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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... 08 Oct 2013 No comments Read More

Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Huawei Ascend Mate

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,... 10 Jun 2013 No comments Read More

Samsung Galaxy S4 with Samsung Galaxy Note 2

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... 28 May 2013 No comments Read More

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... 24 May 2013 No comments Read More

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... 23 May 2013 No comments Read More

Gary Stark, on his bike. A very rare sight

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... 18 May 2013 No comments Read More

Magellan Cyclo 100 Bicycle Speedo and GPS Unit

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,... 18 May 2013 No comments Read More

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... 29 May 2012 No comments Read More

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... 29 May 2012 No comments Read More

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... 29 May 2012 No comments Read More

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Samsung launches the long-awaited GALAXY Tab 10.1

SYDNEY, December 9, 2011 – Samsung Electronics Australia, a leader in Android™ mobile devices, today announced the launch of the next evolution of GALAXY Tab – the GALAXY Tab 10.1. A stunningly slim and light tablet featuring Samsung’s customised Android ™ 3.1 (Honeycomb) platform, the GALAXY Tab 10.1 offers an advanced entertainment, business and e-learning experience. “Much anticipated by Australian consumers, the GALAXY Tab 10.1 is testament to Samsung’s dedication to innovation in designing a premium tablet which accommodates the unique needs of consumers today, from entertaining, e-learning or business through its powerful multi-tasking and web-browsing experience,” said Tyler McGee,...

The ASUS Eee Pad Slider Lands Down Under

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Sydney, Australia (10 October, 2011) — ASUS today announced the Australian launch of the ASUS Eee Pad Slider, a tablet that builds on the great success of the Eee Pad Transformer. It is priced at RRP$649 for 16GB and RRP$749 for 32GB and is now available from JB Hi-Fi, Harvey Norman and Bing Lee. The Eee Pad Slider delivers a unique tablet form factor for mobile productivity with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. That’s right! It’s a tablet with a slide-out keyboard. Beryl Lee, Australian Product Manager, stated, “We are excited to release this innovative tablet particularly following the success of...

Toshiba Tablet Launching In Australia

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Sydney, AUSTRALIA – 9 June 2011. Toshiba (Australia) Pty Limited today confirmed the details of its up-coming Tablet product which is set to launch in Australia at the end of June. “The new Toshiba Tablet (AT100) offers a number of stand-out features to give consumers the ultimate choice in connected convenience and importantly offers more features than other similar products in the market,” said Mark Whittard, Toshiba (Australia) Pty Limited, Managing Director. Powered by NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 and AndroidTM 3.0 “Honeycomb”, the Toshiba Tablet features a 10.1” diagonal High Definition multi touch, LED backlit widescreen screen (1280 x800), allowing consumers...