Motorola today announced that the 2015 model of its budget Moto E smartphone will launch in Australia on June 18 for AUD$249. While the new device is aesthetically similar to last year’s model, Motorola has increased the screen size to 4.5-inches (with a 540 x 960 pixel resolution), boosted the…
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…Facebook, track steps, playback music and remotely control their smartphone camera using the watch. While it is understood that the Moonraker project was close to completion, the smartwatch was allegedly cancelled to make way for the Microsoft Band, a Windows Phone inspired activity tracker. Microsoft is expected to unveil a…
…fundamentals of programming languages to modern smartphone app development. “Code has been my life, and it has been your life, too. It is time to understand how it all works,” wrote Ford. “Every month it becomes easier to do things that have never been done before, to create new kinds…
LG today announced that it will begin selling its latest flagship smartphone, the LG G4, in Australia on July 14. Pre-orders will begin two weeks earlier on July 1. LG Australia Senior Marketing Manager Brad Reed said the G4 was built as a counterpoint to how homogenous smartphone design has…
…can beam content directly from their smartphone to their TV without the need of an additional dongle. Sony’s new TV models are divided into eight series, with sizes varying between 43- and 75-inches. First announced at CES, Sony’s X9000C and X9100C series boast its thinnest TV yet, measuring in just…
Handset manufacturer Alcatel yesterday announced that it has begun selling its AUD$59 Pixi 3 smartphone through Optus stores as a pre-paid product. The Pixi 3 is a 4-inch Android (KitKat 4.4) device available in nine different colours. In terms of hardware, the Pixi 3 features a 320×480 pixel display, a…
Samsung today announced the Australian availability of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge version of its Gear VR virtual reality headset. The one model of the new Gear VR headset works with both smartphone variants and is available for pre-order from today for AUD$299 from both Samsung’s online store…
Google overnight announced Android M, the latest version if its smartphone operating system. While Lollipop was a feature-packed release that also overhauled Android’s visual appearance, M is about refinement rather than revolution. “For M, we’ve gone back to the basics,” said Google’s head of Android Sundar Pichai. “We’ve really focused…
Twitter overnight announced the Android release of Periscope, its new live-streaming app. The app allows users to broadcast live video from their smartphone with the press of a button, while viewers can interact with the broadcaster through sending messages and tapping their screen. While the Android version of Periscope is…
Chinese smartphone manufacturer OPPO last night announced two new midrange handsets, the OPPO R7 (pictured above) and OPPO R7 Plus. The OPPO R7 is the smaller of the two devices, boasting a 5-inch screen a 6.3mm thick body. The new phone isn’t quite as thin as its predecessor, the OPPO…
The makers of the popular Adblock Plus extension today announced Adblock Browser for Android, a smartphone browser that blocks online advertisements out of the box. While Adblock Plus was briefly available as an Android app, Google took it down, saying that it could interfere with other applications. “Building our own…