Are you curious about what Nokia is bringing to the Mobile World Congress (MWC) phone expo in Barcelona next week? Nokia thought you might be, so it’s put together a tiny taster of one of its major announcements in the form of the video above. It would seem that the rumour about Nokia launching a …
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Next week, the city of Barcelona will again play host to the world’s biggest telecommunications expo, Mobile World Congress (MWC), and, as you’d expect, CNET Australia will be there to bring you all the latest news and announcements from the biggest players in the mobile space. (Credit: GSM) So, what can we expect in 2012? This year’s show is already …
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Panasonic is re-entering the smartphone market outside of Japan, with a new Android smartphone announced for Europe. (Credit: Panasonic) The Eluga will be the company’s first European foray for many years, and will standout from the pack with a 4.3-inch qHD resolution OLED display. Like Samsung’s excellent AMOLED screens, the Eluga’s display looks fantastic in hands-on pictures we’ve seen so …
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Telstra today announced a major update to the T-Box set-top box, expanding the current functionality of the unit to include media playback from external storage devices over Wi-Fi and USB. Telstra T-Box (Credit: Telstra) Dubbed My Media, the new service will be installed when T-Box customers next update the firmware on their set-top boxes. My Media will be included as …
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While the pundits debate whether Samsung’s Galaxy Note is a phone or a tablet, the Korean tech juggernaut looks set to mashup the two popular categories with a large-screen Galaxy Note 10.1 announcement at Mobile World Congress (MWC) this month. (Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) A casting call for a new advertisement explicitly refers to the unannounced product, describing a “teen …
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Nokia dropped a bombshell at its Lumia 800 launch today, announcing that the Lumia 710 will also launch in March with Optus and Virgin, with an outright price of AU$369. The Nokia Lumia 710 in all of its colourful chassis options. (Credit: Nokia) The Lumia 710 is considered to be the little brother of the sharper-looking Lumia 800. While the …
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Activists today gathered at the Apple Store in Sydney’s CBD to deliver a petition with 250,000 signatures calling for Apple to employ ethical manufacturing processes in the production of its future products. The group hand delivered the petition to staff at the Apple Store in Sydney’s CBD. (Credit: CBSi) A group of 10 protesters delivered the petition in a wheelbarrow, …
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Nokia has this week rolled out the major Symbian Belle update to its customers in many places around the world, but it seems that Australia will have to wait longer before the update is available for Aussie handsets. The new user interface on the Symbian Belle update. (Credit: Nokia) A Nokia spokesperson told CNET Australia that the company is “in …
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Samsung Australia today announced a new partnership with DVD-rental and media-streaming company Quickflix, with plans to install a new Quickflix app on smart TV units and its Galaxy range of portable devices, including tablets and smartphones. The new Quickflix app as seen on the Smart Hub of a Samsung TV, sitting uncomfortably close to the BigPond Movies app. (Credit: ) …
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At Nokia World in October last year, the Finnish phone maker showed off a working prototype of a smartphone controlled by a flexible frame and display. Called Nokia Kinect, could this prototype be the precursor of the next genuine shift in smartphone design, or is it simply a clever gimmick? Firstly, the concept of a flexible display isn’t necessarily new, …
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