When Vodafone switched on its 4G service in June, it was only available to existing Vodafone customers with a 4G-ready phone and “the right plan”. (Credit: Vodafone) That’s now changed, with Vodafone taking on new customers, and current customers looking to change to a 4G device from today. The coverage of Vodafone’s 4G is still …

Consumers have been waiting for commercially available OLED TVs for several years now. So what’s the hold up? LG’s curved OLED TV has been promised for an Australian launch this year. (Credit: Nic Healey/CNET Australia) Back in 2012, CNET awarded LG’s 55-inch EM9600 the rather prestigious Best in Show at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It certainly wasn’t the first …

Samsung has just launched its first commercially available curved OLED TV in Korea, but it may be stepping back from a flat-panel OLED launch in 2013. (Credit: Samsung) The curved OLED screen was first shown off at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and has just been launched in South Korea for around US$13,000. The curved TV has similar features to …

Now playing: Watch this: Smart TV 101: downloads and updates 2:52 Technology ages quickly, going from cutting edge to obsolete. But thanks to regular updates, downloads, app refreshes and even (in some TVs) physical upgrades, a smart TV can last you longer than you might expect.

For many users, the manufacturer skin (or overlay) UI on a phone is a useful bit of software, adding core functionality to the base Android operating system. The Google Play S4. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) For others, it’s akin to bloatware, getting the way of the raw Android experience that they desire. For the latter camp, there’s some great news: Google …

Made as a concept device by Sean Miles at Designworks, the glove phone is actually a bit of a misnomer. The glove phone in action. (Screenshot by Nic Healey/CNET Australia) Rather than a self-contained mobile phone, the device itself is a repurposed Bluetooth headset built into a normal glove. With the speaker in the thumb and the microphone in the …

It’s certainly not news that Game of Thrones is popular with the BitTorrent community. (Credit: HBO) Back in April, when the most recent season kicked off, we saw the premiere episode set its own “swarm record” for total number of seeders and leechers. This sparked all manner of debate about why people seemed to be downloading Game of Thrones illegally …

Now playing: Watch this: Smart TV 101: the user interface 3:09 From voice and motion control through to pointer and touchscreen remotes, and on to completely new-look layouts, the smart TV has changed the way we interact with our TV.

Now playing: Watch this: Smart TV 101: your home network 2:49 In part three of our video series, we look at how a smart TV works with your home network, communicating with other devices, finding and playing digital media and much more.

Can Robert Downey Jr lend some Iron Man star power to HTC’s struggling smartphone range? Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man. (Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Marvel Studios) That’s obviously what the Taiwanese company hopes, with Bloomberg reporting that “two people with knowledge of the plans” has leaked details of the deal to the publication. Downey is reportedly getting US$12 …