LG

Hands on: LG Nexus 4

Adam Turner An Android superphone with a budget price tag, LG's Nexus 4 could be a smartphone game changer.

LG unveils new phone with voice-activated camera

LG Optimus G.

Miyoung Kim LG has unveiled its latest high-end smartphone packed with powerful hardware upgrades.

LG unveils Optimus G smartphone

LG has unveiled its highly anticipated top-end smartphone, the Optimus G - just days before consumer electronics fair IFA in Berlin.

Mobiles

iPhone growth lowest since 2007 launch

iPhone 5

Samantha Murphy It may seem like everyone already has all the mobile devices they need, but global shipments for notebooks, tablets and smartphones reached 308.

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Blog

Can 'hybrid' broadcasting save free-to-air TV?

Watching television.

Adam Turner Is Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV the future of Australian television?

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Mobiles

Apple gains in US smartphone market

Apple

Apple has gained ground in the US smartphone market, nibbling into the lead held by handsets powered by Google's Android software, Industry tracker comScore reports.

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Apple

iPhone 5S rumour round-up

iPhone 5

Salvador Rodriguez There are plenty of rumours on the web about the next iPhone, but you should trust only a few of them.

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Mobiles

Smartphones surge as Samsung grabs one third of global market

Samsung Galaxy S4 at Sydney launch event.

More smartphones than "dumb" phones are being made this year and Samsung accounts for one third of global market.

Shootout

Samsung Galaxy S4 v the rest

galaxy s4

Jenneth Orantia Samsung has left nary a stone unturned in its latest flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, but is it enough to stave off the fierce competition?

Firefox smartphones coming this year

Coming to smartphones ... a Mozilla operating system.

Peter Svensson Mozilla, the non-profit foundation behind the popular Firefox web browser, is getting into phones. But it's not stopping at web browsers - it's launching an entire phone operating system.

Calling time on an outdated smartphone

Sony's Xperia Z

Jenneth Orantia Updating your smartphone? Three new releases should be in contention.

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Toss-up: Android smartphones

samsung v nexus

Adam Turner LG's budget Nexus 4 raises the bar for Android superphones and gives Samsung's top-of-the-line Galaxy S III 4G a run for its money.

Fonblet? Phablets? We need a better name for large smartphones

Samsung Galaxy Note II

Salvador Rodriguez While some say massive phones are just a fad - and should be called "fad-lets" - they aren't going away anytime soon.

Mobile makers scurry to join year of the phablet

Jeremy Wagstaff and Lee Chyen Yee Phablets, a cross between a smartphone and a tablet, are gaining popularity globally as consumers opt for bigger screens to perform multimedia functions.

Hands on: Asus Nexus 7 tablet

Asus Nexus 7.

Adam Turner The most influential gadget of 2012, the Android-powered Nexus 7 raises the bar for all tablets.

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Android extends global smartphone lead

Android

Google's Android operating system will power more than two-thirds of smartphones sold worldwide in 2012.

Apple and oranges: which of the new smartphones reigns supreme?

Phones

Adam Turner The smartphone war is hotting up as the big names put forward new champions in a superphone battle royale.

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New Google gadgets go on sale and sell out

Nexus devices.

A handful of new Google devices went on sale yesterday, and some have already sold out.

Google unveils new phone, larger tablet

Google

Michael Liedtke Google has unveiled a new smartphone and a larger version of the Nexus tablet in a renewed challenge to Apple's iPhone and iPad.

Opinion

Same old from Apple, while Lumias pack punch

iPhone and Lumia.

Chris Gardner argues that Apple's iPhone user interface is dated and hard to personalise and says Microsoft has won him over.

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