…competitor in the smartphone market… You’ve probably heard of that story from China wherein a person was injured after her iPhone exploded while she was charging it using a third party charger. Since then, Apple has discouraged consumers to use knock-off accessories that may not be compatible with their…
BlackBerry’s BBM for Android and iPhone has just reached 10 million downloads yesterday. Today, the Canadian smartphone manufacturer has just announced another downloadable goodie aimed for BlackBerry Z10, Q10 and Q5 owners. Within the week, BlackBerry OS 10.2 will start rolling out to BlackBerry Z10, Q10 and Q5 users, while…
HTC’s Desire 300 is its cheapest handset in the Desire range and is aimed at those who want a smartphone but don’t want to break the bank when purchasing. Coming in at under $180 it has a 4.3-inch full lamination display, runs on the Android 4.1.2 Jellybean operating system, and…
…charge not only your smartphone or tablet but … By Eryk Bagshaw Almost every portable electronic device now runs off a USB input, there are almost 10 billion of them in use across offices, bedrooms and airports. But as the Economist reports, there’s a bigger change underway. Next year, the…
Surprisingly, it’s not a high-end smartphone with a world-renowned brand that snatched the chip. Instead, it was the Chinese phone maker UMI who put the octa-core chip on its smartphone – the X2S. The X2S now features the MT6592 chipset with an octa-core Cortex-A7 processor clocked at 1.5GHz. The phone…
Don’t be confused when you unpack the G G2 smartphone and can’t find the ‘on’ button. Traditionally, the button is at the side, or on top the handset. Not so with the G2. In its wisdom, LG has decided that the switch should be located on the backside of the…
BlackBerry today announced the BlackBerry Z30 smartphone, the company’s first entry into the phablet market. The Z30 is now available for pre-order from Harvey Norman and will soon be on sale from Telstra, Optus and other authorised resellers by the end of October. The BlackBerry Z30 features a 5-inch display…
…4.1.1. However, unlike other smartwatches in the market, the MiCoach SmartRun was designed to be a standalone fitness accessory, in contrast to those from Samsung and Sony which requires a permanent link to a smartphone. The watch also includes a GPS sensor, an accelerometer and an optical heart rate monitor…
…are pre-installed on the cameras, including a Multiple Exposure app that automatically composites exposures and a Smart Remote Control app which allows for control from a smartphone or tablet. The Sony Alpha A7 will retail for approximately AU$2,184 (body only) or AU$2,601 (with a 28-70mm lens), while the Alpha A7R…
Rumours are now circulating that HTC and Amazon are teaming up for the development of the Amazon smartphone. According to a report for the Financial Times, the two companies are now at an advanced stage of development on one of three proposed devices. The report adds that Amazon has previously…
…have a 4G smartphone to change their settings to 4G (LTE) network. Vodafone today announced that its existing prepaid customers can now utilise the company’s 4G network n metropolitan capital cities. New prepaid customers on the other hand, will be able to benefit from the 4G network from mid-November….
…the number of victims remains static, they are clearly still making money from online fraud.” One area where Australians need to improve their awareness of cyber criminal activity is smartphone usage. The report says 32 percent of Australian smartphone users having experienced mobile cybercrime in the past 12 months….