Australian telcos Telstra and Optus have committed to ranging the new BlackBerry Z10 handset, though neither have committed to pricing or a firm release date for the handset. (Credit: Joseph Hanlon/CNET Australia) BlackBerry is expecting that the Australian carriers will release the phone in a similar timeframe to that expected in the US, which equates …
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The company formerly known as Research In Motion (RIM) will take on the more recognisable name of its product range and be known as BlackBerry going forward. BlackBerry CEO Thorstein Heins in New York. (Credit: Joseph Hanlon/CNET Australia) “From this point forward, RIM becomes BlackBerry,” CEO Thorstein Heins announced during an event to showcase the company’s new BlackBerry 10 operating …
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Sammobile is claiming to have the first image of the next Samsung Galaxy phone, receiving the photos from a reader. Is this really the Galaxy S4? (Credit: Sammobile) If true, the new phone in the company’s flagship Galaxy family would look nearly identical to last year’s model, but with a larger edge-to-edge display. Under the hood is a similar story, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Pocket Filmmaker: Lighting 3:08 Welcome back to CNET Australia‘s guide to pocket film-making. The Pocket Filmmaker will be showing you how to turn the smartphone in your pocket into a camera capable of shooting video projects that are worthy of sharing with family and friends, online and even with the judges of some of Australia’s biggest …
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There is a commonly held idea that girls are able to multitask, while boys are not. Whether this is true or not, it looks like girls are more likely to try doing several things at once, even when they are not supposed to. (Credit: Beirut Night Life) According to insurance company AAMI, 56 per cent of young female drivers it …
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Apple’s Do Not Disturb feature is living up to its name more than iPhone users would like, with a bug stopping the feature from automatically switching off at the scheduled time. (Credit: Jason Cipriani/CNET) In a post on it’s support blog, Apple acknowledged that the problem started on New Year’s Day and that it will apparently correct itself on 7 …
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The Android operating platform is now the top mobile OS in Australia, according to research firm Telsyte. (Credit: Fraser Ntukula/Google) In new data released today, Telsyte has calculated that Google’s mobile OS accounts for 44 per cent of the Australian smartphone market, just a per cent more than Apple’s iOS. Of the 10 million-plus handsets being used across the country, …
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A recent Reuters article is predicting flexible screen tech for either the Samsung Galaxy S4 or its successor, with one analyst tipping the tech to be commercially available by 2014 at the latest. Is a flexible screen the hot new feature for your next phone? And if it is, why would you want it? Reuters is calling this screen “unbreakable”, …
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Huzzah! Motorola Razr HD owners have something to cheer about this Christmas, with the update to Jelly Bean now rolling out to Telstra handset owners. We were lucky enough to get access to the update a bit earlier than most, and have revisited the Razr HD this week to see how it fares with the improvements that Jelly Bean brings. …
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Dell has put its smartphone ambitions into reverse, announcing that it will not make new Android products and that its tablets will all run on Windows 8 from here on. Speaking at Dell World in Austin, Texas, and as reported by Forbes, Dell’s vice chairman and president, Jeff Clarke, confirmed that there will be no new Dell Android devices. He …
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