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Apple today announced that iPhone and iPod touch users have already downloaded more than 10 million applications from its groundbreaking new App Store since its launch late last week. Developers have created a wide array of innovative mobile applications ranging from games to location-based social networking to medical applications to enterprise productivity tools. Users can wirelessly download applications directly onto their iPhone or iPod touch and start using them immediately. More than 800 native applications are now available on the App Store, with more than 200 offered for free and more than 90 percent priced at less than US$10…
Posted in News, Other Items | Comments OffJuly 13th, 2008
Given that the iPhone 3G hysteria still seems to be raging, I thought I might post something a bit different today: a photo of a Japanese iPhone 3G running on SoftBank’s network in Japan. However, looking at our stats from the last few days (in which viewer numbers have been up around ten times, and transfer up significantly more) it seems that Japan is home to a pretty sizable number of readers (for those counting, they came in third place behind New Zealand and the United States). Unfortunately, I haven’t found a SoftBank with employees fluent in English, and my Japanese certainly isn’t good enough to try and work out whether the phone can be bought without a contract or unlocked, so I won’t be buying one while I’m here. Interestingly, the phone still has one bar of signal strength despite the fact it was taken well below the ground in an Osaka subway station store. A close up photo after the break…
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »July 11th, 2008
It seems a bit strange to be writing our iPhone 3G wrap up five hours before the phone even goes on sale in the US. However, it has been on sale here in New Zealand for almost a day and is now available in most other countries. Those who have been following our articles over the last few days will probably have seen our video interviews of those waiting in line outside the Auckland Vodafone store. First we will do a general summary for international readers, and then local summary for our New Zealand readers, including the possibility of running the iPhone on prepay…
Posted in News, Other Items | 1 Comment »July 7th, 2008
Reed Expositions has announced that this year’s Apple Expo in Paris will take place between Wednesday September 17th and Saturday September 20th 2008 at Porte de Versailles, Hall 5. Though Apple has in previous years been an exhibitor and used the expo to announce new products such as the iMac G5, this year they will not be attending. While Apple’s annual Macworld Expo and Worldwide Developers Conferences in San Francisco continue to attract record attendee numbers, Apple has reduced its presence at other expos in recent years which has led to the decline of IDG World Expo’s east coast Macworld New York/Boston, which was last held in 2004, and Macworld Tokyo, last held in 2002…
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »July 6th, 2008
With the iPhone launching in such a variety of countries around the world on July 11th, it is near impossible for us to keep up with every local development. Therefore, we will be focusing on our area of the world, providing coverage of developments in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States. However, TUAW has published a great international summary outlining purchase prices, data plan costs and contract terms, which vary from six months in Denmark to three years in Canada. The table can be found here. Of note is the fact that Vodafone is yet to announce its pricing, despite the fact that they will be the first provider to sell the iPhone 3G.
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »July 1st, 2008
Telstra and Apple today announced that the highly anticipated iPhone 3G will be available to Telstra’s over 9 million Australian customers on 11 July with a range of specially designed Next G iPhone 3G plans starting at AU$30 per month with an upfront cost of AU$279 for the 8GB model and AU$399 for the 16GB model. Customers will receive the 8GB iPhone 3G model at no cost with the AU$80 plan and either the 8GB or the 16GB model at no cost with plans starting at AU$100 per month. All plans include free Wi-Fi access at Telstra hotspots and require a 24-month contract. Telstra joins Vodafone and Optus who both announced that they would be selling the iPhone 3G when the product was announced earlier in the year. While Vodafone has yet to reveal its pricing structure, Optus has published its pricing information. Of note is that those who wish to purchase an iPhone on prepaid can pickup the 8GB model for AU$729, and the 16GB for AU$849…
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »June 25th, 2008
Apple today announced that television programming from Australia’s top networks including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Seven Network and Nine Network, along with US-produced programs from The Walt Disney Company’s ABC Studios, Disney Channel and MTV Networks, is now available on the iTunes Store in Australia. iTunes customers can choose from a wide range of television shows including the Logie Award-winning Summer Heights High and McLeod’s Daughters, the top-rated drama Sea Patrol, as well as favorites from the US including Lost, Grey’s Anatomy and The Hills. Television shows are priced at AU$2.99 per episode on the iTunes Store in Australia…
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »June 19th, 2008
Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs on iTunes, now the number one music retailer in the US according to an NPD Group MusicWatch survey carried out earlier this year. iTunes features the largest music catalog with over eight million songs and customers are now renting and purchasing over 50,000 movies every day, making iTunes the world’s most popular online movie store…
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »June 19th, 2008
Despite Vodafone’s initial announcement that Apple’s iPhone 3G would be available to customers in New Zealand, Australia, Italy and Portugal on both contract and prepay when it is released next month, it now appears that New Zealand and Portgual will miss out on the latter option. This has prompted Philip Roy, owner of NZMac.com, to petition Vodafone to change their stance on the matter. Sign the petition here…
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »June 18th, 2008
Apple’s first retail store in Australia will open on George Street in Sydney on Thursday, 19 June at 5:00 pm. Located in the heart of the city’s shopping district, the Apple Store Sydney features two floors dedicated to Macs and iPods and a third floor entirely dedicated to service, including the world’s largest Genius Bar for free advice and personal training through Apple’s popular One to One membership…
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