New Zealand
Vodafone has today revealed that its iPhone plans will begin at NZ$80 per month with a minimal handset subsidy, a price that will shock most potential customers and may cause many to delay their purchases until later in the year when Telecom launches its new iPhone compatible 3G network. The carrier yesterday revealed that customers could purchase from $199 on a twenty four month contract. However, that price only applies to those that are purchasing the 8GB model on the company’s $250 per month contract. The price rises as $699 for the 16GB model on the cheapest plan, though customers are still bound for the same period of time.
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Posted in Main Item, New Zealand, News | No Comments »June 25th, 2008
Earlier this week, we received word that New Zealand would be the first country in the world to receive Apple’s iPhone 3G. Earlier today, we managed to verify that this is in fact correct, and there will be a launch event at Vodafone’s Auckland CBD store midnight July 10th, with the first iPhone going on sale July 11th 0:00:01 (rather than 6:00PM July 11th as previously predicted based on last year’s iPhone launch).
It is possible that other major cities may also have such events, as might several Mac resellers. However, at this stage we can not confirm any further details. It is also unclear when exactly Vodafone will unveil its pricing structure, but it is expected sometime next week. We hope to attend the event to bring you the latest and greatest.
Posted in Main Item, New Zealand, News | No Comments »June 7th, 2008
The University of Otago has launched Otago on iTunes U, making it the first New Zealand university to deliver free education content through the iTunes Store. iTunes U is a dedicated area of the iTunes Store featuring free lectures, lab demonstrations, campus tours, and more. Users can search, download and play content with the same ease-of-use with which they download music, exploring world-class materials from top universities around the globe. University of Otago Director of Information Technology Services Mike Harte says Otago’s inclusion in iTunes U gives the University an international audience for which it can showcase its teaching and research…
Posted in New Zealand, News, Other Items | No Comments »April 2nd, 2008
Developer Majic Jungle Software has released Chopper 1.2, their action packed side-scrolling helicopter game. This update to the classic game Chopper is a major upgrade, adding ambient sound effects, new graphics, and a completely new sound engine. This version of Chopper includes four new missions and 3D surround sound. New desert and cave based missions have been added bringing the total number up to seventy-two across three difficulty levels.
Posted in New Zealand, Press Releases | Comments OffFebruary 10th, 2008
Although many third party products have filled the gap in iPhoto’s integrated photo, calendar, picture book and card printing system for New Zealand and Australian residents, there’s nothing quite like a fully Apple solution. Finally, Apple has begun offering these services to those of us living in Australasia, and better still, pricing appears to be on the whole very competitive with the existing market. Picture books are typically priced at NZ$43.99/AU$39.99, calendars at NZ$29.99/AU$26.99, cards start NZ$1.49/AU$1.39 when ordering 50+ and prints start at $0.29 for 4×6″ prints, up to 20×30″ $39.99 in both countries.
With such a variety of products on offer, it would take far too long to list all the individual prices here, so head over to Apple’s website. New Zealand pricing can be found here and Australian pricing can be found here.
Posted in New Zealand, News, Other Items | No Comments »January 21st, 2008
Fluidmac today announced the release of version 1.0 of their debut application for Mac OS X - FluidNoise. FluidNoise uses natural looking random noise to create images and movies from scratch. With a simple yet powerful interface, FluidNoise can generate anything from clouds, fire or water to marble, wood grain or rusty metal.
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