Mobiles
Mobiles
Apple cuts iPhone 5c orders as consumers prefer 5s
Clare Jim and Paul Carsten 10:01am Apple is cutting production orders for the iPhone 5c, a source says, fuelling speculation it may have been priced too high.
Mobiles
HTC One mini review: a mighty performance
KATIE CINCOTTA They've cut the size of the HTC One, made it $288 cheaper, but the mini is no shrinking violet.
Mobiles
HTC One max review: so big it's almost a tablet
Pete Pachal The HTC One max's enormous screen, fingerprint scanner and new software improves on the experience of the HTC One.
Mobiles
Samsung launches curved Galaxy Round smartphone
Samsung has launched a variant of the popular Galaxy Note smartphone with a curved display.
Telcos
Optus, Virgin Mobile mobile outage affects Sydney CBD
Optus and Virgin Mobile 2G and 3G customers were impacted by an outage in Sydney's CBD on Wednesday morning that lasted approximately 10 hours and affected voice and data.
Mobiles
Mobile downloads double in a year
LUCY BATTERSBY The volume of data downloaded over mobile broadband networks has nearly doubled in the past year as the number of mobile handset subscribers in Australia increased to nearly 20 million.
Mobiles
LG plans to unveil curved smartphone screen
LG plans to launch a smartphone with a curved screen next month to catch rival Samsung.
Mobiles
Nokia wants to use lightning to charge your phone
Samantha Dean Scientists team up with Nokia to explore harnessing the energy of a lightning bolt to charge a mobile device.
Mobiles
Smartphones have a lot to say about their owners, delighting advertisers and stirring up privacy fears
Claire Caine Miller, Somini Sengupta Once, only hairdressers and bartenders knew people's secrets.
Mobiles
Two weeks on, Apple iOS 7 drives into storm of protest
JAMES W MANNING The iMessage glitch is just the latest in a string of iOS7 complaints.
Mobiles
Apple iOS 7 causes iMessage glitch
JAMES W MANNING Apple has conceded its new iOS 7 software caused a glitch that prevents users from sending messages through its iMessage service.
iPhone
iPhone 5s review: biometric innovation shows right touch
KATIE CINCOTTA Anyone who reckons Apple has stopped innovating needs to puts hands on the iPhone 5s.
Mobiles
iPhone 5s: dawn patrol for Apple hardcore
KATIE CINCOTTA Time differences mean Australians had first crack at the new iPhone 5s.
Mobiles
Windows Phone gains in Europe, Apple up in US
Windows smartphones are making significant inroads in Europe, while Apple's iPhone is strengthening its position in the US.
Why the Samsung Note 3 is the best smartphone by a mile
John Davidson When it came time to answer the all-important question of which smartphone out of this year's crop reigns supreme, there was really no contest.
Mobiles
Charge your smartphone by walking, running
Simon Day Charging your mobile phone battery may soon be little more than a walk in the park.
Mobiles
Old iPhone is Apple's new cheap iPhone, says CEO Tim Cook
Mark Milian Apple CEO Tim Cook says his company's strategy at the lower end of the market hasn't changed: the new cheap phone is the old iPhone 4s.
Mobiles
Samsung to unveil smartphone with curved screen
Samsung are set to unveil a smartphone with a curved screen - a technological innovation aimed at maintaining its lead in a lucrative but increasingly saturated market.
Gaffe
Apple Maps directs drivers to Alaska airport runway
Mark Thiessen An Alaskan airport has closed an aircraft access route due to a glitch in Apple Maps that directs drivers up to an active runway.
Mobiles
Telstra warned over global roaming bills slug
ADAM TURNER The Australian Communications and Media Authority has let Telstra off with a warning.
Mobiles
Put down that phone and enjoy your holiday, tourism operators beg
MARISSA CALLIGEROS So fed up are Queensland tourism operators with visitors who are preoccupied with their smartphones they have developed a smartphone code of conduct.
Mobiles
Cheap iOS 7 data calls a threat to telcos
LUCY BATTERSBY A new calling feature in Apple's latest operating system threatens billions of dollars of revenue that network operators such as Telstra, Optus and Vodafone receive from mobile voice calls.
Mobiles
Telcos target global roaming, but which is best?
Paddy Wood We've all heard the horror stories. Some poor sod returns from a brief trip overseas to a mobile phone bill running to tens of thousands of dollars.
Mobiles
Telcos prepare for smartphone surge during AFL grand final
Alana Schetzer When more than 99,000 football fans file into the MCG on Saturday to watch Fremantle take on Hawthorn, it will be more than the queue for hot chips under siege.
Mobiles
Australian telcos struggle to sell iPhone 5c
BEN GRUBB Australian telcos are struggling to sell Apple's iPhone 5c, according to numerous stores.
Mobiles
Apple sells 9 million 5s, 5c iPhones in first three days
Apple says shoppers have snapped up 9 million of its newest iPhones since the devices were launched on Friday.
Smartphones
New iPhones less durable than iPhone 5
Anne d'Innocenzio As Apple pitches its newest smartphones, users may find something lacking compared with last year's model: They could break more easily.
Security
Hackers 'crack' Apple's fingerprint scanner
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Just days after Apple made the iPhone 5S available to the public, a group of hackers claimed that they had already cracked the phone's Touch ID fingerprint scanner.
Mobiles
New tech a Beacon for sharing data
Richard Taylor Sharing data with those nearby will increase with the introduction of Apple's Bluetooth-based iBeacon system.
Mobiles
Hands-on review: iPhone 5s
BEN GRUBB The iPhone 5s has a fingerprint scanner, a faster processor and better camera - but is it worth upgrading?
