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How apple could improve iPhone battery life

decoder — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:05:00 +0000

One of the most crippling complaints about the iPhone is the atrocious battery life. Mine will barely make it through the working hours day without a charge let alone through a night away. One of the causes of this could be attributed to the iPhones, at times, over simplicity. I am specifically refering to the [...]

HOT – New Nokia 5800 Firmware v21.0.101??

decoder — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:47:39 +0000

Instead of going to bed I thought I would give the new Nokia Ovi Suite 2.0 Beta a quick try which looks pretty sweet. Even more interesting however is the Update screen which is telling me that my Nokia 5800XM has a firmware upgrade!!!??? Check out the pic after the jump. This is the first that I [...]

Hands on with the Nokia E75 – eek serious problems

decoder — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:30:50 +0000

The good people at 3mobile Australia have kindly provided me with a demo Nokia E75 QWERTY Slider handset. My first impressions of the S60v3 FP2 handset was “Bloody Hell its heavy” but in saying that the build quality seems to be quite exceptional. The outside looks and feels great! It’s the insides that have me less than [...]

Get up to half price Mobile Broadband with the new Education Tax Refund

decoder — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:28:31 +0000

From 1 July 2009 under the Education Tax Refund (ETR), eligible education expenses for an Australian child’s primary or secondary education, purchased during the period 1 July 2008 – 30 June 2009 may be claimed as a tax refund of up to 50%. These expenses cover a range of items such as home internet connections including [...]

Hands on with the Nokia E75 QWERTY Slider

decoder — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:04:58 +0000

Today I took delivery of a demo Nokia E75 handset provided by 3mobile Australia. The Nokia E75 the latest qwerty keyboard handset however this one features a bit of a twist. Hidden behind the body of the handset is a full length qwerty keypad. This slide out keyboard gives the user two methods of text input, the [...]

Rant – Nokia’s Ovi Store vs Android Market vs Itunes App Store

decoder — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:27:48 +0000

Having recently played with a HTC Magic running Android and getting stuck into the Android Market as well as playing with friends iPhones and the Apple iTunes App Store, I can see a major issue that will prevent Nokias recently released OVI Store from making a killing. What is this critical flaw you ask? Symbian apps are [...]

Facebook on the Nokia 5800 (for Free)

decoder — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:01:32 +0000

Facebook, recognising that the Nokia 5800 is the first of many Nokia Touch screen devices, have launched the official Facebook app for Symbian S60v5 Touch Screen devices. With large “thumb friendly” buttons, the S60v5 Facebook app launches to your News Feed with all updates for today as well as separation between today’s and yesterdays updates. 3mobile Australia [...]

3 Mobile Broadband Internet Key E160 – Does what it says on the box

decoder — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:31:35 +0000

There isn’t much that you can really say about the 3mobile Mobile Broadband Internet Key E160 as it really does do what it says on the box. Three recently provided me with a test unit of this “Mega 3G Modem” which provides mobile broadband access both within the 3 network and whilst roaming on the Telstra NextG 850MHz network. Installation and [...]

Hands on with the HTC Magic “Google Phone” on 3mobile – Android

decoder — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:03:00 +0000

The good people at 3mobile Australia and HTC recently gave me a pre-release trial of HTC’s latest Google Android powered handset, the HTC Magic. Due to be launched mid June on both Three and Vodafone (soon to be merged into Vodafone Hutchison Australia yet are still trying to undercut each other), the HTC Magic is the [...]

Getting slow Mobile Broadband speeds on 3mobile? This may be why..

decoder — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:27:23 +0000

Apparently 3mobile users may notice slower than usual mobile broadband speeds between the hours of 8pm & 11pm, the peak time for Mobile Broadband usage. The challenge for 3 (or any mobile broadband carrier) is that these “high density hot spots” are transient, due to customer behaviour and the implementation of network upgrades. If you are experiancing [...]