I had a chat to the dev behind Payphone Tag, which is ostensibly a telco take on Pokémon Go www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

I spoke to CyberShack's Charlie Brown about what the component crisis will mean for his G-Mee smart device business, plus got some extra commentary from OPPO, Motorola, and Samsung www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

After years of AI-powered promises, this year's Mobile World Congress hedged in favour of hardware, and I'm here for it.

The MacBook Neo is great! On top of everything, it's great to have a cheap laptop on the market that doesn't treat the user as the product / isn't a hostile experience out of the box www.whistleout.com.au/Tablets/Revi...

Banger of an article from @cvamped.bsky.social

Pokémon is 30, and I hope the franchise is excited for the backpain that brings. To mark the occasion, us ageing millennials over at WhistleOut got a bit nostalgic and pulled together some vaguely related takes. Brodie wrote the loveliest piece about playing TCG Pocket with his daughter

A bit of goss from Telstra's updated customer terms 👀https://www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones/News/Telstra-data-prioritisation

The charitable take on this data is AI features have become so ubiquitous that people just expect their phone to have them, like NFC, and we're not seeing any real differentiation between brands www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

Samsung's fresh fine print says it won't charge for "basic" Galaxy AI features www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

I'm not surprised. Just disappointed. www.reviews.org/au/mobile/sa...

Magic Cue has the potential to remove so much friction from the mobile experience, but the reality doesn’t live up to the promise www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

I'm not giving up my Apple Watch anytime soon, but @grrrgia.bsky.social's breakup story is an excellent read www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

On paper, Samsung has addressed a lot of my issues with last year's foldables www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

Does a phone need a secondary display on the back with a Magic Eight Ball widget? Absolutely not. Is it still kinda cool? Very much so. www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

It's actually crazy that Telstra's cheapest postpaid plan is going to jump to $70 per month www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

The S25 Edge doesn't look that thin in photos, but it's impressive when you actually pick it up. It's also super light for a pretty big phone, which is arguably more important. Very interested to see how big a compromise the smaller battery is, tho. www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

SMH straight up publishing a Pope listicle. At least rank them!

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Enormously proud of my colleague Hannah for winning the Best New Journalist award at the Lizzies tonight 🤍

Tangerine and More are launching companion eSIMs for smartwatches on April 1 - no joke. I've been testing one for a couple of days, and it works exactly as expected. Which is really all you need in this situation www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

Tangerine and More's companion eSIM plans are now set to launch in early April www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

The iPhone 16e is good, but it's so easy to imagine how it could have been great. If Apple had kept the price a little lower or not cut features like MagSafe, the iPhone 16e could have been the mid-tier phone to rule them all www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

Why do AT&T and the Australian Human Rights Commission have the same logo?

Australian streaming prices have gone up by an average of 44% over the last decade. Check out this fantastic retrospective of price rises from Brodie www.reviews.org/au/entertain...

Even the entry-level iPad can no longer take a physical SIM card if you opt for the cellular model www.whistleout.com.au/Tablets/News...

Optus prepaid plans may also AutoRecharge earlier when the new prices go live www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

This was really fun to contribute to! Read it for my words on why I think Max will take Binge's best content and try to sell it back to you at a higher price.

Takes 4 dayz www.whistleout.com.au/PayTV/News/W...

We've got confirmation that HBO content will be leaving Binge when Max launches. The exception is currently airing shows like White Lotus. These will see out their run, but we're trying to find out how much longer they'll stick around for after the last episode. www.whistleout.com.au/PayTV/News/B...

At least someone is making good use of mmWave spectrum www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

IP69 water resistance on a $599 phone is pretty neat www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

$66.75 per month for an iPhone 16e on a 36-month Vodafone plan isn't a bad deal www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

Boooooooo 😭 www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

Meta sure loves to make its apps a little worse everyday. I no longer have the option to “open in external browser” when I open a link in Facebook 🙃

ACCAN also has questions about the utility of NBN 2000 plans www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/Ne...

Samsung is currently selling the standard Galaxy S24 for $749, which is a price so good there's almost no reason to consider a base model Galaxy S25 www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

Dyl is right - Netflix does suck now

Netflix is in the process of booting Australian customers still on the Basic plan www.whistleout.com.au/PayTV/News/N...

I felt this in my bones

Everything aside, more earbuds should come in fun colours www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

T-Mobile has now launched Starlink mobile connectivity in beta, and its pricing model suggests Telstra and Optus may also charge for the tech www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

The entire stadium yelling out “a minor” was perhaps the funniest thing ever

I’ve only played a little over an hour, but so far, Keep Driving is fantastic. No controller support yet but plays well on Steam Deck with trackpads store.steampowered.com/app/2756920/...

The S25 Ultra is still a great device, but if everyone is doing AI tricks, you can't make AI tricks your key new features. If AI is table stakes, then hardware goes back to being your key selling point. www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...

Lmao so this is where News Corp draws the line on stereotyping?

Super curious as to why Foxtel streaming services are being canned in "very remote" Australia. Only a small number of customers are impacted, so this doesn't feel like a revenue play. Maybe cost saving on CDNs? www.whistleout.com.au/PayTV/News/B...

Kayo will cost $40 per month from March www.whistleout.com.au/PayTV/News/K...