HTC and VHA joined forces yesterday to launch the HTC Legend smartphone in Australia, with VHA announcing it will offer the phone on a $0 upfront AU$49 cap plan. (Credit: HTC) Further pricing details were scarce at the handset launch, but VHA reps confirmed that the Android-powered phone would also be available outright for AU$599, …

Setting up internet access for your mobile handset is not as complicated as you might think. Joseph Hanlon steps you through the process. For more information on setting up email and internet access on handsets, see the Setting up your new phone feature in the CNET Learning Centre.

in brief Australian telco, Optus, has today announced the third Android-powered Motorola-branded smartphone in its range, the Motorola Quench, and its intention of selling the phone at its lowest per month pricing tier. The Motorola Quench (Credit: Motorola) The Moto Quench is available exclusively through Optus for $0 upfront on an AU$19 per month Optus Social cap, over a 24-month …

Vodafone is trying its hand at cheap and cheerful, announcing a new AU$19 cap contract for customers choosing its network. Removing any remaining differentiation from the offerings of its sister company 3 Mobile, the new AU$19 offers AU$70 per month in calling credit to any phone in Australia, plus an additional AU$70 per month in credit to be spent calling …

Call it a case of last but not least. Following significant changes to its post-paid pricing, Telstra has now refreshed its prepaid offerings as well, adding more data to previously lacklustre internet browsing packs. The changes to prepaid plans include bonus SMS messages for each customer recharge and a major overhaul of data pricing and allowances to each of its …

Australian telcos Telstra and Optus have revealed their new Apple iPad broadband data pricing, which offers five times more data than similar data plans on other mobile devices. Telstra’s prepaid pricing for iPad starts at AU$20 per month for 1GB of data and increases to AU$30 for 3GB, a much higher data allowance than that given to all other Telstra …

commentary Electronic manufacturer Apple is renowned for its ability as a company to control its marketing message. Apple almost never makes comments outside of its official and carefully constructed press statements, and this is arguably one of the key factors in the company’s success in recent years. But over the last few months we’ve seen Apple extend the reach of …

It’s easy to dismiss a celebrity product endorsement as an empty money grab, but not so when the celeb is Black Eyed Pea’s frontman will.i.am and the product is his BlackBerry. When speaking about his phone there seems to be an honest affinity between the man and the brand, a relationship he plans to capitalise on as a means to …

Telstra has jumped on the Android bandwagon in a big way, improving it post-paid browsing packs to accommodate the higher data requirements of its first Android-powered handset, the HTC Desire. Data transfers on the Next G network aren’t transferred via lightning. Be cool if they were though. (Credit: CBSi) The new Telstra data start from AU$5 per month for 30MB, …

Telstra’s announcement of its early release for the HTC Desire means that you might find yourself in a T-Life store this weekend pawing over that sweet, Android goodness. For some of you, this pawing will extend to the home, after the necessary forms are signed and bank accounts debited. If you find yourself in this enviable situation the following guide …