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4G is one of the key technology movers this year — whether it’s the ACCC going after Apple over the “4G” iPad, Telstra launching a bevy of 4G devices ahead of Optus’ any-day-now 4G launch — or the whole contentious issue of what should be regarded as “4G” anyway. But how important is 4G when it comes to gadget buying?
The Samsung Galaxy Note seems to be one of those genuinely polarising smartphones; some love it for its immense size, while others aren’t as keen. Then again, it seems to play well with pachyderms. When it launched in Australia, you could purchase it on Optus or Vodafone contracts, with Telstra said to be “coming soon”. Telstra’s just confirmed the exact details of its plans with me.
This week, a team of students from the University of New South Wales took out a 24-hour hacking competition run by the federal government and Telstra. The prize? A trip to Black Hat 2012 in Las Vegas, a conference about all things hacker.
Possibly the worst kept secret in all of smartphone-dom is out of the bag, as Telstra’s just launched its page for the 4G version of the Galaxy S II.
The 4G picture in Australia is a bit on the challenging side at the moment, with only a handful of 4G devices and a generally used spectrum that’s not used much overseas. Telstra’s said to be investigating another move that could muddy the picture even further, by using some of its 900Mhz spectrum for LTE services.
Telstra’s latest marketing push is all about the “connected home”, but it’s essentially to do with ISP differentiation in the NBN age.
We knew it was coming “soon”, and “soon” turns out to be “today” if you’re a business customer, and next Tuesday for consumers.
If you’re a Telstra customer in the Maitland or Hunter Valley regions of New South Wales, and you’re reading this right now, chances are you’re doing so via mobile, as vandals have damaged a major fibre cable supplying communication services to the area.
As far as secret plans go, Telstra’s intentions regarding the Samsung Galaxy S II 4G haven’t been conducted in the most clandestine of fashions. No surprise, is it then, that we now have solid confirmation and pricing ahead of smartphone’s release in ten days’ time.
Bring on the Lamingtons, Australia got the new iPad first! Too bad it doesn’t do 4G here. Maybe that’s why queues were clearly down. Gizmodo hit the streets of Sydney for Telstra’s midnight opening, while just across the road Apple faithful quietly considered an unexpected twist. Buy a $30 Telstra prepaid stater pack and they could grab the iPad outright (not on a plan) long before Apple opens at 8am. What’s an iPad camper to do?
