From 1 October, all Telstra mobile plans will be charged in one-minute billing blocks, rather than 30-second blocks as it is currently on some plans. Member, Phone and Casual mobile plans will be affected by the change, and pricing on the company’s website now reflects the new billing scheme. The telco’s Everyday Connect plans (formerly …

An Asian website has published a photo of what it claims will be the final build of Apple’s iPhone 5, constructed from leaked hardware components. This image reportedly shows the next iPhone, with this mock-up being built from leaked hardware components. (Credit: iLabs Factory) iLab Factory is the name of the site featuring the leaked iPhone components, which it had …

Sony’s next major Xperia smartphone release will ditch the hardware buttons on previous releases and use Google’s on-screen controls instead. The new, buttonless Sony Xperia, codenamed “Mint”. (Credit: mobile-review.com) Going by the codename Mint, images of the new phone have leaked, showing a softer design compared with the Xperia range we’ve seen so far this year. The phone shown in …

The software developer kit (SDK) for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 release has leaked to online forums, revealing numerous features and enhancements before Microsoft can officially announce them. The new Camera Lenses feature found in the Windows Phone 8 SDK. (Credit: WPCentral) A Chinese blog scored the code first, with the WPCentral team the first to sift through its contents. …

Now playing: Watch this: What in the world are Appcessories? 3:07 If you keep an eye on the latest trends in electronics, you’ve probably stumbled across the term “appcessory” already. We sneaked into our local Dick Smith (DSE) store after hours to see what appcessories we could get our hands on. Toys, games and gadgets controlled by smartphones and tablets …

A blog post by the president of DisplayMate has heavily criticised the screen of Google’s Nexus 7 tablet, describing images taken from the tablet as looking like “over-exposed photographs with missing highlights, reduced image contrast and weak colours”. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) Dr Raymond Soneira said that he knew “something was seriously wrong” when he looked at test images produced from …

Just a year after inking a deal to acquire 50.1 per cent of Beats Audio, HTC is selling the shares back to Beats, offloading 25 per cent of its stake. The Sensation XL with its bundled Beats headphones.(Credit: HTC) HTC has stated that the reason for its sale is to “provide Beats with operational flexibility for global expansion”, according to …

Telstra today unveiled the next iteration of its T-Hub connected home-phone concept, switching out the proprietary software that powered the first model for Google’s Android platform. The new T-Hub 2. (Credit: Telstra) The new T-Hub 2 tablet has a 7-inch display, is powered by a 1GHz TI OMAP processor and runs on the Gingerbread version of the Android platform, with …

Vodafone’s update blog has released the timing for the first Australian phone to receive the Android Jelly Bean update via a telco, with the Nexus S scheduled to receive the update over-the-air from 1pm on 19 July. This update will advance the Nexus S to Android firmware version 4.1, from its current 4.0.4 firmware. Customers with a Nexus S should …

We all know someone who has smashed the screen on their iPhone (I personally know about six to 10 examples), and you also probably know the person who continues to use their phone after the drop, despite the risk of slicing up their fingers playing Fruit Ninja. Looking for a weekend project? (Credit: Bill Detwiler/CNET) If your iPhone screen looks …