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Satellite mobiles down in price, size
David Frith TELSTRA is fond of saying its Next G third-generation mobile network, Australia's biggest, provides coverage to 99 per cent of the population.
Big bills for excess iPhone data usage
David Frith THINKING about buying an iPhone? You'll certainly have a lot of fun using this wondrous little gadget, which is more a dinky computer and handheld internet device than a mobile phone.
Hotspots help with 3G mobile bills
David Frith A NICE thing about the 3G iPhone is that it connects to the internet via WiFi hotspots as well as the third-generation mobile phone networks of Optus, Telstra and Vodafone.
Apple knits up billion dollar plans for iPhone
David Frith OH, how words can come back to haunt you. Greg Winn, Telstra's US operational chief and one of chief executive Sol Trujillo's famed three amigos, must be regretting his disparaging remarks last year about Apple's iPhone.
Apple store redefines retail in Australia
David Frith APPLE can be an irritating, even arrogant, company, but they do things well: setting trends with great style and, usually, great substance.
Apple iPhone a worry for BlackBerry
David Frith SO what's it to be: a BlackBerry or an iPhone? That's the question facing many smartphone-toting business folk in coming months, following the arrival of the 3G iPhone in Australia on July 11.
Adobe joins race
David Frith COMPETITION is growing in the brave new world of cloud computing.
Firefox aims for record downloads
David Frith WEB browsing will get a new filip sometime in the next week or so, when the Mozilla team launches Firefox 3.0, an upgrade of the increasingly popular open-source browser.
iPhone killers must join long queue
David Frith THERE was a bit of a problem the other day at the Australian headquarters of Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC. The entire executive team, or pretty close to it, walked out, led by local marketing manager John Featherstone and the marketing manager.
3G to get boost, with iPhone on way
David Frith WHEN Apple boss Steve Jobs walks on to the stage to introduce the first 3G iPhone next month, you can safely bet he'll do a lot of talking about the pervasiveness of the high-speed packet access (HSPA) 3G mobile system.
Odd pricing makes buyers shout Eee
David Frith DOUBLECLICK went to a jolly little party the other day. Asustek, the Taiwanese manufacturer of the tiny Eee mini-laptop, shouted a few drinks for the press at the Bubble Bar, a colourful Sydney watering hole.