Updated: Telstra HTC Titan II launch to follow hot on the heels of the Nokia Lumia 800…

It was only a little over a week ago, at MWC 2012, that Pocket-lint confirmed with senior HTC management that the Titan II Windows Phone will be coming DownUnder. Fast forward to March 13 – and Telstra and their retail … Continue reading

Australia – almost a WP7 Gen1 free zone as Microsoft update their Aussie “Buy” page.

For all of quarter 4 2011, and turning into the start of Jan 2012 – Windows Phone Down Under saw very lean picking indeed re: WP7 device availability. If this was measured by Microsoft’s own “Buy” page on the AU … Continue reading

New Telstra Consumer catalogue features Windows Phone. Yay!

Last month, the Telstra monthly consumer catalogue, Let’s Connect(tm) featured 5 out of 6 of the Freedom Connect mobile phone options as Android units. With both WPDownUnder’s late JAN public launch of the Samsung Omnia W for Telstra, and with stock … Continue reading

It’s official – we have a WPDownUnder “Stop the WP7 Gen2 count-up clock” Winner!

This morning Australia has finally seen the first Telco-launched Generation 2 Windows Phone Mango handset!  Consequently – we can now award TELSTRA 1st prize in the 2012 Windows Phone 7 Gen2 release award. Accordingly, the WPDownUnder Gen2 launch count-up clock has been … Continue reading

Exclusive Review: The Samsung Omnia W – Australia’s first Gen2 WP7 Device launches on Telstra.

Windows Phone 7 (WP7) launched in Australia around November 2010 with an initial handful of devices with similar under-the-hood specifications from manufacturers HTC, Samsung and LG. Early in 2011 an additional device or 2 was added to the available range … Continue reading