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  • Telstra Set To Launch An Android Handset This Year?

    It’s been a big week for Telstra. Aside from boosting their NextG network to 8Mbps 21Mbps, launching their own skin for Windows Mobile 6.1 and losing a HTC phone with Windows Mobile 6.5 loaded on it, they also found time to tell David Flynn over at APC that they’ll be launching an Android handset in…


  • VOD Movies To Be Released Alongside DVDs

    According to a report by Lara Sinclair in the Australian this morning, you could soon be downloading video on demand movies the same day as they are released on DVD. The information comes from Franchise Entertainment Group director Paul Uniacke, who says an unnamed studio is planning to offer On Demand movies from Foxtel, BigPond…


  • LG’s BD300 Player Lands In Australia, Netflix Nowhere To Be Seen

    Considering that Netflix doesn’t operate in Australia, it’s hardly surprising that LG has dumped the Netflix support from its local version of the BD300 Blu-ray player. Instead, they’re offering a bonus BigPond DVD rentals promotion, which includes four months worth of DVD (or Blu-ray) rentals from BigPond’s Netflix-like store (we’re talking physical media here, in…