Telstra today confirmed that it will be the exclusive retailer of the HTC Sensation when the handset launches in Australia in July. The upcoming HTC Sensation with Telstra’s apps installed. (Credit: Telstra) “This epic multimedia smartphone is HTC’s flagship, and will launch exclusively on the Telstra Next G network in July,” said Andrew Volard, Director …

Optus announced the newest member of its tablet computing range last week, the Motorola Xoom, and its pricing plan for the tablet. Australia’s number two telco will sell the Xoom on either a 12-month Data Cap Plus plan with an upfront hardware cost, or a 24-month contract with subsidised payments spread out over each month of the contract. Data Cap …

Samsung’s TouchWiz user experience is in its fourth major iteration and, as with most computer software, it now has a few nifty tricks and tweaks buried beneath the surface. We came across a post on the XDA Developer’s Forum, where users were sharing these hidden gems with one another, so a big thanks to the forum members there for the …

Sony Ericsson has revealed two new feature phones, one that builds on its recent success with the Xperia brand and the other will resurrect the once superior Walkman name. The new Txt Pro and Mix Walkman (Credit: Sony Ericsson) The Txt Pro and Mix Walkman will be launched in Q3 and both, surprisingly, will be running a proprietary operating system …

Nokia has today rolled out a fairly significant update to the Ovi Store, introducing automatic update notifications for installed apps and an option to update all apps with a single keystroke. (Credit: All About Symbian) The Store update applies to devices running on Nokia’s Symbian^3 OS, although Nokia said that it intends to roll these same improvements out to handsets …

Sony Ericsson today announced the second wave of games with optimised controls for its Xperia Play gaming smartphone, including PC classic Minecraft and 10 exclusives to the handset. Minecraft: coming to a Play near you. (Credit: CBSi) Other games announced include EA’s Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 Shadow Vanguard by Gameloft. The Play, which launched in …

commentary Last week’s press release from the World Health Organisation (WHO) set alarm bells ringing and had many mobile phone users reaching for their hands-free headsets, but is there really cause for concern? A 40 per cent increase in the risk of cancer for phone owners is a terrifying prospect, especially in a country like Australia where phone subscriptions outnumber …

Were you heartbroken when Microsoft scrapped the Courier tablet? A computing metaphor based on scrapbooking and journal keeping, the Courier was supposed to deliver the ultimate portable productivity tool before it ended up in the scrapheap. Benjamin Monning and his development partner Ricky loved the Courier concept so much that they plan to develop an iPad app to replicate the …

Despite significant setbacks, the Sony Ericsson team will deliver the Xperia Play handsets to stores across Australia on 8 June. The Xperia Play is the first PlayStation-certified smartphone. (Credit: Sony Ericsson) In an announcement today, Sony Ericsson confirmed the arrival of its first PlayStation-certified handset to both Telstra and Optus next week. It also finalised the list of games that …

LG Australia today announced that its Optimus Black Android smartphone will be ranged by all three major carriers, plus select retail partners beginning in June. Will the Optimus Black show the whitest of whites? (Credit: LG) Optus and Vodafone will roll out the handset first this month, with Telstra following in July. The handset will also be sold outright, with …