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Paranoid Android: Did they forget Oz?
Dozens of phone calls and emails today made one thing clear: none of Australia's telcos or handset manufacturers has briefed their staff on when mobile phones running Google's Android system will be made available locally, if they are at all. Read more »
Aussie telcos can't talk Android
Australia's top four mobile carriers were unable today to say whether they had plans to locally sell phone handsets based on Google's Android operating system. Read more »
Opera signs up to Symbian Foundation
The browser company Opera has signed up to the Symbian Foundation, a Nokia-led consortium that was set up in June to turn the Symbian mobile operating system into an open-source platform. Read more »
Vodafone officially confirms iPhone price leak
Mobile carrier Vodafone Australia has confirmed portions of an advance leak of pricing information for its local iPhone 3G launch on Friday morning are accurate. Read more »
LiMo gets Openwave browser and messaging
Purple Labs, an increasingly prominent mobile Linux firm and a member of the LiMo Foundation, has bought the browser and messaging side of Openwave's business. Read more »
Regional users: Don't bother with the iPhone
The new iPhone won't offer 3G speeds outside of the major cities. Read more »
Aussie resellers will get iPhone
The much-hyped iPhone, once limited to being sold within the flagship stores of Apple and its exclusive carrier partners, will be far more widely available once its 3G model launches on 11 July. Read more »
Optus confirms non-exclusive iPhone for Australia
Optus today confirmed that it has acquired a licence to sell the iPhone in Australia, as originally reported on CNET.com.au. Read more »
Telstra's June iPhone launch points to 3G
Telstra will be the third Australian mobile provider to sell the iPhone in Australia, fuelling speculation of the imminent launch of a 3G iPhone. Read more »
Vodafone Australia claims iPhone coup
Vodafone Australia has announced that it will be selling the iPhone in Australia later this year. Read more »
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Mobile development in Australia--Part 3
In the final part in this series, Builder AU wraps up with advice for developers wanting to take their mobile applications to market. Read more »
Mobile development in Australia--Part 2
In the second part of our series on mobile development in Australia, Builder AU investigates the skills required and key technical considerations for a succesful mobile deployment. Read more »
Develop Applications for the BlackBerry
Want to develop apps for the Blackberry handheld devices on the market in Australia? Try this "Hello World" primer from David McAmis. Read more »
Sun stirs to unify Java
Sun Microsystems plans to build ties between the different flavours of Java in an effort to present the programming technology as more unified. Read more »
Higher intelligence
Business Intelligence software gives managers the tools to draw from many data sources and take a snapshot view of their company's performance. Why are BI vendors defying the industry trend and continuing their stellar growth? Read more »
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When software becomes an entertainment report
-- This week's roundup covers Microsoft no longer being interested in Yahoo, Stallman suggesting that foil be used to stop RFID chip reading and something about the iPhone. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »
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What's the point in following Apple's rules on the iPhone SDK if other developers will just flaunt them? We check the answer out and cover the other issues from the week: OLPC, IE, Ballmer and the Internet in space. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.