Smartphone stories

  • Rickroll virus targets iPhones

    09 Nov 2009 11:28 AM

    An Australian has released a virus for the Apple iPhone, ikee, which replaces the infected device's background picture with an image of Rick Astley.

  • Sneaky leak of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

    02 Nov 2009 3:23 PM

    Thought the first sneak peek at the Android UI for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 looked good? Check out this mouth-watering video.

  • Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 Android set for 3 Nov announcement?

    28 Oct 2009 12:08 PM

    If news of the imminent Motorola Droid announcement wasn't exciting enough for Android fans, it looks like Sony Ericsson is set to make a similar claim.

  • Motorola Droid outed early

    27 Oct 2009 10:57 AM

    As seemingly accidental as Janet Jackson's infamous wardrobe malfunction, the Motorola Droid has been outed online by the company that intends to sell it in the US.

  • Nokia: Apple wants a free ride

    23 Oct 2009 11:17 AM

    Nokia is suing Apple for 10 counts of patent infringement, pointing to wireless technology patents owned by the Finnish manufacturer.

  • Motorola Droid will run Android 2.0?

    21 Oct 2009 11:44 AM

    The Android news keeps getting better and better. The latest rumour from the US is that the soon to be released Motorola Droid will run Android OS version 2.0.

  • Megaphone: Windows Mobile 6.5

    20 Oct 2009 12:12 PM

    In this edition of Megaphone we take a closer look at the new Windows Mobile 6.5, and let our fingers do the walking across the new, finger-friendly interface.

  • Acer's first Android phone impressively specced

    16 Oct 2009 11:32 AM

    Acer's first Android-powered smartphone is a processing powerhouse, with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor under the hood.

  • Foxtel TV now on iPhone

    14 Oct 2009 10:53 AM

    Telstra customers can finally subscribe to Foxtel TV on their iPhones, 18 months after the first iPhones were sold on the Next G network.

  • Windows Phone: Everything you need to know

    07 Oct 2009 4:29 PM

    After months and months of waiting, Microsoft has finally kicked its latest mobile operating system out of the nest to see if it can fend for itself in the big, bad world of smartphone rivalries. Alongside the OS itself, Microsoft also rolled out a bunch of new web-based services as well.

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