Smart Accessories

Screen protectors are becoming an important addition to the modern smartphone. As screens get bigger, the price of repairing a smashed screen goes up. In many cases, the price of a new screen seems at odds with the overall price you’ve paid for the device, but you’ll grin and bear …

There’s no shortage of cheap cases for any of the big release phones each year, but there is distinctly short supply of quality cases for phones particularly if you’re after something with style and a hint of class about it. The Aranez cases have a very clean, slick feel to …

Over the past week I’ve had the joy of trying out the Aranez Flip Leather Case for the Samsung Galaxy S4. After the infamous smashing of my Galaxy S4 display a couple of months back, I’ve been keen on trying out accessories for you Galaxy S4 owners that are worth …

The list of Miracast capable devices, dongles or adapters available in Australia is terribly small, and whilst Miracast has been around as a standard for a while now it’s still not terribly well known and is still in its relative infancy in terms of brand recognition and adoption by consumers, …

An always-connected internet device isn’t much good without, well, the internet, but until now Google Glass has been limited to summaries of search results for information, with no ability to dig deeper into the underlying web pages. This all changes today though, with the XE7 update, which brings a full …

According to an article from the Wall Street Journal, Google is cooking up some more Android based devices. The article claims that Google is working on a Smartwatch, Games Console as well as a followup to the shelved Nexus Q. With Google leading the charge on wearable computing with Glass, …

Archos fans can order three new products directly from an Australian source, with Australian site minidisc.com.au announcing that they have the 97B Platinum, 101 Titanium and TV Connect. For those not familiar with the Archos brand, they’re a French company who specialised in media players initally but have branched into …

As expected, Sony has announced the SmartWatch 2 at the Mobile Asia Expo in Shanghai. Taking over from the last SmartWatch that Sony released last year, the SmartWatch 2 is shown as being a well crafted device with what appear to be some design cues taken from the Xperia Z. …

After going on-sale in the US in April, it appears Australian Nexus 10 owners are now able to order the Nexus 10 Cover directly from Google Play. The cover which is available in Dark Grey or Scarlet, will set you back $39.95 + a $10.95 shipping fee, which estimates delivery …

A new Sony SmartWatch could possibly be announced at the Mobile Asia Expo in Shanghai next week according to tweets hinting as such from the official Sony Xperia Twitter account. The tweets hinting at the release of an updated product started two days ago when they referenced wearable tech, citing …

When you think of crowd-funded, Android-powered games consoles, Gamestick may not be the first one to spring to mind, but their Kickstarter campaign still raised over $647,000 earlier this year, well above their goal of $100,000. Rather than going the traditional home console-style route of the Ouya, Gamestick have opted …

It seems realistic that you can judge a phone’s market penetration by the number of accessories available for it. As you move around any shopping centre, you’ll find a couple of “mobile phone accessories” stores that will sell you any number of cute, cuddly, wacky or fun iPhone cases with …

Owners of Miracast certified phones have had very little in the way of options since the announcement of Miracast support in Android, but Netgear has finally made their Miracast certified PTV3000 Wireless Display Adapter available for sale in Australia. The Wirless display adapter should be filtering into stores who stock …

What do you do with a US $1,600(incl tax) prototype device that you’ve just gotten your hands on? Well in the case of Scott Torborg and Star Simpsons you tear it apart; and that’s just what they’ve done, cataloguing it all along the way. The tear down begins with the …

If you read my piece on why you should get a case from your smartphone, then you’ll have known I purchased an S View Cover for my Samsung Galaxy S4. And now that I have had a few weeks to use it, I thought I might share my thoughts and …