Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD and HDX tablets have finally made it into Australian retail stores, available at Dick Smith and Big W from today. Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 inch. (Credit: ) The lower-end 7-inch Kindle Fire HD sports a 1280×800 resolution screen (216ppi), with a dual-core 1.5GHz processor and 10 hours of battery life. …
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Previously shown off at IFA in Berlin back in September, LG’s 77-inch curved OLED Ultra HD TV is the world’s largest, and now, it’s an award winner to boot. (Credit: Andrew Hoyle/CNET) The LG Ultra HD curved OLED TV was given the Best of Innovations award at the Consumer Electronics Association’s Ultra HD Conference. It was designed to showcase both …
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At its recent Analyst Day held in Korea, Samsung showed attendees a range of prototype folding smartphones. The Galaxy Round may be the first step on the way to folding phones. (Credit: Samsung) Reporters weren’t allowed in, and analysts were banned from taking photos, so we don’t have any images to show. However, The Wall Street Journal has some first-person …
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The latest iteration of the Livescribe smartpen has had its built-in audio recording removed and now only works across iPhones and iPads running iOS 7. (Credit: Livescribe) The Livescribe series has always been able to record both handwritten notes and audio. Using a combination of special notepaper and a camera in the pen, your notes — or sketches, scrawls, mathematical …
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Samsung is anticipating selling twice as many tablets this year as in 2012, and the company is on the hunt for Apple’s number one spot. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 3. (Credit: CNET) Speaking at an Analysts’ Day event held in Seoul, Korea, Samsung’s head of mobile JK Shin said that the company was on track to sell over 40 million tablets …
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Vodafone has announced it will be doubling the data allowance on a number of its plans for new customers and existing customers who upgrade. (Credit: Vodafone) The offer applies to all SIM-only month-to-month plans of AU$45 per month and more and all 12- or 24-month contract plans over AU$60 per month. Customers must take a new plan or upgrade an …
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The US$4.7 billion buyout of BlackBerry by Fairfax Financial Holdings has fallen through, with the company now seeking US$1 billion through the sale of convertible notes to investors. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Additionally, CEO Thorsten Heins will be replaced, with John S Chen taking the role of interim CEO. The Fairfax buyout would have seen BlackBerry become a privately owned company. …
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Despite only going on sale in Australia late last month, the Surface Pro 2 has already received a firmware update that vastly improves its battery life. (Credit: Microsoft) The update was designed to reduce the amount of power drawn by the Wi-Fi modem, and it seems to have succeeded admirably. Tests by AnandTech saw the tablet last for over eight …
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US-based video-on-demand service Netflix has been testing streaming 4K Ultra HD files, with an aim to having a large catalogue of shows available next year. Netflix showing off 4K streaming at CES this year. (Credit: Nic Healey/CNET Australia) While TVs capable of Ultra HD resolution have arrived from most of the major manufacturers, the problem with 4K remains the content …
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All the leaks, speculation and rumours are finally over: the Nexus 5 is here. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) The LG-made handset offers the first taste of Android KitKat, the 4.4 version of Google’s operating system. It’s also a “vanilla” experience — just the pure OS with none of the manufacturer-created user interface add-ons. If you’re buying from the Google Play store, …
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