The Australian Google Play Store has just made magazines available to Aussie Android Googlers. Australia’s three biggest magazine publishers have already signed up to the service: Bauer Media’s newly-acquired ACP Magazines, Seven West Media’s Pacific Magazines and News Limited’s NewsLifeMedia. ACP, the No 1 publisher, will initially sell digital editions of 17 of its titles [...]
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Designed by Melbourne Company Studio Proper, the Clumsy Case is an iPad case designed for kids or those of us who are just plain clumsy Made of a soft foam that’s both durable and easy to clean, the Clumsy protects your iPad from those everyday bumps and drops as well as those messy and grubby hands. [...]
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After finding BOGear and Haul, both Australian made bag manufacturers, here’s another one. mattt bags is based in central Melbourne, Victoria, and they make a range of backpacks, shoulderbags, and sleeves that are all handmade locally. The bags are made from sustainable materials, and there’s quite a range of different prints that you can get customised [...]
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messenger bag
If you’re like me you’re probably sick of all these US only Deal of the Days on The Gadgeteer, so here’s a fair dinkum Aussie one and it’s actually not just for the day. If you’re after a cheap and cheery Android phone, Coles has a special Flybuys deal on the LG Optimus Spirit (P690) [...]
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At this point in time Amazon will only ship the Kindle Touch WiFi to Australia. Up for preorder now on both BigW and Dick Smith is the Touch WiFi for $185AU for release on March 5th and the Touch 3G for $249AU for release on the 13th of March. The only question I’ve got is why ? To grab [...]
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Regular Gadgeteers will know that Timbuk2 products are very popular on the site. Those in Australia however have had to order from overseas with sometimes high shipping costs ( I should know I’ve done it 5 times ) . Ship no longer Anaconda , an Australia wide outdoors gear store is now distributing a limited line of [...]
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gear bag
The City of Sydney Council, Australia is considering a system of high pressure underground pipes to collect garbage from inner-city homes. Already in place in a number of European and other cities, the system can be retrofitted into current infrastructure though it is obviously easier to implement in greenfield sites. The system may mean an [...]
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Samsung Electronics Australia announced the local availability of its new range of powerful and stylish edge-lit LED monitors, the 3D capable SA 9 series, Smart Hub enabled TA9 Series as well as their CA5 Central Station Monitor. The SA 9 is available in 23 and 27″ configurations, full HD with 3D playback from a wide [...]
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The HP Touchpad that’s been available in the US since July finally has a release date of August 15th in Australia. Following it’s permanent price drop in the US, the Australian release price will also be $100 cheaper than first indicated. Harvey Norman will be the initial exclusive retail partner. Will webOs have the features [...]
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Tablet
Aussie ( potential ) e-readers rejoice. No longer will you have to muck around with exchange rates and overseas freight ( albeit very fast 3-4 day turnaround from the US ) to obtain your Amazon Kindle. Both Dick Smith Electronics and Big W are showing the Kindle and accessories available on their websites. Both sites show it [...]
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