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• Rdio now plays on Facebook

  By Hafizah Osman | 20 February, 2012 09:09

  Rdio now plays on Facebook

• REVIEW: BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone stands up

  By Ross Catanzariti | 09 September, 2011 09:36

  RIM's latest BlackBerry Bold 9900 heralds a new era for the famous BlackBerry: it is the first Bold to combine a touchscreen and a physical keyboard in a standard candy bar design. The Bold 9900 has a fantastic industrial design that feels superbly constructed, its keyboard is the best we’ve ever used on a smartphone, and its screen is vivid and bright. However, in the age of the iPhone, Android and even Windows Phone 7 smartphones, the Bold still offers little incentive to switch from rival platforms.

• IN PICTURES: Free Android apps - 11 great utilities for your phone

  By Al Sacco | 20 July, 2011 10:11

  You can never have too many Android apps ... especially when they're free. Here are 11 downloads that deserve a spot on your device, each designed to add functionality to your Google phone and enhance your overall Android experience.

• APP OF THE DAY: Remote RDP Lite

  By Spandas Lui | 22 July, 2011 11:51

  A few weeks ago, I had written up an article on my home computer, saved it on my USB thumb drive, brought it to work only to realise I had saved the document file in the wrong place.

• APP OF THE DAY: SPB Wallet

  By Hafizah Osman | 13 July, 2011 11:48

  Ever been in a situation where you can’t remember your private information and wish you could write them on bits of paper and stash them in hidden corners of your wallet? SPB Wallet is one of those handy apps that allow you to protect and remember valuable private information – including passwords, PINs, accounts, codes, credit card and passport numbers.

• APP OF THE DAY: Concert Vault

  By Mike Gee | 11 July, 2011 10:52

  Wolfgang's Vault is the home of concert music and collectibles. It has more than 100,000 concerts available - many of them free and is focused - even fixated - on the psychedelia, prog, rock, blues, jazz, punk and folk from the 1950s onwards but concentrating on music up to and including the 1980s.

• APP OF THE DAY: Whiteboard

  By Spandas Lui | 08 July, 2011 11:01

  A picture can speak a thousand words and some ideas are just easier to explain when you can visualise it.

• APP OF THE DAY: Locale

  By Hafizah Osman | 06 July, 2011 11:30

  The Locale app for the Android platform allows users to create situations and specify the conditions under which the settings on the smartphone should change.

• NEWS FOCUS: Mobiles, tablets and app downloads set to soar

  By Hafizah Osman | 19 July, 2011 11:42

  Media tablet shipments in A/ NZ for 2011 are expected to be double those of 2010, according to analyst firm, IDC.

• Welcome to Android

  By Ginny Mies | 07 May, 2010 06:06

  By now, you've probably heard an earful about how great Android phones are, how they will take over the mobile world, and how they do everything the Apple iPhone can't. But if you haven't yet fully explored an Android phone, you may be wondering what the hype is all about.

• Know your versions: Highlights of each Android update

  By Ginny Mies | 07 May, 2010 08:11

  Before buying an Android phone, you should find out which flavor of the operating system you'll get. Each tastily nicknamed update delivers new features, so it's important to find out what your Android phone will have--and what it might be missing.

• Android developers disgruntled with Market

  By Tony Bradley | 02 December, 2009 10:27

  A recent study by Skyhook Wireless shows that Android developers are increasingly frustrated with Android Market. Some of the statistics reported from the survey could be a sign of trouble for the nascent Android Market, but its also possible that the survey results are a reflection of growing pains as the young Android Market struggles to compete with Apple.