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Software
2:05PM Nick Broughall | Editor’s log, Stardate sixteen eleven oh nine: I find myself slowly becoming overwhelmed by the sheer volume of application stores available to the modern phone user. What started off as a fresh, original idea to sell applications for a dedicated device has quickly descended into the murky bog of confusion as every phone maker and his dog jumps on the bandwagon. What’s worse – I’m receiving reports that now the telcos are trying to cut into this already overcrowded market, with Optus launching its own app store for Symbian, Android, Blackberry, Windows media and Java handsets. This is the toughest assignment we’ve ever encountered, and it’s going to require all our strength to overcome it. More »
Optus Launches Its Own App Store
2:05PM Nick Broughall | Editor’s log, Stardate sixteen eleven oh nine: I find myself slowly becoming overwhelmed by the sheer volume of application stores available to the modern phone user. What started off as a fresh, original idea to sell applications for a dedicated device has quickly descended into the murky bog of confusion as every phone maker and his dog jumps on the bandwagon. What’s worse – I’m receiving reports that now the telcos are trying to cut into this already overcrowded market, with Optus launching its own app store for Symbian, Android, Blackberry, Windows media and Java handsets. This is the toughest assignment we’ve ever encountered, and it’s going to require all our strength to overcome it. More » 
Phones
11:00AM Nick Broughall | This is great news. Great news. Optus is now selling the Blackberry Curve 8520 on prepaid. This opens Blackberry up to a whole heap of new users, like teenage girls and.. um… teenage boys? Oh, and possibly your mum. More »
Optus Selling BlackBerry Curve 8520 On Prepaid
11:00AM Nick Broughall | This is great news. Great news. Optus is now selling the Blackberry Curve 8520 on prepaid. This opens Blackberry up to a whole heap of new users, like teenage girls and.. um… teenage boys? Oh, and possibly your mum. More »
Phones
10:15AM Nick Broughall | The Whirlpool forum has been overwhelmed these past few days with jailbroken iPhone users waking to discover they’ve been rickrolled – a photo of Rick Astley seemingly permanently attached to their iPhone’s screen and the words “ikee is never going to give you up” emblazoned across the top. It seems jailbreaking may not be as safe as it seems. More »
Jailbroken iPhone? Watch For The Ikee Virus
10:15AM Nick Broughall | The Whirlpool forum has been overwhelmed these past few days with jailbroken iPhone users waking to discover they’ve been rickrolled – a photo of Rick Astley seemingly permanently attached to their iPhone’s screen and the words “ikee is never going to give you up” emblazoned across the top. It seems jailbreaking may not be as safe as it seems. More »
Networks
2:09PM Nick Broughall | So Optus has refreshed their wireless broadband plans. They’re offering more data for less, with a much lower excess usage fee. Huzzah! But instead of basking in a successful strategy that’s a win for consumers, Optus instead decided to halve the amount of data you get for the same price after the first 12 months. Seriously, WTF Optus? More »
Optus’ New Wireless Plans Sound Good At First, But Get Weird Later
2:09PM Nick Broughall | So Optus has refreshed their wireless broadband plans. They’re offering more data for less, with a much lower excess usage fee. Huzzah! But instead of basking in a successful strategy that’s a win for consumers, Optus instead decided to halve the amount of data you get for the same price after the first 12 months. Seriously, WTF Optus? More »
Entertainment
10:24AM Nick Broughall | Last month, Foxtel announced that they were launching 30 new channels on the back of the Optus D3 satellite. What they didn’t mention was price. Now they have, and if you were crossing your fingers that they were going to just give you those bonus channels for free, you’re going to be a bit disappointed. Although it’s not all bad… More »
You Didn’t Think Those New Foxtel Channels Would Be Free, Did You?
10:24AM Nick Broughall | Last month, Foxtel announced that they were launching 30 new channels on the back of the Optus D3 satellite. What they didn’t mention was price. Now they have, and if you were crossing your fingers that they were going to just give you those bonus channels for free, you’re going to be a bit disappointed. Although it’s not all bad… More »
Networks
1:08PM Chris Oaten | Over at The ByteBlog, Seamus Byrne and Co have been busy hauling a bunch of iPhones around the greater Sydney area using speedtest to chart their results, which are not too surprising, though there’s some devil in the detail. More »
Sydney Network Speeds. And The Winner is…
1:08PM Chris Oaten | Over at The ByteBlog, Seamus Byrne and Co have been busy hauling a bunch of iPhones around the greater Sydney area using speedtest to chart their results, which are not too surprising, though there’s some devil in the detail. More »
Business
12:20PM Nick Broughall | Most of these responses to Conroy’s bitch-slapping of Telstra came through yesterday, but they’re still worth a read. Personally, I’m disappointed by the lack of fireworks from Telstra themselves – I can’t help but think that if Sol was around, we’d have lawyers duelling pistols at dawn… More »
The Industry’s Response To Conroy’s Telstra Ultimatum
12:20PM Nick Broughall | Most of these responses to Conroy’s bitch-slapping of Telstra came through yesterday, but they’re still worth a read. Personally, I’m disappointed by the lack of fireworks from Telstra themselves – I can’t help but think that if Sol was around, we’d have lawyers duelling pistols at dawn… More »
Software
3:02PM Nick Broughall | There are a heap of third party options that allow you to monitor your call and data usage in real time, but today Optus has moved to crush them like this thing crushes cars thanks to their free app. More »
Optus Launches Free iPhone Billing App
3:02PM Nick Broughall | There are a heap of third party options that allow you to monitor your call and data usage in real time, but today Optus has moved to crush them like this thing crushes cars thanks to their free app. More »
Deals
10:43AM Nick Broughall | Let the speculation begin: Optus is offering the 16GB iPhone 3G (not the 3GS) for $0 upfront on a 24 month $59 plan. But why? More »
Optus Clearing Out Old 16GB iPhone 3G Models
10:43AM Nick Broughall | Let the speculation begin: Optus is offering the 16GB iPhone 3G (not the 3GS) for $0 upfront on a 24 month $59 plan. But why? More »
Science
10:27AM Nick Broughall | That Optus D3 satellite launched without a hitch over the weekend. Fingers are crossed everywhere (at Giz HQ, at least) that it won’t be too long before we get bonus Foxtel channels.
[Img: Optus]
Optus D3 Satellite Is In Orbit
10:27AM Nick Broughall | That Optus D3 satellite launched without a hitch over the weekend. Fingers are crossed everywhere (at Giz HQ, at least) that it won’t be too long before we get bonus Foxtel channels.
[Img: Optus] 
