Nokia’s Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 heading to Australia, as confirmed by Nokia. Both phones come just months after their sister phones, the Lumia 800 and 710, were launched in Australia – and surprisingly, Nokia Australia took a few months to get the Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 out the door to Australians. Both phones were only announced back in February.
Optus and Vodafone have announced an expansion of its mobile network joint venture agreement that will see both sides access additional sites, with Optus claiming wider coverage to nearly 1,000 more towers across Australia.
Apple has today claimed that Australia’s 3G networks are actually 4G networks if compared to international standards, and that our carriers have simply mislabelled them. And while we may ponder what was in their lawyer’s head when he made that statement, the 4G issue is, well, really complicated.
Today, Vodafone unveiled their pricing/plans for the new iPad. They are the first of the three major Australian carriers to release this information. Unfortunately, you currently aren’t able to order/pre-order any of these plans through Vodafone, though this should be possible soon with the imminent release of ‘the new iPad’.
Owners of the Samsung Galaxy S II will now be pleased to hear that Android 4.0 will soon be coming to your device. Vodafone has confirmed that it has just received the update and will now be testing it on its network. So, let’s all rejoice for the fact that Samsung has now started pushing updates now for Ice Cream Sandwich!
While its been known for some time now that AT&T would supply 3G coverage in the US and that NTT DoCoMo would provide it in Japan, Sony has been quiet on details for Europe and Australia. But today Sony has announced that the PlayStation Vita 3G version will ship with a Vodafone SIM and provide 3G connectivity via the Vodafone 3G network. Vodafone has also announced that it will be selling the Vita through its retail stores and online.
Windows Phone 7 users – like Stewart – will be pleased to find out that the latest update, Mango, will hit their phone sometime soon after Microsoft has confirmed that it has been sent to Telstra, Optus and Vodafone today.
Vodafone has announced that it will kill off the ’3′ brand that it inherited after merging its Australian operations with Hutchison (3′s parent company) two years ago.
“It’s now been two years since we brought 3 and Vodafone together. We wanted to give all our 3 customers the latest update on what’s been happening and some exciting changes for the future,” the company said on its website.
Vodafone could be facing a huge problem as the class action lawsuit bid over its poor network reception has now grown to 23,000 claimants with more litigants coming forward since the start of the campaign earlier in December last year.
Vodafone has announced the pricing and date for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the long-awaited successor to the Galaxy Tab. Vodafone has exclusive rights to sell the tablet, thanks to a worldwide deal, and will launch the device on May 4.
Nokia has announced the Australian availability for its all-in-one business smartphone designed for the BlackBerry’s target market – the corporate worker. Featuring a 4-inch display and a full QWERTY keyboard, it allows the use of both a touchscreen interface or using the keyboard.
While it was found not to have customer’s personal information publically available on a website, Vodafone has been found to have breached the Privacy Act by the Privacy Commissioner, saying that it did not have appropriate measures to protect customer data.
Samsung has announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year that it will be launching a brand new tablet to be the successor of the popular GALAXY Tab Android tablet – the GALAXY Tab 10.1; and the first carrier to snap it up is Vodafone.
The Samsung Nexus S will be coming to Australia, after Vodafone Hutchison Australia, as part of a global deal with its parent company Vodafone, will become the exclusive carrier of the new Google-standard phone for Gingerbread.
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Vodafone dealer Communications Direct has sacked up to 40 jobs in its call centre after the mobile provider severed its relationship with the company in response to an investigation revealing misuse of the Vodafone customer database.