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Google’s Our Mobile Planet initiative, a research body looking into worldwide smartphone and mobile data integration, has uncovered what must have been a grumble-worthy nugget when putting together the data – iOS devices are beating Android powered 2 to 1 in Australia, showing up on 50% of participant devices to Android’s 25%. C... Find out more

Setting up a mobile plan for yourself can be frustrating and confusing. Setting up a mobile plan for everyone in your immediate family may seem like a thankless and overwhelming task, but there are some great reasons why you should consider getting everyone in your family on the same plan.Click here for the best cap plans.We'll help you cut through... Find out more

Australia is pretty lucky when it comes to smartphones. We have three major carriers (Telstra, Optus and Vodafone), and a sprinkling of virtual network operators (Dodo, iPrimus, Virgin) who all contend with each other to offer the latest and greatest phones on 24 month subsidized contracts. In the US, each phone has a specific agreement with each c... Find out more

This is an unscientific estimate, but I would say 104% of our enquiries come from people looking for a phone, plan or advice for their mum. It’s part of the Circle of Life; as we become adults, our parents devolve to gibbering children in the face of technological change. Click here to check out the best deals on iPhones, or call Optus on 13... Find out more

Virgin (1300 768 103) have responded to customer feedback over their high excess data usage rates, and reduced them.Click here for the best mobile cap plans.Previously, once you had exceeded your data limit for the month, Virgin would charge $2.00 per MB, making it very easy to quickly rack up a huge bill. Depending upon a customer's personal setti... Find out more

The One X is HTC's attempt at a game changer. HTC release, to put it simply, a lot of phones; the One X replaces quantity with quality* and seeks to push other smartphones into bigger and better specs in order to keep up with it.   Fitted with an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, the One X runs whispery quiet and incredibly fast. Apps lo... Find out more

Optus has recently re-affirmed their commitment to fixed-line broadband – that is, ADSL and Cable. It’s a welcome change for Australia’s 2nd largest telco, which has been stuck in neutral for a while, concentrating on mobiles and mobiles broadband. Click here for Amaysim's Unlimited Plan, using the Optus network - or call 1300 30... Find out more

Optus have announced a new phone designed especially for older Australians. Partnering with senior specialist Swedish phone manufacturers Doro, Optus have released the Doro PhoneEasy 615 which is a feature phone boasting some low-key features especially for pensioners.Click here to check out Optus's great cap plans.The PhoneEasy is designed to crea... Find out more

To complement their rapidly improving network, Vodafone are offering a new $39 Unlimited text plan that comes bundled with some truly outstanding phone deals. Click here to check out the new Vodafone phones and offers Click here to check out Amaysim’s SIM-only Unlimited plan, or call 1300 302 942    Vodafone have been busily im... Find out more

Dodo have launched their Magic SIM-only mobile plan, and it’s a doozy. With Unlimited standard calls and text (including 13/1800 numbers, usually a big bone of contention), the plan offers a big challenge to Amaysim. Click here to check out Amaysim’s excellent Unlimited plan – or call 1300 302 942! Click here to check out Dodo&r... Find out more

Tablet computers are on the grow. In 2011, sales of smartphones and tablets outstripped PCs (including laptops and netbooks) for the first time. Even saying “for the first time” understates how big a shift that is – proper smartphones had been around for 4 years, tablets for 18 months. Click here to check out Amaysim’s sim... Find out more

A wave of new security concerns around smartphone usage has forced many customers into finding new ways to protect their smartphones. Click here for the best cap plans.   We all love using the internet on our phones, but are we offering our bank accounts and identities up for malicious hackers? Most of us are confident enough to navigate t... Find out more

It used to be that $49 was the average cap plan cost per month where you could get a handset for free. Now, though, with the flooding of smartphones into the Australian marketplace and the ongoing competition between mobile providers to get your business, you'll be able to get a brand new phone on a great $29 cap plan.Click here for the best cap pl... Find out more

Speaking at the 2012 CommsDay Summit in Sydney, Optus’ director of digital media Austin Bryan has outlined the telco’s plans to increase their presence in digital services. Click here for our best Optus plans and handsets or call Optus on 1300 136 793     Bryan cited, as a concern, the growing competition from OTT (Over ... Find out more

Following their announcement that they would enter the fixed-line broadband game with the NBN, a Vodafone executive has stated ““if you can take traffic out of the mobile network you increase the speed”, raising a new argument in the NBN debate. With the introduction of reliable, 21st century broadband speeds in almost every corne... Find out more

Are you just now getting into the smartphone game? Welcome aboard! You’re joining the 60% and rapidly growing number of Australians who have opted for a shiny black rectangle, making Australia one of the most eager smartphone markets in the world. This is mostly due to overlap- in most countries, the big phones are exclusive to particular pro... Find out more

Samsung are expected to outsell Nokia this quarter by about five million phones – knocking the mobile phone giant off the top selling spot for the first time in fourteen years. It's bad news for Nokia and great news for Samsung. Smartphones have made a massive impact in the market, with 37% of Australians using smartphones at the end of 2011... Find out more

A survey of customers in Australia and New Zealand has revealed some interesting new figures around why we switch mobile providers, and how often we do it. Of the 50,000 customers surveyed in Australia and 12,000 in New Zealand, 14% had switched mobile providers in the last twelve months. The most highly rated reason for changing was in order to t... Find out more

My first mobile phone was a CDMA handset from Telstra, bought in 1998. It was made by Hyundai (yes, Hyundai), and is so obscure that after an hour of Google searching, I’m no closer to rediscovering it. Needless to say, it was hilariously bad; the phone equivalent of K-Mart brand parachute trackpants. If anyone knows it, it was a dull gold co... Find out more