Cranky Yank sues Apple Over 3G iPhone A cranky yank who filed a lawsuit against Apple because she was having problems with her 3G iPhone failed to ask Apple to fix the problems prior to suing the phone maker a court has heard.
LG Working On iPhone-Style Touchscreen LG have admitted to Stuff.com that they are working on an iPhone touchscreen after complaints about the sticky touchscreen on its new Renoir.
New Blackberry Puts The Squeeze On Apple iPhone Research In Motion the makers of the popular BlackBerry phone is set to put the squeeze on the Apple iPhone with the launch of a new "Storm" phone that has an “intuitive touchscreen” which can be pressed down like buttons on a keyboard. With the iPhone the glass has to be tapped.
World’s Fastest Cricket Now On Mobile Telstra, who has the world’s fastest NextG mobile network has announced the much anticipated Australian tour of India will be available live and exclusive on Telstra Next G mobile phones.
Telco Cranks Up Wireless Downloads To Blistering 21Mbps Two months before roll out their new 3G Network Telstra has announced their planned deployment of Enhanced HSPA to the their Next G wireless network which will in Australians being the first in the world to get downlink speeds of 21Mbps by the end of the year.
HP iPaq Phone Takes On Apple iPhone They use to own the old PDA market with their Compaq iPaq now Hewlett-Packard wants to take a stab at the Smart Phone market up against the likes of Nokia, Apple and Sony Ericcsson.
Nokia Finally Take On iPhone As tipped earlier this week Nokia has rolled out their competitor to the iPhone with the introduction of the 5800 XpressMusic touch phone. However it struggles to match the iPhone.
Telstra Warns Users Of DST Bug Telstra says that some mobile handsets and personal digital assistants may not correctly display the time this weekend, with daylight saving time set to begin early in NSW, Victoria, ACT, Tasmania and South Australia.
iPhone Accessory Failures: Blame Third-Party Manufacturers Recent complaints aimed at Apple about some of their accessories either not working or not charging on their iPhone can be laid at the feet of the third-party manufacturers, not Apple itself, according to Apple manufacturer, Mike Roe of Gecko Gear Australia.
8 Megapixel Phone From Samsung Well, it seems the smartphone/camera market is about to get a whole lot more crowded, with Nokia and LG releasing high-end mobiles in the near future, Samsung is about to do the same.
Crazy Johns Cuts 16GB SanDisk Phone Deal SanDisk has announced that Crazy Johns will be the first retail outlet in Australia to sell its 16GB MicroSDHC and Memory Stick Micro (M2) mobile memory cards.
LG’s 8 Megapixel Phone Camera Sighted Must be a day for mobiles. After discovering that Nokia is about to release a smart phone, we find that LG’s Renoir KC910 has been spotted in London, with tech site Electricpig getting one to play with.
Nokia To Launch Smart Phone This Week Rumours out of Europe suggest that Nokia are finally about to launch its smartphone that is set to rival HTC’s Touch Diamond, Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Omnia.
Nokia Do-It-All Phone Hits Oz Nokia has today launched its new flagship phone which promises an unparalleled mobile experience.
3 To Offer New Prepaid Plans Hutchison 3 will be offering new prepaid cap plans this Sunday, September 28, 2008, which claims to offer more value for customers who prefer to pay upfront.
New Google Android Phone Exposed With Limitations The new Google G1 Android phone which is set to take on Apple’s 3G iPhone has finally been unveiled in New York and will be shown for the first time next week in Australia.
Motorola Add Another Phone To Razr Range Motorola has added yet another phone to its Razr range, this time the Razr 2, which comes in a brush polished tin silver-coloured casing and interior silver panelling.
911 Made The Blackberry Will Wall St Take It Down? It was the crash of the World Trade Centre Towers in New York that turned the humble Blackberry mobile phone into a huge success. Now it could well be the crash of Wall Street firms that take it down.
Dick Not Fussed Over Porn Former Dick Smith Electronics owner and multimillionaire Dick Smith has moved to distance himself from the X-rated mobile phone scandal involving pornographic images on a new handset sold by his former company.
HTC May Show Google Android In OZ Next Week HTC who earlier this week slashed their marketing budgets in Australia for Windows Mobile based phones could well use next week’s launch of the HTC Touch Pro which is basically the HTC Touch Diamond with a slide out keyboard to show for the first time a HTC phone running the Google Android operating system.
Nokia Extends Mobile Phone Warranty Nokia will now be offering consumers the chance to purchase an extended warranty on their handsets for an additional 12 months, giving them up to 24 months of warranty repair and service.
Retailer Sells Porn Packed Phone Woolworths owned retailer Dick Smith is investigating how 49 images of a couple having sex ended up on a brand new mobile phone sold over the counter at one of their Queensland stores.
3G Flip Phone From Samsung Samsung have released a mid-level phone designed for those who don’t want or need the functionality of a smart phone, but still like to listen to sounds and take pictures.
New Nokia 3G Phone Next Week Nokia Australia has named the launch date for its new 3G smartphone, the N96, as it seeks to regain some of the ground it has lost to new competitors like the Apple iPhone, Blackberry Bold and HTC Touch.
The Future Of Windows Mobile In Doubt The future of the Windows Mobile operating system is in doubt with several vendors now reviewing their options in light of the recent 3G iPhone launch and the pending launch of the new Google Android offering. European phone vendor Sony Ericsson has said that their new Xperia X1 brand may not be based on the Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system.
Sensis Whereis Navigator Now On Mobiles Sensis, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telstra, has partnered with Garmin International and has released its Whereis Navigator service on selected Next G handsets, giving customers access to an all-in-one navigation facility on their mobile phone.
Ericsson & Nokia Increase Global Network Share According to Infonetics Research, worldwide sales of radio access network (RAN) equipment hit to $US10.2 billion, after Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks each increased their worldwide revenue by 5%, reinforcing their strong number 1 and number 2 positions respectively, in a report from The Wall Street Journal.
Sony Ericsson iPhone Competitor Looks Less Likely Struggling phone Company Sony Ericsson is facing further delays for their Xperia X1 mobile phone which is intended to compete with the Apple iPhone with some insiders saying that it will not appear untill early in 2009 due to problems associated with the Windows Mobile operating system.
New Nokia Handset With Latest GPS Software Nokia’s 6210 Navigator designed for mobile navigation has an ‘accelerometer’ that measures changes in direction and orientation and a built-in compass, which makes it easy to follow the map when strolling about on foot.
8GB Walkman Phone Stores 8,000 Songs With 8GB worth of storage, the W980 Walkman phone offers a one-stop shop for all your music and telephone needs, according to Sony Ericsson.
Apple In Court Over Slow iPhone In the US state of Alabama, a woman has filed a lawsuit against Apple claiming that the iPhone 3G has trouble connecting to her network, drops out calls and is slower than was advertised by the company, according to a story in Computerworld.
Gen Y Making Mobile Maps, Music & Nokia Big Winners According to the latest Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index, conducted together with m.Net Corporation and Ideal Interfaces, the young and restless are ensuring that mobile content downloads are fast becoming the norm.
LG Continues Its Fashion Stakes With Prada II When LG released the touchscreen Prada phone over a year ago, many local fashionistas finally took notice of the Korean company, a fact that LG itself has been exploiting by marketing its phones on the back of the success of shows such as Sex in The City.
Sex In The City Just A Phone Call Away It looks like LG just cant get enough of US actor Chris Noth, who currently is (still) gracing the streets of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as the face of LG Electronics and its latest mobile marketing campaign.
Telstra To Roll Out HTC Google Phone Soon Telstra is set to be the first Australian carrier to launch a Google Phone in partnership with Taiwanese Company HTC. Senior HTC executives told ChannelNews recently that they are well advanced in marrying HTC hardware with the new Google Android-software. It will also be the fastest Google phone in the world when it runs on the Telstra NextG network. The new Telstra offering could be announced within the next two months.
Apple Admits Remote Kill Switch For iPhone Apps We all know that Steve Jobs would have to be one of the most anally retentive CEOs in the tech market, but he has taken it to a whole new level with the ability to shut down applications on your iPhone remotely.
LG Unveils Phone For The Bush LG has released the KF390, a smartphone that features HSDPA connectivity and has Telstra's Blue Tick of approval, making it an ideal mobile phone for wider coverage across Australia without the need for an external antenna.
Snubbed 3 Try To Out Manoeuvre Apple After being cold-shouldered by Apple in its bid to sell the 3G iPhone in Australia, Hutchison Telecommunications' "3" operation is urging Australians to buy "unlocked" iPhones and run them on 3.
Carriers Rorting iPhone Users Claim IDC Market researcher IDC has accused the three major Australian mobile phone carriers Telstra, Optus and Vodafone of "stringing" Australian iPhone users with their data download pricing plan.
Apple Sells 1 Million iPhones But Only A Few In Australia Apple today announced it sold its one millionth iPhone 3G on Sunday, just three days after its launch on Friday, 11 July. iPhone 3G is now available in 21 countries including Australia. However stock limitations resulted in only 80,000 going on sale in Australia.
FIRST REVIEWS: New 3G iPhone Has Problems But The Audio Is Great The new 3G iPhone has poor battery performance particularly when running 3G applications, however one really big addition is the inclusion of GPS navigation however the antenna is too small to permit turn by turn navigation. On the plus side Apple has improved the audio output of the device over previous iPhones claims Walt Mossberg of All Things Digital, David Pogue of The New York Times, and Edward Baig of USA Today who are among the first technology journalists in the world to conduct in-depth reviews of the new Appple 3G iPhone which will go on sale in Australia on July 11.
On Sale Store Locations For3G iPhone Announced If you want a new 3G Apple 3G iPhone the chances are that you will stand a better chance of getting one smack bang in rural Australia including Alice Springs according to Telstra.
EXCLUSIVE: 3G iPhone Shortages Carriers Not Happy Telstra Vodafone and Optus will get less than 80,000 3G Apple iPhones to sell between them from July 11th with sold out signs set to go up within minutes of the new phones going on sale. Australia and New Zealand will be two of the first Countries in the world to see the new devices.
Phone-Music Player Combination From Motorola Motorola has expanded its ROKR family of music products with the introduction of the Motorokr E8 ARIA edition mobile device, which transforms from phone to music player to imaging device, with the touch of a button.
Samsung Launches Tough Phone Samsung has just released a tough mobile phone for users who want a phone that is resistant to water, dust, and shock.
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