Crackberrys, you have now a choice. Vodafone has announced that it will join Telstra in selling the new BlackBerry Bold 9700. The highly anticipated update to last year’s Bold 9000 will be in stores tomorrow, 2 December. The new BlackBery Bold 9700 is now available through Vodafone.(Credit: BlackBerry/CBSi) Four pricing plans were also announced in …
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The back half of 2009 saw Sony Ericsson launch two well-featured and highly desirable touchscreen smartphones, but reports from overseas are suggesting that both the Satio and Aino are suffering from some very frustrating software issues. The Aino and Satio are both suffering technical difficulties in the UK. (Credit: Sony Ericsson) CNET UK reported last week that the Sony Ericsson …
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Budget mobile brand Boost is helping to train teens into captains of industry by putting BlackBerrys in their hot little hands. The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 dropping apps all over the place (Credit: Boost Mobile) Starting December, the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 will be available on prepaid plans through Boost with an upfront cost of AU$299. This price includes the handset and …
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Telstra tightens its grip on the smartphone market and is the first to market with the highly anticipated BlackBerry Bold update. As of today customers will be able to purchase the BlackBerry Bold 9700, nicknamed Onyx by manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM), through Telstra shops for the outright price of AU$999, or for $0 upfront on an AU$85 per month …
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Thought the first sneak peek at the Android UI for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 looked good? Check out the mouth-watering video above. Showing an extension of the video we stumbled on a few months ago, this latest video focuses on the multimedia aspects of the phone, an area overlooked by manufacturers using Android to date. This media player is …
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If news of the imminent Motorola Droid announcement wasn’t exciting enough for Android fans, it looks like Sony Ericsson is set to make a similar claim. Could it be? (Screenshot by CNET Asia) Though the message on the Sony Ericsson website isn’t Android specific, if there’s any upcoming SE handsets capable of “crossing the line” between the extraordinary and the …
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As seemingly accidental as Janet Jackson’s infamous wardrobe malfunction, the Motorola Droid has been outed online by the company that intends to sell it, Verizon Wireless, in the US. A screenshot of the Droid product page on Verizon (Credit: Boy Genius Report) The Boy Genius Report was recently sent a hot tip informing it that a detailed product description of …
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The Android news keeps getting better and better. The latest rumour from the US is that the soon to be released Motorola Droid will run Android OS version 2.0. Phones available currently run the 1.6 version of the software, affectionately known as Cupcake. The Moto Droid next to a screenshot of car-mode from Android 2.0 (Credit: Boy Genius Report) The …
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IT managers around Australia can breathe a collective sigh of relief. The launch of the latest Windows Mobile OS 6.5 is guaranteed to bring fewer complaints from staff who wish its corporate policy allowed for iPhones. In this edition of Megaphone we take a closer look at the new Microsoft OS. We let our fingers do the walking over the …
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Telstra customers can finally subscribe to Foxtel TV on their iPhones, 18 months after the first iPhones were sold on the Next G network. Australia’s largest mobile network today announced that customers using the iPhone will be able to access Foxtel TV services, which consists of 30 channels of pre-packaged video content. The service is available through the BigPond web …
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