Now playing: Watch this: Shortcuts: Smart tweaks in iPhone Accessibility 1:08 Use the iPhone’s flash to notify you of missed calls and messages, and create your own vibrating tones in the Accessibility menu in iOS.

Optus today announced that 18 new channels have been added to its Fetch TV offering as an optional extra to customers for AU$10 per month. (Credit: Optus) The new channels include many of those that are also available on rival Foxtel, like MTV, Fox Sports, National Geographic, Discovery Home and Helath, BBC World News and Animal Planet. The rebranded Fecth …

If you want fast 4G, move to Australia. After looking over recent LTE test results from San Francisco and New York where downloads speeds topped out at 23.6Mbps, I feel an uncontrollable urge to gloat. Our 4G speeds in Australia are up to four times faster, and here’s why. Signal strengths (and weaknesses) First, there are technological differences between the …

Nokia Australia today confirmed that the Windows Phone 8-powered Lumia 920 will be part of Telstra’s range, with the Lumia 820 heading to Optus and Vodafone. The new Lumia 920 is headed to Telstra in Australia. (Credit: Nokia) “Operators and retailers are throwing their weight behind our new Nokia Lumia smartphones, and we appreciate their continued support,” Nokia Australia’s managing …

HTC has bested its recent efforts in the One-series family, unveiling a 4G upgrade known as the One X+ with a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 chip under the hood. (Credit: HTC) The handset will also receive a significant increase in internal storage, with a 64GB option added to the already available 32GB model. Despite the changes in hardware, the One …

Now playing: Watch this: Shortcuts: Neat tweaks for Galaxy S3 Lock Screen 1:05 The lock screen on the Samsung Galaxy S3 has more functions and is more customisable than most smartphone standby displays. Take a look at some of the better options available.

Telstra has begun selling the new Motorola Razr HD today through retail stores and online, with the smaller Razr M handset coming in November. The Razr HD, now available through Telstra. (Credit: Motorola) The Razr HD will be available for AU$5 on AU$60 Telstra personal plans, or for AU$720 RRP outright. When the Razr M hits stores, it will be …

After offering to sell the iPhone first and for AU$100 cheaper than Apple, electronics retailer Kogan is now expecting a four-week delay on shipping Apple’s new smartphone. Kogan expects to ship iPhone 5 stock from October 22. (Credit: CNET) As spotted by PC World, the Kogan blog post advertising the iPhone is now flooding with complaints from angry customers, who …

Tempted by a Telstra HTC One XL, but think the grey handset looks drab? We’ve just received word that a new white One XL model has hit Telstra stores. (Credit: HTC) OK, this isn’t news of the “stop the presses” variety, but it is an interesting play by both Telstra and HTC to remind us all of the One XL …

It has been revealed that some Android-powered products are vulnerable to a browser-based exploit that will hard reset the phone and wipe all of your data. The exploit has come to our attention via a demonstration posted to YouTube shot at Ekoparty 2012 (video above), showing how a direct-dial feature in the stock Android browser can execute a USSD service …