The first 4G smartphone has arrived in Australia, with the HTC Velocity 4G now available through Telstra. The Velocity 4G features Android 2.3 operating software (upgradable to Android 4.0 in the future), a 4.5 inch touch screen, 1.5 GHz dual core processor and an eight megapixel camera with auto focus, dual LED flash, and back-illuminated [...]
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Mobile wrap: Telstra first with Nexus, T20 Cricket gets mobile app, and more
December 13, 2011
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Here’s a brief wrap of recent Australian happenings in the mobile world. Telstra customers will be the first in Australia to get the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone, which will be available from select Telstra stores or from Telstra online tomorrow (Wednesday). The Galaxy Nexus is the first smartphone in the world to feature Google’s [...]
Read more Watch out Apple stores, here comes Androidland
December 2, 2011
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A NEW Telstra concept retail space dedicated to Android opened in Melbourne this week. Dubbed Androidland, the world-first Android-only store takes up 154 metres of Telstra’s Bourke Street location. The shop floor not only features demonstration units of popular handsets but also has Google staff on hand to assist customers and answer questions. Telstra Mobile’s [...]
Read more Mobile wrap: Telstra goes 4G, HTC woos Asia, and more
May 25, 2011
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Here’s the latest wrap of happenings in the Aussie mobile sphere. Telstra has switched on its first 4G stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. Executive director, Telstra Networks & Access Technologies Mike Wright said 4G data had now been sent over the network for the first time outside of field trials. “The integration of 4G [...]
Read more Mobile wrap: HTC baking Gingerbread, learn mobile programming, and more
May 10, 2011
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Here’s a brief wrap of recent Australian happenings in the mobile world. HTC Australia announced via its Facebook page today that an update to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) is finally heading to our shores. The posting said, “We can confirm we have some ‘Gingerbread’ in the ovens here at HTC Australia. We’ll be providing more information about [...]
Read more Sydney engineers help deliver Google Docs app
April 28, 2011
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Much of Google’s just-released Docs app, including its ability to photograph a document and convert it to text via optical character recognition (OCR), has been developed by engineers in Sydney. The app, which runs on Google’s Android mobile platform, was released worldwide on Wednesday. Posting in Google Australia’s blog, Google Docs product manager David Loxton [...]
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