Mobile

When it comes to buying a new phone, not everyone reaches for the flagships, especially given the climbing prices of the top-end phones. Google's Pixel 8a is their latest mid-tier phone that offers a lot of great features for a fraction of the price. The Pixel lineup is Google's most genuine execution of hardware to show off the Android software. Having spent a couple...

It's just after the Easter holidays and as often occurs this means a new phone launch in Australia by Motorola. In this case it's the $999 motorola edge 50 pro and if you buy quickly from JB Hi-Fi or Harvey Norman you can also get a $200 store gift card as well as free new moto buds+ (by online redemption see details below) which is...

Samsung has just held their Galaxy Unpacked event for 2024 where they unveiled their latest flagship device, the S24 series of smartphones. This year, it should be a surprise to nobody, that this year its focused on Artificial Intelligence with Galaxy AI. The Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra feature all the regular updates of a faster processor, better displays, and better cameras, but...

Hands up if you get a lot scam/spam calls on your mobile? Keep your hand up if you also have to deal with a lot of call centres for banks, centrelink etc so you can do life admin. If you have a Google Pixel 8 Pro phone (and some older Pixel phones) you can use two features to deal with both of those problems. Call Screen...

Officeworks is offering big discounts on the Google Pixel range until 16th November 2023 including generous trade-in bonus voucher offers for the Pixel 8 range (while stocks last): Pixel 8 Pro: 128GB $1277, 256GB $1377 Pixel 8: 128GB $977, 256GB $1077 Pixel Tablet 128GB: Porcelain $577, Hazel $577 When they launched last month the Google Pixel 8 base model price was $1199 and the Pixel...

Just over 4 years ago an online service called Recyclesmart was launched. Overtime it has grown and recently passed 40,000 regular users. By using Recyclesmart to get rid of unwanted things that can't go in the recycle bin, these people have saved over 1 million tons of CO2 emissions from entering the atmosphere and kept over 500,000 kilos of valuable resources in circulation rather than...

I didn't pay much attention when Google first mentioned Magic Editor in Google Photos at Google IO in May 2023 but I'm definitely interested in it now after trying out this feature on their new Pixel 8 Pro Android phone. Magic Editor only works at the moment on a Pixel 8 Pro or Pixel 8. Later the feature may be enabled for older Pixel phones. Google...

One of the most important parts of the Google Australia briefing I attended last week was when they displayed these 3 slides, which set a new industry standard by promising the new Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8 Android phones will get updates until September 2030. That's not a typo. Google promises that: "Pixel phones are engineered to last and get better over time. With your...