Adelaide got an early Christmas present last year, with Optus turning on 4G services in the CBD on 20 December. Optus snuck out the news while we (and no doubt many others) were wrapped in our holiday cocoons, touting once more that 3G users should also see “faster… speeds and better indoor reception” as a …

Zillions of zany zithering Zapotecs! as Captain Haddock might have cursed, were he presented with these apparently leaked press pics of the Sony Xperia Z and ZL. Spotted by Xperia Blog and Unwired View, the shots are our first proper look at Sony’s flagship phone for 2013. The Xperia Z is the official name for the phone we’ve previously heard …

The last week of 2012 saw a significant surge in the number of apps downloaded by iOS and Android users, according to new data from research firm Flurry Analytics. From December 25 through December 31, 1.76 billion applications were downloaded by iOS and Android users, up 65 percent compared with the weekly average of 1.07 billion between December 4 and …

There is a commonly held idea that girls are able to multitask, while boys are not. Whether this is true or not, it looks like girls are more likely to try doing several things at once, even when they are not supposed to. (Credit: Beirut Night Life) According to insurance company AAMI, 56 per cent of young female drivers it …

Wireless trade group CTIA said today that it will go from two shows a year to a single conference in the fall starting in 2014. The group, which is primarily focused on the U.S. wireless industry and includes carriers, handset manufacturers, and other related companies, has traditionally held two shows each year: a larger main show in the spring and …

Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET commentary Would you ever consider buying a smartphone running Ubuntu, Tizen, or Firefox as its operating system? For most of you, the answer is and will probably remain: No. Why would you? Android and iOS fight for worldwide domination, with no signs of slowing down. Both have extremely well-developed ecosystems that make sharing information across services …

LG has taken the covers off its latest tellybox, which boasts phenomenal colours and superb contrast thanks to its OLED technology. It also offers a mind-bending 4mm thickness. It’s up for preorder in July, but the bad news is you’re going to have to lay down £8,000 if you want one. Eight. Thousand. Pounds. OLED stands for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes …

CES is just over a week away, and Samsung has given us a taste of what it’ll be bringing to the world’s biggest tech fair. It promises to show off its new smart TV platform, known as Smart Hub. As well as TV shows and films, it’ll bring together all your apps, social networks, music and more. According to the …

The Aussie-shot video suggests that Samsung is trying a very unusual TV design for 2013. Samsung’s teaser image for the new TV design. (Credit: Samsung) With the bell on the pre-Consumer Electronic Show (CES) publicity round being rung, Samsung has come out swinging with a teaser video and blog post hinting at a very unusual take on TV design. The …

Unhappy Foxtel subscribers have headed to Facebook to vent their rage over the changes to the movie channels. (Credit: Foxtel) As we’ve reported before, as of 1 January, Foxtel subscribers will have seen a few changes to their movie packages and channel options. There is now just one movie package, with 11 channels divided into film genres, two of which …