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Article | 24/04/2013 Galaxy S4 landing Down Under this week

Samsung officially launched its hotly anticipated Galaxy S4 Android phone last night at an event in Sydney, with the device officially going on sale i...

Article | 23/04/2013 Nokia teases new QWERTY smartphone

Nokia is set to release a new smartphone with a physical, QWERTY keyboard, according to a post on the company's blog overnight.

Article | 22/04/2013 Facebook Home surpasses 500,000 installs, gets lots of one-star reviews

In just 10 days, Facebook Home has just surpassed a half-million installations on Google Play. As a point of comparison, that's only slightly less tha...

Article | 22/04/2013 Steve Wozniak: 'Apple is working on new products that will surprise and shock us all'

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has said that he is confident that Apple will launch new products that will "surprise and shock us all," and help boost...

Article | 22/04/2013 Facebook Home hits 500,000 downloads but gets bad reviews

Facebook's new Home app for Android has been downloaded at least 500,000 times but gets bad reviews from users.

Article | 22/04/2013 Shared data plans coming soon: Telstra

Telstra has announced it will soon offer data plans that can be shared across multiple mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

Article | 22/04/2013 Apple's lead over Samsung in future-purchase plan survey cut in half

Apple's iPhone lost ground in the last three months to smartphones from rival Samsung in a survey of consumers' future purchase plans, a market resear...

Article | 22/04/2013 MobiTexter lets Android phone owners text from their PCs

If you have a friend who communicates only by text--but your fingers fumble at phone keyboards--MobiTexter could be the answer. This service works wit...

Article | 22/04/2013 Allegedly leaked photos, price and launch date of Apple's budget iPhone emerge

A photo of a rear casing that allegedly belongs to Apple's low-cost iPhone has emerged online, alongside a report that suggests the cheaper iPhone, du...

Article | 21/04/2013 Budget iPhone leaked with price and release date

A photo of Apple's alleged budget iPhone with a plastic case has been leaked online.

Article | 19/04/2013 Samsung Galaxy S4's coolest new features

The Samsung Galaxy S4 promises to be another impressive high-end smartphone from Samsung, and it's being released just 10 months after its hugely-pop...

Article | 18/04/2013 Samsung fights dirty with misleading claims against HTC – who may have replied in kind

Embarrassed Samsung officials were forced to apologize to rival HTC for a sneaky PR campaign that involved paying off Taiwanese students to write nega...

Article | 18/04/2013 Apple sold 35-38 million iPhones last quarter, analysts say

Apple sold about 38 million iPhones in the first quarter, an 8 per cent increase over what it sold in the same quarter a year ago, according to an ISI...

Article | 18/04/2013 Nokia's Lumia lineup finds little love in the US

Nokia offers a wide array of Windows Phone 8 handsets to woo smartphone users, from the fully-loaded Lumia 920 flagship phone to the budget-friendly L...

Article | 18/04/2013 LG to launch Optimus G2 smartphone in Q3

LG has confirmed that it will launch a follow-up smartphone to the Optimus G in the third quarter of this year.

Article | 18/04/2013 Foxtel Go coming soon to Android, exclusive to Samsung devices?

Foxtel is soon expected to release its Foxtel Go app on the Android platform, but latest rumours suggest the app will be available exclusively for Sam...

Article | 18/04/2013 What's the best BlackBerry smartphone?

PC Advisor reviews the 5 best BlackBerrys you can buy today.

Article | 18/04/2013 Nokia sees improving Windows Phone sales and shrinking loss in Q1

Nokia's sales of smartphones running Windows Phone continued to grow in the first quarter, and its net loss shrank year on year, even as overall reven...

Article | 17/04/2013 Facebook Home on iPhone? Not a chance, say experts

There is absolutely no way that Apple will surrender its iPhone interface to Facebook Home, analysts said today.

Article | 17/04/2013 Facebook Home for iPhone launches, sort of

Facebook has announced it is bringing certain elements of its Facebook Home app to iPhone and iPad.