Vodafone has just announced its pricing for the new Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. If you're thinking of picking up a new Apple handset come September 22, here's how much you'll be paying on Voda.

If you're planning to migrate from iOS to Android it's hard to look past the Google Pixel manufactured by HTC. In addition to being one of the best Android smartphones on the market it is demonstrably superior to the iPhone 7 in several important ways; including display quality and battery life. This video lists five things Google's Pixel phone can do that the iPhone can't.

iPhone/iPod touch only: The lamest omission in the whole of iPhone development is the lack of sync for Notes. Let's be honest—the iPhone keyboard is nice, but you don't want to have to use it for all your notes. That's where RemoteNote comes in, a donationware iPhone application available through Installer.app. Whenever you run it, you can view, edit, create, delete, back up, and even print your notes through your web browser. Similar shareware tools have been available, but RemoteNote is the first no-cost option I've seen. RemoteNote works with both the iPhone and iPod touch, requires installation of the Jiggy Runtime (also from Installer) and a jailbroken iPhone. Thanks Lee!

Here's an update on the story I posted yesterday "Does this mean Telstra got the iPhone?" Yesterday I speculated about whether a job ad placed by Sensis looking for a business analyst to help them develop an iPhone search app meant that Telstra had landed the iPhone contract for Australia, or if Sensis was just planning a search tool for use across carriers. They emailed back this morning confirming the latter is the case. I've updated the story accordingly. Hopefully when we get the iPhone it will be available through a choice of carriers, rather than locked to one. Are you listening Apple? :)

UPDATED 10.30am, 6 MarchWith Apple Australia still silent on when we'll get the iPhone, the rumour mill has been working overtime about which carrier (or carriers) will get the coveted contract when it launches in Australia.  I've just spotted a job ad which should help kick the rumour mill along.Sensis has placed a job ad seeking a Design BA for an iPhone search application on an industry website - does this mean Telstra got the iPhone contract?The Sensis ad, listed on 3 March on the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association website, offers a 2-3 month, Melbourne-based contract.The job spec reads:"Are you a business analyst with experience gathering and documenting
requirements for interactive web or mobile products? We’re looking for
a BA with a technical front-end UI background to help us design
cutting-edge search applications for the iPhone. This isn’t boring old
specification-heavy BA work. This is exciting and agile BA work to help
us envision mobile search applications that work great and look
beautiful. Let us know if you think you’ve got the right combination of
creative flair, geekiness, and detail orientation to get the job done."I've emailed Sensis for further information - it's possible that Sensis will be developing its own search app similar to Google's iPhone  optimised search app for use by multiple carriers. Either that, or Telstra's Edge network (the only one in Australia compatible with the current  iPhone) has won the contract to bring the iPhone to Australia. Hopefully we'll know more tomorrow.UPDATE:  Just heard back from Sensis, who say "We intend to develop iPhone applications which can be used across carriers." Ok, we'll go back to hoping that iPhone in Australia will be a multi-carrier affair. :)

So according to The Age, some legal academics in Queensland have studied Apple's business model for the iPhone and believe that its policy of locking the phone to just one network (as it has done in the US with AT&T) would be illegal in Australia. Of course, until its tested in court it remains just an opinion, but we can hope for the sake of consumer choice that Apple will consider this carefully before trying to lock the iPhone to one Australian network.

Our buds at Gizmodo have published a video showing they successfully used the latest Apple firmware 1.1.3 for iPhone to revive a hacked iPhone that had been "bricked" by an earlier Apple software update. Good news if you've been having trouble with an unlocked version here in Oz.