Flash? Meh. Speed improvements? To be expected. The real gem in Android 2.2, or Froyo, is the addition of USB tethering and WiFi hotspot support.
Telstra just sent over the details of its data plans for the iPad 3G. Strangely, they’re all prepaid – and reasonably priced (for Australia, anyway). Prices are as follows, with all amounts expiring after 30 days:
$20
1GB
$0.02/MB
$30
3GB
$0.01/MB
$60
6GB
$0.01/MB
$80
9GB
$0.01/MB
$100
12GB
$0.01/MB
Telstra has just announced today’s early release of the HTC Desire. Those of you who expressed interest in the Desire should have got an email this morning. Only the Bourke St (Melbourne), George St (Sydney) and Hay St (Perth) [T]life stores are currently stocking the phone, with stores across the country receiving stock by the [...]
Here’s another one for the security-conscious – Apricorn’s Aegis Padlock Pro, which uses 256-bit AES encryption to keep up to 640GB of your precious data out of the hands of your competitors and enemies.
Whether you’re paranoid by necessity or not, this one will be of interest. Victorinox is claiming its new Secure Pro USB drive is the most secure device of its kind available to the public. A new layer of security has been added to the relatively commonplace fingerprint scanner, with a thermal sensor supposedly stopping a [...]
While many of you would just be happy to own a ‘69 Pontiac GTO, Dave Phipps has gone one better. Using a product called a RedEye, his electronics wizardry, and (I’m guessing) countless hours of hard work, he can control pretty much everything in his GTO via his iPod touch. Click through for the video.
Someone with clout at Optus has obviously had a moment of clarity regarding the idiocy of the carrier’s decision to block paid Android applications from appearing in the Android Market. We’re happy to report that those of you unfortunate enough to be rocking a nice Android device on Optus’ horrible network can, as of about [...]
Citing “sources who are familiar with the deals”, mocoNews is reporting that the frightening pace of Android adoption is driven in part by revenue-share deals with the carriers and handset manufacturers who embrace the platform.
With the flood of gorgeous 1GHz Android 2.1 handsets being announced and released this year, you may have forgotten about the Xperia X10, which was first announced last year. Either way, it’s shipping now. Read on for the details.
Lenovo and Sprint today announced support for Sprint’s 3G and 4G (WiMAX) networks in all new Lenovo ThinkPad laptops.
