WiGig: There’s A New Wi-Fi In Town
The news of WiGig, the latest standard in wireless communication that is yet to be released, comes as worldwide shipments of Wi-Fi... Read More
Obama Let’s Apple Sell Products With Stolen Patent Designs
The Obama decision which some say makes a mockery of US legal process will result in Apple products not being banned from... Read More
OZ Warning After Woman Dies Using Fake Apple Charger
An Australian woman is the latest person to allegedly receive a stock when using an Apple iPhone. While Apple is known for... Read More
Nokia “Best Smartphone Yet” On Presale
The 4.5″ Nokia Lumia 925 is flagged as Nokia’s best smartphone yet, has 1.5Ghz Dual Core Snapdragon processor and 7GB SkyDrive Access. It... Read More
Teac Release Quality Audio Dock For iPod
Click to enlarge The compact clamshell unit provides loud crystal clear sound through its high quality full range stereo speakers, and comes... Read More
10% Of US Nationals Use Their Smartphone While Having Sex
According to the 2013 Mobile Consumer Habits study from Harris Interactive, 20 percent of adults in the 18-34-year old bracket admit to... Read More
NBN Broadband Boss Quits
Quigley who was the CEO of NBN Co was in charge of rolling out the $37.4 billion National Broadband Network announced he... Read More
Google Releases Fix For Android Security Flaw
CIO Today reports that Google released a fix on Tuesday for the “Master Key” vulnerability that could open up 99 percent of... Read More
Vodafone Launches New 4G Mobile Phone Network
Chief Network Officer Benoit Hanssen says the network’s 20MHz wide-band spectrum holdings mean Vodafone can offer some of the fastest speeds available... Read More
Teac Unveils New iPod Lightning Dock
Equipped with the latest 8 pin lightning connector, the newest, next-generation TEAC Tallboy is now compatible with the iPhone 5,... Read More
New Nokia Lumia 925 Camera To Sell in Australia for $699
The Nokia Lumia 925 camera will arrive in Australia on July 17 and will be available from Optus and Telstra, as well... Read More
Carriers Snub Slim 3G only Huawei P6 Smartphone
Instead it will be sold solely through the Dick Smith and JB HiFi chains at A$499, beginning on July 15. Huawei’s Australian... Read More
Telstra Believed To Be Testing Dual 4G Antenna Moto X Smartphone
SmartHouse understands that the new Google device, which Telstra executives have said is a “game-changer”, has dual LTE MIMO (Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) antennas.... Read More
New LG G2 To Be A Power Beast
According to sources the new smartphone will have a new software overlay, new LG developed applications and a 5.2-inch Full HD display.... Read More
Home Phones Replaced By Mobile & VOIP
Figures from CoreData Telco Research show that while 86 percent of respondents reported still having a landline at home – more than... Read More
Telstra Testing New Moto X
According to Google marketing users will be able to design the smartphone software to suit their needs. The new smartphone is the... Read More
Huawei Loses NBN But Courts NSW Government
In her address to the Committee for Sydney, Huawei director Madam Chen Lifang says the NSW Government of Barry O’Farrell has “taken... Read More
Samsung Sells Nearly Half Of All Smartphones In Europe
Click to enlarge With the rapid penetration of Google’s Android operating system growing across the region, Android-based smartphones accounted for more than... Read More
Investors Dump BlackBerry On Poor Results
The loss was for its BlackBerry’s first financial quarter, ended June. Despite an earlier launch in Australia and some other markets, the Canadian... Read More
BlackBerry Unveils New Secure Work Space Service
Secure Work Space is a new option with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (version 10.1.1) which separates work and personal apps and data... Read More
Apple To Pay $US100 Million To Parents Over Kids’ Gaming
According to ABC News in the US, parents who claim their kids ran up unauthorised charges of $US30 or less will get... Read More
Apple Shares Nosedive Below $400 On Analyst iPhone Comments
The stock price has tumbled from a record high above $US700 in September last year. Bloomberg reported that Apple, the world’s most valuable... Read More
Oh No – Optus Dumps Animals For Yes Branding
“Yes” was Optus’s original branding word-of-the-day in 1992, when it first sought to persuade Telecom/Telstra subscribers to move to its then fledgling... Read More
iPhone 5 Smashed In Speed Tests By Samsung Galaxy S4 & HTC One
The iPhone 5 was outperformed by six other brands, including smartphones from Sony, HTC, Blackberry and Google, according to Which – the... Read More
HTC One To Get Major Upgrade
Launching with Android 4.1 in tow, the HTC One update would see the smartphone benefit from a selection of small software tweaks,... Read More
Hold The Date – LG To Make Major Smartphone Announcement
A “save the date” email from LG reveals the company will stage an international mobile event on August 7. SmartHouse understands that LG could... Read More
Banned Huawei Turns To Rock For New Smartphone
The Ascend P6 made its debut on June 18 at London’s Roundhouse, a performing-arts venue that has hosted concerts by bands including The Doors and Led... Read More
Ouch! OZ Hit By ‘$93m’ Scams
Aussies lost millions to scams last year. An eye-popping $93 million, in fact. There’s also been a phenomenal (65%) jump in online shopping... Read More
OZ Carriers Get Ready For Google’s Moto X
ChannelNews has been told that Telstra already has a sample of the new device, which is tipped to put pressure on sales... Read More
Big Apple iPhones On The Agenda
One could sport a 4.7-inch screen and the other a 5.7-incher, Reuters said, citing Asian supply chain sources. Apple’s move appears to... Read More
‘One’ Saviour: HTC Sales Up 50%
The Taiwanese giant said May revenues rose 48% to NT$29bn or A$1bn, compared to April. While the figure marked a 3% fall from... Read More
Its Magic! Android Goes Virtual
Google Keyboard: If you’re an Android user (Jelly Bean 4.0 and above) this app is your new best friend. Similar to apps... Read More
iPhone & iPad Banned After Samsung Court Victory
The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that some of Apples iPhones and iPads violate a Samsung patent, the Court has ordered... Read More
Android Invasion: ‘1 Billion’ By 2017
Well, the phone market, at least – over 1 billion Android-based smartphones to ship in 2017, accounting for 2 out of 3... Read More
Confirmed: Samsung S4 Mini To Hit OZ
The Galaxy maker issued the following statement to us today: “Following the global announcement of the GALAXY S4 Mini, Samsung Electronics Australia... Read More
Jabra Calls On Ingram Micro
Jabra ANZ has appointed Ingram Micro to distribute all of its goods. The distribution agreement includes Jabra’s full range of call centre... Read More
LG Puts ‘Superphone’ Into L’s
Aspiring phone brand LG is giving its Optimus L brand, aimed at the youth market, a facelift, giving its mid range phones... Read More
Nexus 4: It’s All White
LG has released Nexus 4 in White, the popular smartphone developed with Google on Android 4.2. 4.7-inch HD Nexus 4 White has... Read More
Choo-Choo: Samsung 4G Express Hits Town
Samsung’s well spec-ed budget 4G smartphone, Samsung Galaxy Express aimed at the youth market, is on sale from Monday. The 4.5-inch Galaxy... Read More
Hello, Cloud: 230,000 Ditch Copper For VoIP
Cloud telephony is on the rise, MyNetFone says it has ported almost quarter of a million users (over 230K) switching to Voice over IP services. ... Read More
NBN Co Gains 8500 Fibre Links, Nabs ACT
Under the deal, the builder of the National Broadband Network also acquires the network assets currently planned or under construction covering a... Read More
Telstra 4G Rocket Hits (USB + Wi-Fi)
Click to enlarge Get 4G Wi-Fi hotspot and mobile broadband in one – meetTelstra 4G LTE USB. The pre-paid device offers mobile... Read More
5G: A Lot of “Noise”?
Despite Samsung’s publicised 5G breakthrough last week don’t expect it to hit anytime soon. By 2020 or thereabouts, most analysts reckon. Mobile... Read More
“Sorry”: Telstra Cringe After Privacy Stuff-Up
Thousands of Telstra customers personal data like names, addresses and phone numbers were uncovered online on spreadsheets by Lee Gaywood, owner of... Read More
Labor Slashes NBN Budget 1.5 Million Homes Could Miss Out
The cuts come as Samsung successfully demonstrates super-fast 5G wireless technology that allows users to download an entire movie to a mobile... Read More
BlackBerry SOS Message To iPhone, Droid
BlackBerry shares the BBM love by offering its “ground breaking” instant messaging to iOS and Android users this year. The startling hook... Read More
1 In 4 Phones Sold In China
Sales of mobile phones fell globally bar Asia/Pacific in the first quarter 2013 and 50% of phones sold were smartphones like Samsung Galaxy SIII... Read More
Droids XL Attack… Apple’s “Big Dilemma”
(Hint: it’s green, fast and is on a mobile near you). Google Android ascention continues accounting for three out of four smartphones... Read More
Hello LTE: Telco’s $2Bn 4G Bill
Telstra paid the most of all the three bidders, forking out $1.3bn for the largest chunk of 4G spectrum – in the... Read More