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Phones
5:16PM Nick Broughall | If, like certain people I know, you think the HTC is the second coming of Christ in phone form (he knows who I’m talking about), you might be happy to know that according to the Canadian HTC site, the Hero will be running on the 850/2100MHz spectrum for Telstra. More »
Looks Like The HTC Hero Will Be On NextG
5:16PM Nick Broughall | If, like certain people I know, you think the HTC is the second coming of Christ in phone form (he knows who I’m talking about), you might be happy to know that according to the Canadian HTC site, the Hero will be running on the 850/2100MHz spectrum for Telstra. More » 
Phones
10:29AM Nick Broughall | Telstra unveiled six new handsets for their NextG network yesterday. They include a couple of dumbphones from Sony Ericsson running the TelstraOne interface, a trio from LG (including the Xenon, LG’s first consumer WinMo phone in Australia, apparently) and the HTC Pro2. More »
Six New NextG Phones Unveiled
10:29AM Nick Broughall | Telstra unveiled six new handsets for their NextG network yesterday. They include a couple of dumbphones from Sony Ericsson running the TelstraOne interface, a trio from LG (including the Xenon, LG’s first consumer WinMo phone in Australia, apparently) and the HTC Pro2. More »
Networks
1:00PM Nick Broughall | You’ve got to give it to Telstra: Even though you pay for it dearly, their Next G network keeps advancing leaps and bounds beyond what any of the other networks have to offer. First there was the speed bump to 21Mbps download speeds, and now they’ve bumped up the upload speeds to 5.8Mbps. More »
Telstra Boosts Next G’s Uplink Speed To 5.8Mbps
1:00PM Nick Broughall | You’ve got to give it to Telstra: Even though you pay for it dearly, their Next G network keeps advancing leaps and bounds beyond what any of the other networks have to offer. First there was the speed bump to 21Mbps download speeds, and now they’ve bumped up the upload speeds to 5.8Mbps. More »
Software
10:30AM Nick Broughall | Remember how back at Mobile World Congress, Telstra and Microsoft made a big announcement that they were coming up with a new UI? Well they launched it yesterday – it’s called TelstraOne Experience, and it’s not just for Windows Mobile phones. More »
Telstra’s New TelstraOne Experience UI Covers More Than Just WinMo
10:30AM Nick Broughall | Remember how back at Mobile World Congress, Telstra and Microsoft made a big announcement that they were coming up with a new UI? Well they launched it yesterday – it’s called TelstraOne Experience, and it’s not just for Windows Mobile phones. More »
Hardware
9:26AM Nick Broughall | You regular consumers can now buy the Telstra BigPond 21Mbps USB modem from your local T[life] or Telstra store. Of course, it’s going to cost you though. More »
Telstra 21Mbps USB Modem Now In Store
9:26AM Nick Broughall | You regular consumers can now buy the Telstra BigPond 21Mbps USB modem from your local T[life] or Telstra store. Of course, it’s going to cost you though. More »
Networks
11:13AM Nick Broughall | When it comes to cheap mobile broadband access, nobody beats 3. But the problem is that their coverage map isn’t exactly extensive, and as soon as you roam off onto Telstra’s 2G network, you start paying through the nose (and every other orifice you have). We knew that they had cut a deal with Telstra to improve that figure (and their effective network coverage) last year, but Whirlpool has just gotten its hands on some leaked pricing and while it’s an improvement, it still doesn’t quite fit the “affordable” ethos we’ve come to expect from 3. More »
3’s NextG Pricing Arrangements Revealed: 50c/MB
11:13AM Nick Broughall | When it comes to cheap mobile broadband access, nobody beats 3. But the problem is that their coverage map isn’t exactly extensive, and as soon as you roam off onto Telstra’s 2G network, you start paying through the nose (and every other orifice you have). We knew that they had cut a deal with Telstra to improve that figure (and their effective network coverage) last year, but Whirlpool has just gotten its hands on some leaked pricing and while it’s an improvement, it still doesn’t quite fit the “affordable” ethos we’ve come to expect from 3. More »
Phones
11:43AM Nick Broughall | It’s been a big week for Telstra. Aside from boosting their NextG network to 8Mbps 21Mbps, launching their own skin for Windows Mobile 6.1 and losing a HTC phone with Windows Mobile 6.5 loaded on it, they also found time to tell David Flynn over at APC that they’ll be launching an Android handset in the second half of this year. More »
Telstra Set To Launch An Android Handset This Year?
11:43AM Nick Broughall | It’s been a big week for Telstra. Aside from boosting their NextG network to 8Mbps 21Mbps, launching their own skin for Windows Mobile 6.1 and losing a HTC phone with Windows Mobile 6.5 loaded on it, they also found time to tell David Flynn over at APC that they’ll be launching an Android handset in the second half of this year. More »
Software
10:10AM Nick Broughall | Isn’t it slightly ironic that the day after Microsoft unleashes Windows Mobile 6.5, the biggest UI refresh for God knows how long, Telstra and MS announce that they’re creating a Telstra-themed skin for Windows Mobile 6.1 phones? Even more curious is that we won’t actually see the skin on phones until April with the Motorola A3100 and May for the Xperia X1, which is just a couple of months before we can realistically expect to see WM6.5 hit handsets. More »
Telstra And Microsoft Join Forces To Hide Windows Mobile Interface Together
10:10AM Nick Broughall | Isn’t it slightly ironic that the day after Microsoft unleashes Windows Mobile 6.5, the biggest UI refresh for God knows how long, Telstra and MS announce that they’re creating a Telstra-themed skin for Windows Mobile 6.1 phones? Even more curious is that we won’t actually see the skin on phones until April with the Motorola A3100 and May for the Xperia X1, which is just a couple of months before we can realistically expect to see WM6.5 hit handsets. More »
Hardware
Telstra’s New 21Mbps USB Modem
11:40AM Nick Broughall | Reported by our good buddy Scott from Gadgetguy.com.au on his Twitter feed and confirmed by BigPond themselves, the new Telstra 21Mbps modem won’t play nice with Macs. Bugger. UPDATED! More »
Telstra’s New 21Mbps USB Modem Not Mac Compatible?
11:40AM Nick Broughall | Reported by our good buddy Scott from Gadgetguy.com.au on his Twitter feed and confirmed by BigPond themselves, the new Telstra 21Mbps modem won’t play nice with Macs. Bugger. UPDATED! More »
Networks
9:30AM Nick Broughall | While phone manufacturers and Microsoft are getting all the Mobile World Congress love from the US, the little Aussie Telco that could, Telstra, has been making some pretty big announcements of its own from Barcelona. The Telco has announced that starting February 23 and rolling out over the next two months or so, they’ll be launching a new wireless internet modem and offering 21Mbps wireless data speeds through NextG. That’s about the same speed as ADSL2+.
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Telstra Boosts Wireless Broadband To 21Mbps (In Theory)
9:30AM Nick Broughall | While phone manufacturers and Microsoft are getting all the Mobile World Congress love from the US, the little Aussie Telco that could, Telstra, has been making some pretty big announcements of its own from Barcelona. The Telco has announced that starting February 23 and rolling out over the next two months or so, they’ll be launching a new wireless internet modem and offering 21Mbps wireless data speeds through NextG. That’s about the same speed as ADSL2+.
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