Apple users, rejoice. Google this week released its long-awaited Chromecast app in Apple’s App Store for devices running iOS 6 or higher. The Chromecast app gives iPhone and iPad users the ability to easily set up and manage the popular $35 TV dongle from their device. The company previously released native applications for Android, Mac, …
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28 August
Samsung curved OLED TV hits Australian retail today
Samsung has revealed an aggressive local pricing strategy for its Ultra HD TV range, as well as being the first to market with a curved OLED TV. The KN55S9C. (Credit: Nic Healey/CNET Australia) At AU$4999 for the 55-inch Ultra HD and AU$6999 for the 65-inch version, Samsung is offering the TVs for less than similar models from LG and Sony. …
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27 August
How to turn your Kindle Fire HD into the ultimate Roku box
A generous library of streaming-media apps allows a Kindle Fire HD to give a Roku box a run for the money. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET When you bought your Kindle Fire HD tablet, you didn’t know you were getting a Roku box as part of the transaction. After a fashion, anyway. See, like a lot of Android-powered tablets, the Fire …
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27 August
Google chops $100 off Nexus 4 prices
Now playing: Watch this: Unboxing Google’s Nexus 4 smartphone 3:47 Google late Tuesday reduced the price of its Nexus 4 models by one-third to $199, down $100 from $299. The price reduction comes ahead of what promises to be a busy September with Samsung and Apple both readying for product debuts. Anticipation has been building about the likelihood of a …
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27 August
Gold iPhone 5S and plastic 5C casings compared in video
In case you aren’t sick of seeing the new iPhones turning up in leaked photos already, a video comparing the ‘champagne gold’ iPhone 5S casing against the plastic-bodied, ‘budget’ iPhone 5C has surfaced. The video, courtesy of AppAdvice, and embedded below for your viewing pleasure, gives us a tour over the bodies of what are strongly rumoured to be Apple’s …
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27 August
Sony’s ‘Honami’ smartphone exposed in new video?
Sony has posted a video to YouTube that hints at a new smartphone launch that might just be the long-rumored Honami. The company on Tuesday posted a video to YouTube showing special shots of a smartphone. Sony didn’t say which handset it is or what the device might offer, but offered some views of its smooth lines, a camera, and …
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27 August
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids is a tablet for your toddler
Samsung has a new version of its 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 on the way, but this one’s not for you. With its colourful shell and rugged plastic case, this model is aimed squarely at the kids. The Galaxy Tab 3 Kids, as it’s called, is basically the same as the standard Galaxy Tab 3 — due to be unveiled at …
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27 August
Moto X pays a premium to be a made
Motorola’s Moto X has been touted as the company’s foray into well-crafted superphones. It appears that to create such a product, Google is reportedly laying down some serious cash in the manufacturing process — namely, $221 per phone. That’s quite a lot for a device that costs consumers $579 without a contract and $199 with a two-year contract. For comparison, …
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27 August
LG G Pad 8.3
LG has a new slate on its way called the G Pad 8.3, a teaser video on its official YouTube account has confirmed. It doesn’t give any official specs away, nor does it show the tablet, but it does boast that its 8.3-inch size is “just right for you”. Rather than focus on useful information about the tablet, the teaser …
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27 August
BBM on Samsung Galaxy phones ‘soon’, ads promise
BlackBerry Messenger is edging ever closer to Android phones, with the massively popular mobile IM service advertised in Africa as coming soon to Samsung Galaxy phones. Readers of BlackBerry blog CrackBerry reported seeing TV ads in a few different African countries during last night’s deeply tedious Man Utd v Chelsea match. The ad briefly appeared on Samsung Ghana’s YouTube account …
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