Joseph Hanlon

Virgin prices iPhone 4S plans a day before launch

With less than 24 hours before Apple’s iPhone 4S hits the streets across the nation, Virgin Australia has finally confirmed its pricing, positioning itself at the cheaper end of the spectrum compared with Australia’s three major telcos. Next to Vodafone’s AU$49 cap option for a 16GB iPhone 4S (which costs AU$54 each month including a …

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Voda’s iBundles: iPhones and iPads together at last

Vodafone today confirmed it will be offering an Apple bundle from Friday, pairing an iPad 2 with any iPhone in the telco’s range. (Credit: CBSi) The top package will cost AU$128 per month and will include a 64GB iPhone 4S handset plus a 64GB iPad 2, an Infinite calling and messaging plan plus 4.5GB data. Choosing a 16GB iPhone 4S …

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Voda, Optus reveal iPhone 4S pricing

Vodafone and Optus both announced iPhone 4S pricing over the weekend, in preparation for the phone’s launch this Friday. Both telcos will offer Apple’s three storage variants for the updated iPhone, plus an 8GB version of last year’s iPhone 4. Vodafone offers the cheapest $0-upfront iPhone, with a 16GB iPhone 4S with no added monthly repayment on an AU$59 plan …

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First image of Samsung Nexus Prime leaks

(Credit: GSMArena) What a huge day for smartphone news. First, Apple announces the iPhone 4S, and now we get our first glimpse (and it is just a glimpse) of what we expect Samsung to announce at CTIA in San Diego next week: the Nexus Prime. The image above comes from GSMArena, which had the pic flicked in its direction by …

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Poll: would you buy iPhone 5 sight unseen?

Germany’s Deutsche Telekom (DT) has started to take pre-orders for Apple’s unannounced iPhone 5, offering customers the opportunity to reserve a next-generation iPhone before knowing the name of the device or the hardware specifications included. The German telco isn’t advertising this opportunity to its customers, but it is handing out “premiere coupons” to customers who expressly ask for an iPhone …

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Red Bull Mobile launches in EB Games stores

Red Bull Mobile launched its new mobile service in Australia today, with Red Bull-branded handsets delivered to EB Games stores around the country. (Credit: Red Bull) Acting as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), Red Bull will resell an Vodafone mobile service under its own name, and with a unique pricing structure. Customers choosing one of Red Bull’s mobile services …

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Poll: what features will be in the iPhone 5?

Last week, we asked CNET readers whether they would buy an iPhone 5 sight unseen. A third of respondents gave it to us loud and clear: absolutely they would. This suggests that these readers believe that Apple will meet their expectations, or exceed them, in regards to the quality and reliability of the next iPhone. So, this week, we’d like …

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HTC Holiday to be first Telstra 4G smartphone

Feast your eyes, lovers of fast internet. Telstra has announced that its first 4G smartphone will be a mysterious HTC monster known only as the HTC 4G, but we know better. Yesterday at the telco’s 4G launch event, we snapped a pic of the phone’s own ID, outing it as the HTC Holiday. Excuse the camera phone photography, but this …

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Motorola Atrix 2 leaks, multiple Xoom successors

It’s seems like it’s been eons since we last reported on Motorola devices, even if we’ve had the excitement of the company’s acquisition by Google in the interim. Well, the drought ends today, folks, with a flood of Motorola leaks revealing the successors to both the Atrix smartphone and the Xoom tablet, and perhaps the revival of the Razr brand …

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Android flies high on Boeing 787 Dreamliners

Boeing has side-stepped Apple’s iPad and chosen the Google Android operating system to power custom-built in-flight entertainment units. (Credit: Boeing) According to Australian Business Traveller (AusBT), all 787 Dreamliner aircraft will be fitted with servers and headrest terminals running Android, delivering movies, music and the possibility of other Boeing-designed apps as well. The Android platform would also give Boeing the …

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