April, 2013

• 23 April

  Samsung Galaxy S4 Australian pricing and availability

  

  After a lavish global launch in New York back in March, Samsung announced that the Samsung Galaxy S4 will be available to Australian consumers from this Saturday, 27 April. The Galaxy S4 is on sale from 27 April. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Speaking to CNET Australia, Tyler McGee, vice president of telecommunications for Samsung Electronics Australia, …

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• 23 April

  Samsung Galaxy S4 has the fastest gaming graphics of any phone

  

  Mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are on a collision course of high graphical performance. We’re not at “console quality” just yet, but every few months or so performance seems to take a giant leap forward. The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the latest mobile graphics prodigy, and while our full review will answer whether it’s ultimately worth your money, I’m …

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• 23 April

  Verizon calls up entry

  

  Verizon announced on Tuesday the Pantech Perception, an entry-level Android with a wallet-friendly price tag. Related stories: FCC docs out Pantech Perception for Verizon Pantech Discover review Meet Pantech’s biggest smartphone yet The Pantech Perception is an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich handset with yesterday’s top hardware. Specifications include a 4.8-inch HD (720p) Super AMOLED display, 16GB internal storage, an …

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• 23 April

  Firefox OS phones go on sale, sell out instantly, site crashes

  

  The first Firefox OS phones went sale today, before selling out nearly immediately causing the site to crash. App developers hoping to learn about the Android-rivalling software made by Mozilla by using the Geeksphone Keon and Peak are unfortunately out of luck for now. Browser-builder Mozilla, Spanish phone-fabricator Geeksphone and European network Telefonica have teamed up to create the two …

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• 23 April

  How to hack apps into multi

  

  Even better than the S Pen, and all its genius trickery, the option to have more than one app open at once on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2‘s gorgeous massive screen is the reason I can’t go back to smaller phones. Having a video open while catching up on Twitter is a multi-tasker’s dream, but Samsung has an annoyingly tight …

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• 23 April

  Surface Pro to arrive in Australia ‘by end of May’

  

  Remember the Surface Pro? Microsoft has promised that it’ll be available before June this year. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) The Windows 8 Pro version of Microsoft’s Surface devices hit the US back in early February, but, as yet, Australians haven’t had any news on a local release date or pricing. We still don’t. Instead, Microsoft has updated its blog, letting us …

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• 23 April

  DirecTV adding voice search to smartphone app this summer

  

  With satellite and cable TV packages hovering around the “thousand channel” mark, the common complaint isn’t that there’s nothing to watch–it’s that it’s difficult and tedious to find what you’re looking for. DirecTV That’s the problem that DirecTV’s upcoming voice search functionality is aiming to solve. While DirecTV already offers search functionality on its DVRs, the new voice search features …

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• 23 April

  Netflix family plan coming to the UK for multi

  

  Netflix is bringing its new family-focused multi-stream deal to the UK, a company spokesman confirmed to me, but the company is yet to announce prices or a launch date. Whereas now you can only stream two things at once on the same account — to your TV and a tablet, say — under the new plan you’ll be able to …

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• 23 April

  YouView update fixes broken fast forward, improves search

  

  YouView is adding new features and ironing out a range of problems. The new software update begins today and improves search and simplifies the guide. What are the new features? Souped-up search, for a start, making it easier to search programmes that are on now or starting soon, while search suggestions will return results matching the exact search term used. …

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• 22 April

  Best monitors under $200

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Despite a wobbly stand, the Viewsonic VX2460H-LED succeeds… 1:30 For some, a monitor is a monitor, and the lower the price, the better. As long as it pumps images from their PCs into their eyes at a reasonable quality, they’re good. Thing is, there are cheap monitors and then there are cheap monitors. And by cheap …

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