The line between a computer and a smartphone has blurred to the point of being indistinguishable over the past year or so, and not just from a technical perspective. The way we think of phones and the way we use them is more and more PC-like all the time. People create work documents on phones, …
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commentary If you scour the world’s tech news today, you’ll find dozens of pundits posing this same question, but phrasing it in a slightly different way. Most are asking whether Nokia can “save” Windows Phone, and vice versa, but the way we see it, Windows Phone doesn’t need to be saved; it just needs a jump-start. (Credit: Nokia) The launch …
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After reading the Macquarie University’s report on Aussie telco satisfaction, we were surprised to discover that up to a quarter of Australians think switching telcos is either difficult or expensive. The truth is that switching telcos is dead simple. (Credit: CBSi) Porting a number With a decade of mobile phone use behind us, our mobile phone numbers are one of …
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One of the big shifts in smartphones this year has been towards dual-core processors, with quad-core chipsets beginning to emerge on the horizon. But does dual core actual mean twice as fast? The Sensation XL and XE showing BrowserMark benchmark results. (Credit: CBSi) We’ve been testing both the HTC Sensation XE and XL this week, with the smaller-screened XE packing …
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Much of the new technology announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week had been predicted by pundits or leaked through innumerable sources in the weeks leading up to the show, but two genuine surprises came from Nokia and HTC, and both involved imaging technology. Nokia really stunned with its 41-megapixel image sensor in the upcoming PureView 808, and …
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone mobile OS has nearly everything it needs to become a dominant third player in the world’s smartphone space. It’s fast and feature rich, it has a thriving app store with strong developer interest. But there’s one crucial aspect missing from this equation: new handsets. (Credit: CBSi) We’ve said it a number of times over recent weeks: 2011 …
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Vodafone today unveiled six new plans and a range of bolt-on mobile-data options for its customers, sacrificing its Infinite-branded plans in the reshuffle. (Credit: Vodafone) Describing the new plans as “more simple and straightforward”, Vodafone’s amended options include six basic plans available on both 12- and 24-month contract terms and a range of add-ons allowing customers to choose how much …
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It turns out when Nokia said the Lumia 800 would launch in Australia in “early March”, it meant that magical leap year day between February and March. Nokia’s Lumia 800: coming to a Vodafone store near you. (Credit: Nokia) Vodafone Australia announced via Twitter today that the Nokia Lumia 800 would launch on its network on Wednesday, 29 February. It …
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Telstra and Samsung have today announced the availability of Australia’s first 4G tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. Telstra’s first 4G tablet, the Galaxy Tab 8.9. (Credit: Samsung) Telstra will offer a 16GB version of the tablet outright for AU$720, and will soon range a 32GB model for AU$840. Customers can also pay off the cost of the tablet over …
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HTC CEO Peter Chou took to the stage at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on Sunday to unveil three new handsets under a single family branding: the One X, the S and the V. HTC latest: the One S, the One X and the One V. (Credit: HTC/CBSi) Unified by a few key technologies, the “One” brand is HTC’s …
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