mobile phones

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Trading Post To Allow Ad Submissions Via Mobile

1:00PM Angus Kidman | The print edition of the Trading Post is dead and buried, so Telstra is focusing all its attention on making the online version profitable. Next step in that process? Letting people place advertisements directly from their mobile phones. More »
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AddressBook Connects Contacts To Social Networks

10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Android: If you dig the idea of Motorola’s socially integrated interface but aren’t planning on rushing out to get a new phone, Asurion’s AddressBook can match up contacts with their service profiles, letting you quickly contact someone across multiple channels. More »
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CyanogenMOD Hits Stable 4.2.1 Release, Reduces Home Screen Lag

2:00AM Kevin Purdy | One month after Google’s cease-and-desist action, the popular custom CyanogenMOD Android firmware has hit a stable, presumably legal release point. It’s as up-to-date as you can get on an Android phone, and it nearly fixes a seriously annoying slowdown issue. More »
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Are 5-Cent Texts The Best Deal?

2:30PM Angus Kidman | Optus subsidiary Boost Mobile is offering 5-cent texts to any network as part of a prepaid plan. That offer might be appealing to teenagers, but does it really make financial sense? More »
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Get Back Your Lost Gadget With Contact Information Wallpaper

8:00AM Whitson Gordon | No matter how conscious you are of your phone, things get lost. If you’ve lost your phone or other gadget, here’s an easy way to ensure the (hopefully) good-natured soul that finds it can get it back to you. More »
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Tropfest 2010 Now Accepting Entries

2:30PM Angus Kidman | Iconic Aussie short film festival Tropfest is now open, with entries being accepted up until January 7. To enter, your film needs to be previously unseen, no longer than seven minutes and must feature the Tropfest Signature Item, which this year is dice. More »
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Mobile Phone GPS Rules Still Highly Confusing

8:30AM Angus Kidman | If there’s one thing that can be said about the rules surrounding whether you can use a mobile phone GPS in your car, it’s this: they’re not at all clear. More »
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Firefox Headed To Android Phones

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | Yesterday we heard that an unknown something from Mozilla is headed to iPhones, but Firefox’s maker is being a bit more specific about Android: A mobile browser is in the works for the open-source phone. More »
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16% Of Australians Use Smart Phones

12:00PM Angus Kidman | Once you’ve used a smart phone, it’s hard to imagine how you survived without one. But despite the undoubted convenience of access-anywhere Internet, documents and contacts, only one in six Australians currently uses a smart phone. More »
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CyanogenMod Wiki Is A How-To For Android Modding

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | “Rooting” and loading a custom ROM onto your Android phone isn’t something you can pick up and wing until you figure it out. More »