Apple has met its November deadline and enabled turn-by-turn directions in Apple Maps for customers in Australia, as promised at the launch of the iPhone 5. The turn-by-turn feature live in Sydney. (Screenshot by Joe Hanlon/CBSi) Voice-guided directions are activated after users install the latest over-the-air update for their devices. To manually check for the …

Google’s online sales strategy seems to have paid off at last, with the Nexus 4 smartphone selling out quickly in key regions around the world. The sought-after Nexus 4 smartphone. (Credit: Google) The phone went on sale in Australia first, and the 16GB model sold out within the first hour. Stock of the 8GB variant lasted longer, but the status …

Now playing: Watch this: Pocket Filmmaker: stabilisation for pocket cameras 3:08 Welcome to CNET Australia‘s new guide to pocket film-making. The Pocket Filmmaker will be showing you how to turn the smartphone in your pocket into a camera capable of shooting video projects that are worthy of sharing with family and friends, online and even with the judges of some …

Google has updated its product pages on Google Play for the Nexus 4 smartphone and Nexus 10 tablet, now letting customers place orders. (Screenshot by Joseph Hanlon/CNET Australia) The smartphone goes on sale for AU$349 for the 8GB model and AU$399 for the 16GB version. The 10-inch Jelly Bean tablet also comes in two storage variations: a 16GB model for …

The mobile world will welcome the birth of a new mobile OS at the beginning of next year, with Research In Motion (RIM) setting a concrete date for the launch of its BlackBerry 10 OS. The new “peek” feature demoed on a pre-launch device. (Credit: CNET) RIM will host a number of launch events on the same day, unveiling the …

Now playing: Watch this: Shortcuts: cheat at sudoku with Google Goggles 0:53 OK, this isn’t strictly a shortcut — it is closer to cheating — but it could save you a bunch of time, all the same. Google Goggles is a fascinating app that gets better all the time. It can create a new Google search based on what it …

Now playing: Watch this: Pocket Filmmaker: Recording great sound 4:24 Welcome back to CNET Australia‘s guide to pocket film-making. The Pocket Filmmaker will be showing you how to turn the smartphone in your pocket into a camera capable of shooting video projects that are worthy of sharing with family and friends, online and even with the judges of some of …

Tesltra is now taking pre-orders for the new Nokia Lumia 920, and to sweeten the deal, Telstra is including an AU$200 JBL speaker in the bag for every customer who signs up in advance. The Lumia 920 in white beside the JBL NFC speaker on offer to Telstra pre-order customers. (Credit: CBSi) This speaker is the JBL PlayUp Wireless Speaker …

Optus now offers 4G for its prepaid customers, as long as you have your own 4G phone compatible with the telco’s long-term evolution (LTE) network. (Credit: Optus) Plans start at AU$30 per month, and mirror the prepaid plans already in the market from Optus, with the lowest plan returning 250 minutes of calls, AU$30 credit and 500MB of data each …

Microsoft has posted a breakdown of Surface storage allocations between Windows RT system files and user-accessible storage, admitting that half of the available space in the 32GB model is used by Windows and built-in apps. (Credit: CNET) Outlined on the Surface support page, the FAQ document shows how 32GB in the decimal system equates to 29GB of total storage in …