Nikon Announces D610 – New Full Frame Body
Nikon Australia have just announced the D610 body. Essentially an upgrade to the year-old D600, the new body offers an upgraded shutter in an economical full frame body. This will be a camera well suited to those who already understand how to use a camera, and who want to get...
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Oct
2013
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Huawei Ascend Mate – Roadtest
In keeping with today’s trends towards making our mobile phones bigger and bigger, Huawei recently introduced their Ascend Mate into the Australian marketplace. This is large phone – that’s the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and the Samsung Galaxy S4 with it in the photo – and as you can see,...
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Jun
2013
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Samsung Galaxy S4 – Unboxing and First Impressions
Last week I took delivery of a new Samsung Galaxy S4 mobile phone. This is a phone that, if Samsung has its way, will out iPhone the iPhone. First impressions are quite positive: it has a nice metal band around the edge, and feels quite thin, even though it’s not...
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May
2013
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Jawbone Up – Review
I’ve now been using the Jawbone Up for a couple of weeks. In terms of overall usage, there’s probably not too many devices that are easier to use than this: you just make sure the battery is charged (a full charge should last about ten days) and pop it onto...
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May
2013
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Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Review
For the last couple of months, I’ve been very fortunate to have been using the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 mobile phone. I was very impressed with the original Galaxy Note last year, and its successor does not disappoint. This phone comes with Android 4.1 (jelly Bean) installed. First of all...
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May
2013
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Installing The Magellan Cyclo 100
Before you can use the Magellan Cyclo 100, it needs to be installed onto your bike. This is a very easy task, and the Cyclo 100 comes with everything that you need to complete this task. The “everything” means that there’s a mount that you install onto the bike using...
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May
2013
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Ahem …. Fitness.
I’ve never been a fit person. I’ve found that the process of getting fit – you know, having to partake of exercise and that sort of stuff – to be boring. Intensely so. However, here I am, 61 years young, overweight, type 2 diabetic, three stents in my heart arteries,...
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May
2013
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Wirelessly and automatically save, organise and share photos and videos with Eye-Fi
Sydney, Australia, 29 May 2012: Eye-Fi, the maker of the world’s first wireless SDHC memory card, has today announced the Australian launch of its wireless X2 series. Featuring built-in WiFi, Eye-Fi memory cards simplify photo and video upload, sharing, organisation and back-up. An Eye-Fi card is used like a regular...
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May
2012
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HTC One XL – Updated Pricing
Pricing and Pre-Orders Customers can pre-order HTC One XL from today for shipping of approved orders from 1 June. Pre-orders can be placed by heading to www.telstra.com/htcone. The first 300 customers who pre-order their HTC One XL online will receive a set of Beats™ Solo™ High Performance On-Ear Headphones with...
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May
2012
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HTC One XL Smartphone Coming Exclusively To Telstra
29 May 2012 — Telstra customers will soon get their hands on one of the most advanced smartphones to launch in 2012 – the super-thin and ultra-fast 4G powered HTC One XL. HTC One XL is available exclusively to Telstra customers and arrives in-store on 5 June or can be...
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May
2012
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Huawei
In keeping with today’s trends towards making our mobile phones bigger and bigger, Huawei recently introduced their Ascend Mate into the Australian marketplace. This is large phone – that’s the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and the Samsung Galaxy S4 with it in the photo – and as you can see, this is not tiny. Being a big phone carries with it a number of advantages, and especially so for those of us whose eyesight is no longer what it used to be. The extra screen real estate means that details and images can be and are displayed in larger sizes...
Huawei are makers of a large number of inexpensive but good quality mobile phones. The new Sonic is yet another example of what Hauwei are capable of building, offering Google’s Android (Version 2.3), 3.5 inch capacitive touch screen, 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi, and noise cancellation. Coming similarly sized to the iPhone, I found that while the call quality was very good, the screen sensitivity was not quite as good as I’d have liked. I sometimes needed to very firmly touch the screen in order to elicit a reaction from it. Also, when within a call, if I...
MediaPad set to transform consumers’ entertainment experience Singapore 20 June 2011: Huawei, a leading telecom solutions provider, today launched the Huawei MediaPad, the world’s first 7-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet. The MediaPad is a complete entertainment powerhouse driven by Qualcomm’s dual-core 1.2GHz processor, supported by Huawei Device’s Hi-Space cloud solution and Google Android Market. The MediaPad provides a fabulous user-experience in a stylish, high-performing and ultra-portable package. The MediaPad is Huawei Device’s smartest, slimmest and lightest tablet yet, measuring just 10.5mm (0.4 inches) deep and weighing approximately 390g (0.86 pounds). It supports 1080P full HD video playback and features a...