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  • Samsung Jet joins Icon family

    Samsung Australia was expected to launch four handsets in its Icon range yesterday, but instead launched five, adding the Samsung Jet to the group of touchscreen devices on show.

  • Samsung plans Icon smartphones for Oz

    Samsung will launch four very different touchscreen smartphones under one name, calling them the Icon range.

  • Telstra debuts new mobiles

    Telstra today launched six new handsets on its Next G network, including two new Blue Tick phones; the F165i 'Country Phone' and the EasyTouch Discovery, or the 'Nanna phone' as we've affectionately dubbed it.

  • Apple orders 50 million GB serve of flash chips

    Samsung is warning its customers that NAND flash memory might be hard to come by for some time after Apple placed a large order, according to a report out of Taiwan.

  • Paranoid Android: Did they forget Oz?

    Dozens of phone calls and emails today made one thing clear: none of Australia's telcos or handset manufacturers has briefed their staff on when mobile phones running Google's Android system will be made available locally, if they are at all.

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  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Odd patents and the patently odd

    Today I'm taking a dip into the most interesting patents -- and patently silly ideas -- and what manner of messed-up services may be coming to your handset before too long, including the fertility phone, smellophone and Feng Shui phone.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Are car makers in the mobile TV driving seat?

    Qualcomm has poured money into its broadcast mobile television system, MediaFLO. Now US carrier AT&T is hoping that consumers will do the same, following the launch of a consumer mobile TV offering based on the Qualcomm tech. Good luck with that.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    Samsung Z400: Encouraging British buffoonery?

    And now time for what's becoming a regular segment on Tech and the City: Odd Marketing Campaign Watch.

  • Read the blog post - Juha Saarinen

    Telecom's XT network still off at launch

    Telecom New Zealand yesterday launched its new XT 3G mobile network at a ritzy event in Auckland. But the network hasn't gone live yet, which is likely due to new hardware being installed to curb interference that is causing rival Vodafone a headache.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Mene, mene, tekel, iPhone: What the finger hath wrought

    Keen news readers would have heard about the strong earthquake that rocked south-western Greece on Sunday. Fewer may have realised that the quake was not so much an act of God, as an act of Jobs.

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  • Samsung BlackJack

    Samsung's BlackJack is a utilitarian PDA-phone which has some consumer-friendly features that aim to balance its workhorse disposition.

Reviews (210)

  • Samsung E730

    Samsung's E730 proves that MP3 capability and a 1.3 megapixel camera can be squeezed into a good-looking, compact flip phone.

  • Samsung D500

    Samsung's latest slider phone, the D500, looks a lot like its sliding predecessor, but comes in a black case with a megapixel camera and an MP3 player.

  • Roam if you want to: around-the-world mobile phones

    If you're a globe-trotter, you'll need a world phone to keep in touch from almost anywhere.

  • Samsung D600

    Samsung's D500 was voted the best mobile handset of 2005 by the GSM association. Can the upgraded D600 outdo it in 2006?

  • First Take: Samsung E720

    Samsung has updated its popular E700 clamshell mobile phone, adding Bluetooth, a megapixel camera and support for MP3 playback.

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