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• Samsung Galaxy S III plans and prices compared

  By Campbell Simpson | 31 May, 2012 16:00

  If you're keen on buying a Samsung Galaxy S III, you've got two choices. You can buy the phone outright -- either from an Australian telco, from an Australian distributor like Allphones, or from an overseas importer -- or you can buy it on a plan from Vodafone, Telstra, Optus or Virgin Mobile.

• APP OF THE DAY: FrameUrLifeFree

  By Spandas Lui | 01 June, 2012 11:04

  As the name suggests, FrameUrLife, is an app that adds pretty frames to existing photos on your iPhone.

• Samsung targets enterprises and consumers with Galaxy S III

  By Hafizah Osman | 31 May, 2012 17:40

  Samsung Electronics is not only targeting the newly launched Galaxy S III at consumers but also enterprises, Samsung Australia vice-president of telecommunications, Tyler McGee, claimed.

• Samsung confident in 3G Galaxy S III

  By Ross Catanzariti | 31 May, 2012 13:06

  Samsung's latest flagship Android phone won't be available in a 4G model for Australia, but the company says it is confident in the 3G version for now.

• APP OF THE DAY: Kik Messenger

  By Nermin Bajric | 31 May, 2012 11:13

  Kik Messenger is a free cross-platform messaging service that works like the iPhone’s iMessage feature.

• Vodafone launches Samsung Galaxy S III with double data deals

  By Nermin Bajric | 31 May, 2012 10:39

  Vodafone is holding a surprise launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III today, commencing at 11am AEST for online, and in-store from midday.

• Enterprise mobile device management is a growing market: Wavelink

  By Hafizah Osman | 30 May, 2012 16:26

  Enterprise mobile device management is a growing market due to the growing proliferation of mobile devices and bring-your-own-device (BYOD), according to communications distributor, Wavelink’s marketing director, Jonathan Ordman.

• APP OF THE DAY: Pet Tamagotchi

  By Hafizah Osman | 29 May, 2012 13:13

  This app literally brought me back to my childhood days. Like me, I’m sure many of you have owned a pet Tamagotchi and what better way to relive that experience than having it on your Android device.

• yARN: Are we in for a fresh wave of interest in virtual desktops?

  By Stephen Withers | 30 May, 2012 08:45

  The traditional reason for considering virtual desktops in place of conventional PCs has been TCO, with much of the saving coming from the ongoing management and administration benefits. But those savings largely accrued because of the difficulty of managing large numbers of PCs, so small businesses couldn’t really benefit unless they went down the DaaS (desktop as a service) route.

• Apple ramps up new MacBook Pro production, to hit stores in July

  By Ashleigh Allsopp | 30 May, 2012 08:29

  Production of Apple's new MacBooks is ramping up, causing labour shortages in the supply chain.

• Scary times ahead for smartphone vendors: analyst

  By Mikael Ricknas | 30 May, 2012 08:16

  The rest of 2012 will be very challenging for smartphone makers as they struggle to find ways to differentiate their "black slabs," Richard Kramer, managing partner at Arete Research, said during the opening address at the Open Mobile Summit conference in London.

• iPhone 5 rumour rollup for the week ending May 27

  By John Cox | 30 May, 2012 08:12

  Perhaps iPhone 5 should be called iPhone 3.999, the finely calculated diagonal measurement of what many in the iOSphere believe is the new, bigger, better display of the next iPhone.

• Facebook could buy Nokia to build 'FacePhone', expert claims

  By Matt Hamblen | 30 May, 2012 07:59

  While a potential Facebook smartphone was ridiculed by analysts, one Paris-based marketing expert predicted a "FacePhone" will happen in 18 months, and the social networking giant will buy Nokia for $10 billion to make it happen.

• Good Technology signs distribution agreement with Express Data

  By Nermin Bajric | 29 May, 2012 16:06

  Distribution agreement to see Express Data establish Good presence and focus on enterprise

• APP OF THE DAY: Legion Cabs

  By Nermin Bajric | 29 May, 2012 11:12

  Legion Cabs' iOS app brings the Sydney-based company’s web-based bookings service to your smartphone.