Australia
Huawei launches Ascend Mate in Australia for AU$429
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei announced the launch of its phablet Ascend Mate in the Australian market today. Unveiled at a press event in Sydney, Huawei Ascend Mate will be available in the country beginning April 20 at Harvey Norman stores for AU$429 outright. It will go on sale via other retail stores on a later date.
Originally showcased at CES earlier this year, Ascend Mate will be competing with Samsung’s recently announced Galaxy Mega series of smartphones.
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Google launches Play Music in seven more countries
Continuing the expansion of Google Play Music service, Google has announced the launch in seven more countries including Australia and New Zealand. Other countries where Google Play Music has went live include Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxemburg and Portugal.
In addition to buying digital music from Google Play Store, users in these seven countries will also have access to Google’s cloud Music locker service, which lets them store their personal music as well as music purchases from Google Play.
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Nexus 4 stock expected to reach UK, France, Spain & Australia Google Play stores today
Yesterday was a surprisingly great day for Nexus 4 lovers as the new stocks of this elusive smartphone arrived in Google Play for US, Canada and Germany. Well, Google is not planning to leave other countries in Dark (where Nexus 4 is sold via Google Play).
According to a report on Android Police, they have heard from a credible source that Google Play Stores in UK, France, Spain and Australia will be getting new Nexus 4 stock today (tomorrow in the case of Australia).
It is likely that we will also see the bumper in stock, as the same happened in US Google Play, but we would not bet on that.
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Nexus 4, Nexus 10 go on sale in select countries; sold out in minutes
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As promised, Google started selling the LG Nexus 4 and Samsung Galaxy 10 devices from its Google Play store yesterday in select countries including US, UK, Canada, Australia and Germany. The devices, especially Nexus 4, were greeted by great response and was sold out in all the countries within minutes of going on sale.
Asus Padfone 2 won’t reach Australia or UK before 2013
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Asus’s recently announced Padfone successor won’t be launched in Australia or UK markets this year. Padfone 2, which is schedule to go on sale in several European and Asian countries before year-end, will be released in in UK early next year, reports Techradar.
ICS rolling out to the HTC Velocity in Australia
Australian carrier Telstra is in the process of rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich to the HTC Velocity. Also dubbed the HTC Vivid in the US and HTC Raider in Canada, it looks like the time has come for you to get a taste of what everyone is talking about. Yes my friends, ICS is upon you — and if it’s not yet, it should be really soon.
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Motorola Xoom 2 now available in Australia with Telstra
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Motorola and Telstra have announced the availability of Xoom 2 Android tablet in Australia. It can now be purchased from Telstra stores and partners for A$720 (outright) or with a host of plans starting A$50.
Acer Iconia Tab A500 to get Android 4.0 update in April
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Acer Australia has confirmed that Iconia Tab A500 will get the much awaited Ice Cream Sandwich update in April. According to a post on company’s Facebook page, they have got this news for their HQ, so it should be valid for global users +/- some time.
Sony launches Walkman Z, Tablet P in Australia
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Sony Australia has announced a slew of Android devices in the country today. These devices include Android powered Walkman Z series, Tablet P 3G version as well as 3G version of Tablet S. Sony has also issued a price-cut for the Wi-Fi only version of Tablet S.
Toshiba AT200 priced in Australia
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Toshiba’s thinnest and lightest 10 inch tablet AT200 has got a pricing down under. According to an announcement today, Toshiba AT200 will be available in Australia for A$579 for the 16GB version.
