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Google Plans To Snatch 2.25% Of Every iPhone Sale

4:30AM Yesterday | Jamie Condliffe

There have been plenty of legal wranglings between Motorola and Apple, and with Google buying Motorola, that doesn’t show signs of stopping. Now, Google plans to grab 2.25 per cent of every iPhone sale because of the patents it owns through the purchase of Moto. More »


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How Much Abuse Can A Blackberry Take?

8:00AM February 7, 2012 | Michael Hession

RIM just put out a series of videos showcasing the durability tests a Blackberry has to withstand prior to its release. Pretty cool! More »


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Why Siri Will Never Officially Appear On The iPhone 4

3:00AM February 6, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Since the arrival of the iPhone 4S, users of the humble iPhone 4 have been hoping for a chance to get Siri. While they can unofficially, they never will from Apple. Here’s why. More »


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Windows Phone 8 Details Leak: Bigger And Faster

9:00AM February 3, 2012 | Sam Biddle

While Microsoft is still trying to get people to care about Windows Phone, details of the next big version are already nailed down, claims Pocketnow. The site says it’s acquired a Microsoft video spilling the beans on Windows Phone 8. More »


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Why Aussie Galaxy Nexus Won’t Get Ice Cream Sandwich Updates Direct From Google

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1:00PM February 2, 2012 | Elly Hart

One of the best things about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is that it comes with a vanilla OS: no crapware and no bloated UI skin. But that doesn’t mean that you also get updates directly from Google. If you bought your Galaxy Nexus from Telstra, Optus or Vodafone, you’re not running the latest version of Ice Cream Sandwich, and you probably never will. More »


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Will Future Lumia Handsets Be Cable-Free?

6:00AM February 2, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

In an interview with The Guardian, Nokia designer Marko Ahtisaari suggested that he wants future Lumia phones to involve zero moving parts. We’re not just talking no buttons, either: he means scrapping the power and data cable for good. More »


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Is This The New BlackBerry 10 Smartphone?

3:00AM February 2, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

According to reports by Crackberry, these are leaked media shots of an upcoming RIM smartphone, potentially the rumoured next-generation BlackBerry 10, dubbed the Superphone. Details are of course very slim at this time, but, all in all, it’s a pretty sleek-looking phone. More »


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RIM’s Cartoon Funtime Experiment Is Backfiring

6:30AM February 1, 2012 | Sam Biddle

RIM says so itself: it doesn’t need good phones and tablets, it just needs better marketing. Jonny Phone will buy a BlackBerry if he’s persuaded by a team of poorly-drawn cartoon characters and a hashtag, right? Right? Guys? Right? More »


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HTC Velocity 4G Review: Fast, But Not The Best

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12:01PM January 30, 2012 | Elly Hart

Australia has waited patiently for its first LTE smartphone, and it has finally arrived in the form of the HTC Velocity 4G. It is by all accounts an excellent high-end smartphone, but there are some limitations around Telstra’s 4G service that take some of the sparkle away and restricts our buy recommendation to the few, not the many. More »


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Use This Website To Compare Phone Sizes

10:15AM January 27, 2012 | Casey Chan

Phone-size.com is a useful little website that compares the size of phones against each other. Can your weeny hands handle a gargantuan Galaxy Nexus? Are your skinny jeans too tight for a Nokia Lumia 800? You’ll find out!. More »