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Mobiles

Mobiles

Telstra to trial broadcast updates for mobiles

Ben Grubb Telstra will soon trial a number of technologies to help reduce traffic jams on its mobile network and speed up software updates on smartphones.

Phones

Telco complaints hit five-year low as tougher code takes effect

Mobile phone

LUCY BATTERSBY Complaints about telephone companies have reached a five-year low according to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman's latest annual report.

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Tech

Apple sued over iOS 7

ios 7

A US man is taking Apple to court over its iOS7 iPhone and iPad operating system.

Mobiles

Couple in China 'sell' baby daughter for iPhone

iPhone 5C

A young Chinese couple are facing criminal punishment for "selling" their infant daughter and using the proceeds to buy an Apple iPhone, state media reported.

Data

Mobile roaming charges set to fall

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Mobile phone bills are set to fall on both sides of the Tasman after the Australian and New Zealand governments indicated they would honour a deal to crack down on exorbitant roaming charges.

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Mobiles

Apple cuts iPhone 5c orders as consumers prefer 5s

CUPERTINO, CA - SEPTEMBER 10: The new iPhone 5C is displayed during an Apple product announcement at the Apple campus on September 10, 2013 in Cupertino, California. The company launched the new iPhone 5C model that will run iOS 7 is made from hard-coated polycarbonate and comes in various colors and the iPhone 5S that features fingerprint recognition security.   Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP

Clare Jim and Paul Carsten Apple is cutting production orders for the iPhone 5c, a source says, fuelling speculation it may have been priced too high.

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Mobiles

HTC One mini review: a mighty performance

HTC One Mini.

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

HTC ONE MAX

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 Galaxy Round.

Samsung has launched a variant of the popular Galaxy Note smartphone with a curved display.

Telcos

Optus, Virgin Mobile mobile outage affects Sydney CBD

Mobile tower.

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.

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Mobiles

Mobile downloads double in a year

Smartphone

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.

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Mobiles

LG plans to unveil curved smartphone screen

A LG Electronics Inc. logo is seen beside the camera on the reverse of an LG Optimus quad core smartphone at the company's booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. The Mobile World Congress, operated by the GSMA, expects 60,000 visitors and 1400 companies to attend the four-day technology industry event which runs Feb. 27 through March 1. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

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

Lightning.

Samantha Dean Scientists team up with Nokia to explore harnessing the energy of a lightning bolt to charge a mobile device.

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Mobiles

Two weeks on, Apple iOS 7 drives into storm of protest

imessage

JAMES W MANNING The iMessage glitch is just the latest in a string of iOS7 complaints.

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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.

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iPhone

iPhone 5s review: biometric innovation shows right touch

Anyone who reckons Apple has stopped innovating needs to put hands on the iPhone 5S.

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

The Brazilian contingent.

KATIE CINCOTTA Time differences mean Australians had first crack at the new iPhone 5s.

Mobiles

Windows Phone gains in Europe, Apple up in US

A man uses the camera of a Nokia Lumia 820 smartphone as he poses in this photo illustration taken in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, September 3, 2013. Two years after hitching its fate to Microsoft's Windows Phone software, a withered Nokia collapsed into the arms of the U.S. software giant, agreeing to sell its main handset business for 5.44 billion euros ($7.2 billion). Nokia, which will continue as a maker of networking equipment and holder of patents, was once the world's dominant handset manufacturer but was long since overtaken by Apple and Samsung in the highly competitive market for more powerful smartphones. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS)

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

Galaxy Note 3

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.

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Mobiles

Charge your smartphone by walking, running

EXERCISE IN GOOD SCIENCE: Dr Thomas McKay and Iain Anderson are trying to harness electricity from your running shoes as you work out.

Simon Day Charging your mobile phone battery may soon be little more than a walk in the park.

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