From Thursday, Vodafone Hutchinson Australia will launch new post-paid cap contracts on both its Vodafone and 3 Mobile brands, unifying pricing across each network and offering some deals first to customers at the lower-end of the pricing spectrum. (Credit: CBSi) The new caps will range across standard price points (AU$29, AU$49, AU$69, etc), but all …

The life span of most mobile phone batteries is around 500 charge cycles. With smartphones gobbling up more power to run their many applications, it pays to know what settings you can change to impact how quickly the battery drains.

Barcelona: Only an hour after the global launch of the HTC Desire, Aussie telco Telstra has taken first dibs on the high-end smartphone with a three-month Australian exclusive. The exclusivity period begins in April with the phone’s launch down under and it will be the first Android device to be officially available on the Next G network. It will also …

There’s definitely a buzz around Mobile World Conference 2010 and the smart money says this year we are in for a real treat. Most of the major vendors will be on hand to show off their latest wares, and not just new handsets, but major OS overhauls as well. Here’s what we are dreaming of seeing in Barcelona. HTC Supersonic(Credit: …

(Credit: CBSi) Forking out several hundred dollars for a new mobile phone isn’t an experience a lot of Australians are likely to have had until this point. Google’s recent direct-to-customer play in the US with its Nexus One handset bucks the trend of the carrier-subsidised mobile phone, which could open doors for other manufacturers to do the same, if they …

HTC today joined forces with Telstra and Microsoft to launch its HD2 handset in Australia, announcing a timed exclusive to the telco and a lower than expected price tag of AU$829 outright. Foxtel TV on the HD2. (Credit: HTC) Telstra will sell the HTC HD2 through its stores and website from today, shipping unlocked handsets when purchased outright, or offering …

Google’s Nexus One is the most talked about smartphone of the year so far, and is also the newest addition to the CNET Australia testing labs. Want to know anything specific about the Nexus One? Now’s the time to ask! (Credit: Google) This handset is a mobile milestone, as it introduces Google to the fiercely competitive world of mobile handset …

Happy New Year everybody, and welcome to 2010; a year sure to be full of eye-catching tech and dozens upon dozens of iPhone rumours. And speaking of iPhone rumours… An artist’s concept for a next-gen iPhone (Credit: Rodolphe Desmare via Gizmodo) A local Korean newspaper has published details about the future of the iPhone. According to ETNews, Apple will launch …

Here at CNET Australia we want the information in the reviews to answer all the questions you have about a particular device. So instead of posting our thoughts and then having you ask us questions after the fact, we thought we’d let you ask them while we have the product still whizzing through the CNET test labs. The Nokia N900 …

We have a sneaking suspicion that Bada is a term you’ll hear us use a lot in 2010, so before the next year overwhelms us with awesome new phones let’s take a look at what to expect from Samsung’s new mobile operating platform Bada. Screenshots from the Bada user interface. (Credit: HDblog.it via Engadget) This year proved that the battle …