Information has been trickling out about HTC’s new tablet, codenamed Pucinni, which has us wondering where HTC’s first tablet, the Flyer, has ended up in the company’s Aussie release schedule. Will HTC skip the Flyer and deliver the big daddy instead? The Boy Genius Report blog has dug up an official-looking computer render of the …

After strong releases last year, the flagship models for HTC and Samsung were always going to be this year’s most-wanted Androids. (Credit: CBSi) Not that we’re dismissing the excellent handsets produced by Motorola, LG and Sony Ericsson, but we’re guessing that most people walking into a phone shop in Australia, who are not intent on buying an iPhone, will probably …

Watching TV these days takes a lot of forward thinking. Not only do you have to know what you want to watch and when it’s on, but you also have to pray that you can make time in your busy work/life balance to slot some boob tube time in. Connecting a PVR to your TV can help you to catch …

Google has started rolling out its new-look Android Market to handsets, bringing the Market’s browser-based categorisation to the phone with swiping gestures to improve navigation. The update to the Market is being rolled out now to phones running Android OS 2.2 or higher as an automatic download when the Market application is opened. Google anticipates that all compatible phones will …

Telstra today added two new Android smartphones to its line: HTC’s Sensation, and the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, filling out an impressive trio of new Android releases for the month of July. Both phones are available on Telstra’s Freedom Connect contract plans, with the Neo free on an AU$59 plan, and the Sensation $0 on an AU$79 contract over …

Innovations in technology are exciting to follow, but while soccer-playing robot dogs look cute, they are also the first step towards machine-gun-toting self-aware war machines hell-bent on the enslavement and destruction of mankind. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Join Joseph Hanlon and Derek Fung as they examine how the new technologies of today are taking over our lives and …

Media analyst Nielsen has revealed new figures this week showing that games are the applications used most by smartphone owners in the US, followed by weather apps and social networking. (Credit: Nielsen) This latest research polled smartphone users over 30 days to discover which kinds of apps they used, and which apps they were likely to pay for when browsing …

Virgin Mobile Australia this week replaced its previous post-paid plan structure with a simpler collection of options. This hawk-wielding suburban musketeer is the new face of the Fair Go Plans. (Credit: Virgin Mobile) All of the telco’s post-paid options now fall under one of three headings: Big Plans, Fair Go Plans and a single unlimited usage Topless Plan. All plans …

Telstra today announced that the Samsung Galaxy S II (GS2) will be available on the Next G network from 26 July, boasting the title of Australia’s fastest phone. The telco will range the handset on its Freedom Connect plans, plus a monthly handset repayment cost, starting from AU$20 per month on the AU$59 plan over 24 months. This plan includes …

Analyst firm IDC has reported that Apple is the leading mobile brand in Australia following a 13 per cent increase in iPhone shipments in Q1 of 2011. (Credit: CBSi) Apple holds nearly 40 per cent of shipments in the smartphone-only segment and nearly a third of the mobile market as a whole, of which smartphones account for 79 per cent …