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Optus makes femtocell push with 3G Home Zone to 'unshackle' your landline
Sick of line rental and mobile dropouts? Optus's new 3G Home Zone puts a broadband-powered mini base station in your living room, in a bid to lure users away from Telstra.
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Your own personal mobile tower: Femtocells
If mobile reception is giving you the blues in your home or workplace, femtocells may just be the answer, and they're perhaps not as far off as you might think.
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UPDATED: iPhone 4 outright pricing: $859 for 16GB, $999 for 32GB
UPDATED with 32GB price | Apple Australia tags the 16GB iPhone 4 at $859 outright, with the new entry-level 8GB iPhone 3GS landing at $719.
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Optus to debut Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S from July 1st, Telstra to follow
Optus will launch Samsung’s second-gen Android Galaxy S smartphone on Thursday July 1st, ‘free’ at $59/month and selling outright for $849; a Telstra Next G model is set to follow.
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Nokia N8 smartphone due early October for $750
The first in Nokia’s wave of Symbian^3 smartphones will take aim at the mass market with treats such as free turn-by-turn navigation.
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Samsung rolls out three new Android handsets plus Wave 2 duo for Bada
While yet to release the latest Android and Bada smartphones in Australia, Samsung already has a fleet of new Android ‘Galaxy’ and Bada ‘Wave’ handsets on the launchpad.
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Portable fuel cell powers gadgets with water
A new handheld fuel cell system can power or charge your phone or GPS using hydrogen extracted from water. Yes, water.
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Inside Android Gingerbread: Google shows off future phone features
Future Android releases will include over-the-air application installs, a music store and automated voice control. Plus: what's cool in Froyo.
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Leaked Windows Phone 7 ROM reveals HTC ‘Mondrian’
A leaked ROM image for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 OS could contain the first glimpse of HTC’s Windows Phone 7 handset, codenamed ‘Mondrian’
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BlackBerry Bold slider with BlackBerry 6 OS set for mid-year launch
RIM’s anticipated Bold 9800 slider, which combines a QWERTY keyboard with a touchscreen and packs the new BlackBerry 6 OS, counts down to a mid-year debut.
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Optus boosts data caps in new Timeless Max mobile plans
With upwards of 1.5GB of data plus ‘unlimited’ talk and text starting from $99, Optus seeks to match Vodafone’s Unlimited Cap plans.
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Android overtakes iPhone in US smartphone market
A surge in Android sales has seen Google’s open-source smartphone OS shoot past the iPhone in the US consumer market as Windows Mobile slumps towards single-digit insignificance.
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Apple set to overtake BlackBerry in worldwide smartphone sales
Apple’s iPhone is on track to surge past the iconic BlackBerry in the global smartphones stakes by the middle of this year, while touchscreen devices already blitz QWERTY models.
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Telstra releases GPS fix for HTC Desire
Quick work by Telstra and HTC offers Desire customers the choice between an over-the-air firmware update and a downloadable ROM image to let their smartphone see those GPS birds.
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Carriers lined up to launch Sony Ericsson Android-powered Xperia X10
VHA’s 3 network has already landed the Xperia X10, Telstra launches next Tuesday and both Optus and Vodafone are expected to follow within the next fortnight.
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