs 5 camera battle, we had pretty good daylight conditions – and each of the phones performed pretty well. I decided to do some more testing in lower light, in order to push the … Continue reading

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iPhone 4 vs 4S vs 5 – The Camera Test

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The camera quality in the iPhone jumped a massive amount from the 3GS to the 4. In resolution, exposure control and colour. It jumped up again in quality with the 4S (enough for me to purchase an upgrade solely due … Continue reading

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Apple Warranty: Sticky Home Button

Just wanted to share a good news story about an iPhone 4, warranties & customer service. About 2 months ago my iPhone started having the ‘ol sticky home button problem. (Turns out it’s a very common problem. Sounds like dirt … Continue reading

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Mobile plan minutes: Visualised

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Australian Telcos have been in the news of late, along with ACMA (The Australian Communications and Media Authority). The Sydney Morning Herald reported some of our investigations here at WhistleOut into simplifying mobile plan information and extracting the available minutes … Continue reading

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Mobile Plans by Minutes – InfoGraphic

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It’s time to think laterally. We’ve crunched the advertising claims on mobile plans from Australia’s big telcos to reveal what you really get in terms of minutes for your dollars. We did this because we know that in their report … Continue reading

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Give us some feedback & make $50!

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If you are currently in the market for something that we compare here on our site (mobile phone plans, broadband, home loans, credit cards, savings accounts or term deposits) we would love to speak to you. Here’s how it would … Continue reading

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How We Plug In At WhistleOut

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We’ve got some diversified music tastes in the WhistleOut office. Rock, metal, pan pipes (not a joke), electronic, hip hop… the list goes on. Within a few hours of working together we knew we needed headphones (apart from the times … Continue reading

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Telstra: free calls to Japan Mar 11-25

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After AT&T and Verizon offered free calls to friends and family in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami disaster, Lifehacker is reporting Telstra are also now offering free calls: Telstra will not charge for calls to Japan made using its … Continue reading

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