Tag Archive: Smartphone

Mar
10

Optus My Tab 2.2 update

Optus logo

Good news for those who own or want to buy an Optus My Tab (ZTE V9). Since its release at the end of 2010 ZTE/Optus has been promising the release of Android update to 2.2 (Froyo flavour). Well on the ZTE forums this week it was announced: “I can now say that Android V2.2 is …

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Feb
18

Android Market on the web

Https://market.android.com/ Android devices come with a very practical set of programs (Apps) preinstalled, they usually vary a little depending on how the manufacturer and telco configures them. Basically you can get away with using the phone straight out of the box. There are some very interesting and handy applications out there, some free, others relatively …

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Feb
02

Android

Gingerbread Android

What is Android? Android is a Linux-based mobile phone Operating System (OS). It has a relatively short history which began as a small company (Android Inc.) bought by Google  in 2005. From there it was developed to the initial public release in the form of the HTC Dream (or G1) in October 2008. Since then …

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Jan
13

Optus My Tab

Here is our Optus Mytab (take-2 lol), we’ve played with it over the last 3 weeks and can honestly say it’s good value at $279. Won’t go far into specs, but its made for the low-mid range market to compete with Telstra’s T-Touch ($299 prepaid). These tablets restricted in ‘Office’ creating/editing tools and the Apps …

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Jan
07

Will it rain?

Rain - Android app

Here is an application for all you outdoor people (Australia). It’s one of many available to download free on Android Phone Market, this one in particular has become my favorite in the last week because of its excellent layout. What it does is allows you to see the latest weather rain image loop of the …

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Dec
28

Broken My Tab

mytab faulty screen

These things happen to all of us… Above is a picture of a new Optus My Tab, it is a low-end 7inch tablet made by ZTE and driven by Android. These are sold by Optus as a prepaid unit for $279 currently and go head to head with the Telstra T-Touch tab. ‘Tablets’ or ‘Tabs’ …

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Dec
13

Testing 8pen

8pen keyboard on HTC Desire

For those who are still wondering WTF, this is a new take on text entry called 8pen. I came across this Android app a few months ago, and although really interesting, didn’t download because it was pricey$. But was browsing through Stumble Upon today and found it again, but the newest release is free… The …

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Dec
04

Smartphone friendly :)

ronbennetts.com on HTC

Ok, so this site is forever evolving and the latest advancement is the ‘mobile friendly’ face. Thanks goes to WPtouch for making high quality software available for all and sundry. So after a bit of research and a late night, all you smart people with Internet enabled phones can see a mobile friendly version of …

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