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Optus announces $9.99 fee for iPhone 3G S tethering

Australian wireless carrier Optus announced that they would be supporting the iPhone tethering feature added in the OS 3.0 update Wednesday. For just $9.99 Optus customers can add the feature to any of the available data packages to enable phone as modem use. Customers will have to wait until June 22 before they can add the feature, but at a $9.99 price point how could they resist?

Meanwhile in the US, At&t has not released phone as modem pricing, but we will have an official release of the iPhone 3G S in less than 24 hours. Unfortunately for Optus customers no pricing information for the iPhone 3G S has been announced and they will have to wait until June 26 for their launch day. According to inside sources, Optus will be announcing their iPhone 3G S pricing structure in a press event Monday.

[Via Cnet Australia]

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The HTC Magic is available on both 3 mobile and Vodafone in Australia

HTC Corporation has introduced the HTC Magic smartphone into their growing portfolio of Android-powered devices. The sleek, compact and high-performing HTC Magic operates on the Android platform, delivering a superior mobile internet experience and broad flexibility for personalisation via the application-rich Android Market.
Available in black and white (exclusive to Vodafone), the HTC Magic boasts a [...]

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Huawei Android-based phones coming to Australia Q3 2009

Earlier this week Chinese manufacturer Huawei entered the Android Open Alliance and announced plans to launch smartphones running the Android OS in 2009. According to a spokesperson for Huawei, “there would be no launch apartheid where some nations were excluded from the first round of access to the phone,” which means if Australia got the phone [...]

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Ericsson and Telstra deliver World’s first Mobile Broadband at 21Mbps

Ericsson and Telstra have activated the HSPA Evolution functionality capable of peak network speeds up to 21 Mbps into the Telstra Next G(TM) commercial network and have also conducted the world’s first data call on the newly-enabled network. For the first time, a commercial network makes use of the enhanced, standardized improvements called HSPA Evolution. [...]

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Australia’s Kogan Agora becomes second Android Smartphone

According to early reports, cell phone manufacturer Kogan will bring Australia the second Android-powered Smartphone. Previously we were under the impression that China would launch the second Android device, following the path of the T-mobile G1, but this information can now be dismissed. The Kogan smartphone has two versions, Kogan Agora and Kogan Agora Pro, [...]

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Vodafone BlackBerry Storm Unlimited Data Plan Fine Print

On December 1st, Vodafone Australia will launch the BlackBerry Storm free on the company’s Internet Data Cap plans from $69 per month on 2-year service agreements. Unfortunately those unlimited data plans will have a bit of fine print that might hinder your browsing habits. According to Cnet Australia, Vodafone’s unlimited data is only available when [...]

Telstra BlackBerry Bold Release Date set for September

Doubt over the launch of the BlackBerry Bold in Australia on the Telstra network has ended. Today, Telstra announced that the BlackBerry Bold will be offered for Australian customers starting in late September. Telstra Business Group Managing Director, Ms Deena Shiff said BlackBerry devices were an increasingly popular and important device business customers, and customers [...]

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Nokia Music Store Opening in Australia April 22

Today was a day for Nokia in Australia’s tech press thanks to their grand scheme to overtake the music mobile content service. Starting next Tuesday – April 22 – Aussies will have access to the Australian version of Nokia’s Music Store, but to sweeten the deal 45% of the content will come from local [...]

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