Nokia and Optus are offering a cash prizes of $5,000 to Australian smartphone app developers. In a bid to show the world that Australia has a pool of cutting edge smartphone app developers Nokia Australia and Optus are offering two special prizes of $5,000 to Aussie developers entering this year’s…
A new banking iPhone application will tell you the value of a house just by pointing the smartphone at the address. Commonwealth Bank’s iPhone augmented reality application has been designed for anyone buying or selling a home, or simply looking to keep on top of the property market. The new…
Has HTC finally unleashed an iPhone killer?by Branko Miletic Make: HTC Model: Desire Ever since Apple’s iPhone was released, many a phone maker has strived to come up with a smartphone that could be labeled as an iPhone killer. Most have failed in this quest. However HTC, has come the…
…their status and share pictures to their favourite social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. The Nokia C6 is a Symbian-based smartphone combining the benefits of a 3.2 inch touch screen with a full slide out keyboard. It offers access to Facebook feeds directly on the homescreen. A full suite…
Navigon is offering 24 months of free map updates in a market that is getting squeezed. In what is becoming a very competitive GPS market due to smartphone vendors delivering mapping apps to their handsets, Satnav vendor Navigon is offering 24 months of free map updates to Australian customers that…
…Store was the second most popular app store due to BlackBerry’s industry-leading installed base. Not surprisingly, smartphone users were generally using applications more than feature phone users – only 12 percent of feature phone owners have downloaded an app in the past 30 days compared to 46 percent of smartphone…
HTC’s latest offering in the Android arena with be exclusive on Telstra network. HTC and Telstra have announced the availability of the Android-powered HTC Desire smartphone, which will be available from 27 April exclusively on Telstra’s Next G network. Some of the applications featured on this enhanced version of HTC…
More than 200 million mobile phone users now have Skype at their fingertips. Skype and Nokia today jointly announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform. Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users to use Skype on the move,…
Apple is suing Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC over alleged patent infringements. iPhone manufacturer Apple has filed lawsuits with the United States International Trade Commision against Taiwan-based smartphone manufacturer HTC, alleging patent infringements on its handsets. This comes on the back of Nokia suing Apple over similar allegations in September 2009,…
…a nifty $4 app that you download and gives a whole slew of information about your account. Before we get crucified for being Apple fanboys, we’ll go on record as saying we hope all the other smartphone manufacturers put something similar up on their app stores. Quota keeps track of…
HTC Sense experience takes Android 2.1 to the next level, claims the manufacturer. HTC launched its Android-powered HTC Desire smartphone, which will be available in April on Telstra’s Next G network. The smartphone utilises a fast, 1 GHz Snapdragon processor and a 3.7 inch, WVGA AMOLED display. HTC Sense is…
…for quality applications from Samsung Apps. The integrated application store is accessible from your Samsung smartphone including the Samsung Wave or directly through your PC. Consumers will benefit from a selection of apps that are designed to suit their lifestyle – from games to navigation, social networking to e-book and…