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Samsung battles Apple in Australia/NZ phone market as patent fight expands

by Steven Sande (Dec 20th, 2011)

There's rarely a day anymore that TUAW doesn't report on the status of one or more patent infringement lawsuits. The latest from the battle between Apple and Samsung is that the Cupertino company has now issued a notice of infringement to Samsung in Australia, noting that Samsung's case design ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab ad credits Apple for its popularity

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 15th, 2011)

Samsung's not letting its minor victory over Apple in Australia go unnoticed. The handset manufacturer mentions the Apple lawsuit in a recent advertisement promoting its Galaxy Tab tablet. In the headline, Samsung says the Galaxy Tab is "The Tablet Apple Tried to Stop". It's a bold move by ...

iTunes Match international rollout begins (updated)

by Chris Rawson (Dec 14th, 2011)

Update: GigaOM reported that the rollout was premature. Those outside of the US and Brazil who successfully signed up for the program will have their money refunded, and Apple has told these customers that Match will not function outside of those countries. iTunes Match has started rolling ...

Australia's Telstra working to fix iPhone 4S network dropouts

by Chris Rawson (Dec 8th, 2011)

Australian telco Telstra is currently working with Apple to resolve bizarre coverage dropouts on the iPhone 4S, according to ZDNet. For a couple of months, iPhone 4S users on Telstra's network have reported that the iPhone will randomly lose signal and drop to "Searching..." for about a minute ...

Apple receives week-long extension on Aussie Galaxy tab ban

by Mike Schramm (Dec 2nd, 2011)

Australia's High Court has decided to extend Apple's temporary injunction against sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 in Australia for a week, reports GigaOM. The delay will give the court time to consider Apple's request for permission to appeal the end of the ban, which was struck down on ...

Music video: iPhone games get real

by Mike Schramm (Dec 2nd, 2011)

This video by Australian band Hey Geronimo is the cutest thing. The group painstakingly recreated scenes and characters from popular iPhone games for their song, "Why Don't We Do Something?". I love the Angry Birds in the car, the flying Fruit Ninja fruit and the cat battling Flight Control ...

iPhone 4 battery combusts on Aussie flight

by Chris Rawson (Nov 28th, 2011)

Well, this is awkward. Just over a month after I locked horns with Australia Post and called its restrictions on shipping electronic devices with integrated lithium batteries "arbitrary and idiotic," because "Millions of travelers fly with iPhones every year. NONE of them explode," guess what ...

Australian iPhone 4S injunction hearing set for March

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 15th, 2011)

Last month, Samsung filed for an injunction that would ban the sale of the iPhone 4S in Australia. Samsung filed this injunction based on three patents it holds for WCDMA and HSPA connectivity. Rather than push for an immediate temporary injunction that would affect the holiday quarter, Samsung ...

Judge tells Apple to reveal Australian contracts to Samsung

by Steven Sande (Nov 9th, 2011)

Things are really heating up between Apple and Samsung in Australia. In the war between the two electronics behemoths, a judge ruled that Apple Inc. must now provide Samsung Electronics Co. with copies of contracts with Australian mobile-phone carriers. If you remember this story, Samsung has ...

Samsung requests iPhone 4S source code in Australian court

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 1st, 2011)

Samsung continues is counter-assault on Apple in Australia, now requesting that Apple show it the the subsidy agreements that the company has with the Australian carriers and also the source code to the iPhone 4S firmware. Samsung's attorneys told the court that the company needed both the ...

How not to buy an iPhone overseas

by Chris Rawson (Nov 1st, 2011)

It kind of seems like I can't catch a break when it comes to iPhone launches. The first iPhone debuted a little over a year before I left the US and moved to New Zealand. I knew the move was coming, so signing (then breaking) a two-year contract with AT&T didn't make sense. I also wasn't ...

Samsung appeals Australian Galaxy Tab injunction

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 27th, 2011)

On Thursday, Samsung began the appeal process that could overturn an injunction preventing it from selling the Galaxy Tab in Australia. Samsung lawyer Neil Young argued that Justice Annabelle Bennett "made errors of law in her approach" and based her injunction decision on "irrelevant ...

Samsung seeks iPhone 4S sales ban in Japan, Australia

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 17th, 2011)

After facing setbacks in Germany and Australia, Samsung is striking back at Apple by filing an injunction request for the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 4 and the iPad in Japan. Samsung filed the injunction based on one patent the company holds for HSPA connectivity and three it holds for UI design. ...

Apple drops the ball on Aussie iPhone 4S pre-orders

by Chris Rawson (Oct 14th, 2011)

By now, iPhone 4S sales are in full swing in Australia's retail stores -- in fact, the safe bet is on the device already being sold out nationwide by the time this post goes live. Some US-based customers who pre-ordered the iPhone 4S have already received their phones. By this time tomorrow, ...

Apple granted injunction against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia

by Chris Rawson (Oct 13th, 2011)

Apple's prolonged legal tussle with Samsung continues Down Under, but Apple's just landed a dead-on uppercut in the fight. Samsung has been legally barred from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald reports the injunction against sales of Samsung's tablet will be ...