Craig Simms

Asus’ Transformer Prime hits Australia

Asus has announced the availability of the Eee Pad Transformer Prime in Australia. The original Transformer Prime is finally reaching Australia. (Credit: Asus) The tablet will ship with Honeycomb on-board, but an update will be available over the air for Google’s latest operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich. Two models of the Prime will be available …

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Android Market won’t download apps: an easy workaround

More than once we’ve been stuck waiting indefinitely for a page to load on the Android Market on our phone. It seems to affect some apps, but not others. If you’ve come across the same problem, there’s a way that you can still get the app you want. Simply pull yourself up to a real browser on a laptop or …

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Google, Samsung cancel 11 Oct event

update Google and Samsung have issued a statement cancelling their 11 October event, which is expected to be the launch of the Nexus Prime and Ice Cream Sandwich. Both companies have sent out an announcement stating that they have decided to “postpone the new product announcement at CTIA Fall”, claiming that “it is just not the right time to announce …

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Ice Cream Sandwich screenshots leak

Hot on the heels of a leaked video claiming to be Samsung’s Nexus Prime, screenshots have surfaced alleging to be Ice Cream Sandwich, the next version of the Android operating system. (Credit: Mobilissimo) The images, hosted on Romanian website Mobilissimo, confirm Ice Cream Sandwich as being version 4.0 of the operating system and that the upcoming Samsung phone has the …

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Nexus Prime video leaks to YouTube

Days before Samsung’s Mobile Unpacked Conference, a video has hit the web claiming to be the Korean manufacturer’s “Nexus Prime” smartphone, running Ice Cream Sandwich. (Screenshot by CBSi) The phone will run Google’s latest version of its Android operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich, intended to combine its divergent Android smartphone and tablet offerings into the one operating system. What is …

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Nine’s legal TV downloads: Almost there

Nine has been offering digital downloads for some time — if you need to quench your thirst for McLeod’s Daughters, it’s a decent way to catch up with episodes you’ve missed, without needing to sit in front of the TV at a certain time. Nine calls it Catch-Up TV. The broadcaster’s recent uploading of Underbelly 2 directly after its airing …

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JB Hi

After nine months, major retailer JB Hi-Fi has reversed its decision to exclusively stock Blu-ray products in-store, opening the floor for HD DVD players and titles. While the chain has been selling HD DVD titles online since early this year, the decision to share physical store space with the competing format is a major setback for the Sony driven Blu-ray, …

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