Science

Will Listening To Mozart Really Make You Smarter?

Yes, but no more than listening to Justin Bieber. The misconception that there’s something unique about Mozart’s ability to increase brainpower began in 1993, with a paper in Nature. Neurobiologists Gordon Shaw, Frances Rauscher and Katherine Ky of the University of California at Irvine found that students who listened to 10 minutes of a Mozart sonata demonstrated a temporary increase in spatial-temporal reasoning, as measured by an IQ test.


May 11, 2011
Mobile

NoDo Arrives For Telstra HTC Mozart Owners?

Gizmodo AU

We told you it was coming yesterday, but we’ve just had reports that the NoDo update for Telstra HTC Mozart owners may have arrived today.


November 15, 2010
Mobile

Telstra Holding Social Review For Windows Phone 7

Gizmodo AU

Back in May, the hottest phone on the market was the HTC Desire, exclusive to Telstra. In a stroke of marketing genius, the Telco gave away 25 of the phones to social reviewers, so they could play around with the phone and experience it first hand, telling their friends and social network followers what they loved and hated about the device. Well, now the Big T is doing the same thing for Windows Phone 7.


October 13, 2010
Mobile

Telstra Announced WM7 Outright Pricing

Gizmodo AU

Gus over at Lifehacker has managed to squeeze the outright prices for the two Windows Phone 7 handsets launching on Telstra this year. And yes, they’re about what you’d expect.


October 12, 2010
Mobile

The Definitive Guide to Windows Phone 7 Handsets

Eager for a piece of WP7? Here are the top phones you should consider, broken down by US carrier. You’re welcome.


Mobile

HTC Announces Flurry Of New Phones With WP7

Just ahead of today’s Windows Phone 7 Launch, HTC has unwrapped the details of five new WP7 phones. Check out the HTC 7 Mozart, Trophy, Pro, Surround and previously covered HD7.


October 4, 2010
Mobile

Leak: HTC’s Windows Phone 7 Mozart Will Launch Late October

HTC Mozart, he of the Desire-esque good looks and WP7 innards, will be on sale later this month according to a sneaky screengrab of the UK retailer Phones4U’s system.


September 21, 2010
Mobile

Leaked HTC Mozart Video Shows Specs For Nexus One Lookalike

Looking very similar to the Nexus One (albeit with a larger top-bezel), HTC’s WP7-running Mozart phone has appeared in a video along with some very believable specs. Super-LCD instead of AMOLED, an 8MP camera – par for the course, really.


June 22, 2010
Mobile

HTC Mozart Running Windows Phone 7 Leaks In Australia

Australian network Telstra’s leaked documents show an unannounced HTC phone, the Mozart, running Windows Phone 7 with the release date of October. As GadgetVenue points out, the image may be Photoshopped, but the documents are not. So what’s going on?