ToshNewZealand.com set bar for iPad pricing

As pointed out by one of our readers ToshNewZealand.com have listed some early pricing for the iPad in New Zealand. Now the pricing isn’t the official New Zealand pricing by any means, and the devices are imports not NZ sourced (but come with a NZ power cord).

Just for the record…. I am not good at waiting, in fact I am very impatient and have often paid more to get something as soon as possible, but personally for the iPad, I would rather wait for the official pricing (fortunately for me I should to be getting one through family in the US). For those that can’t wait and need it as soon as possible you can order it now from their website for delivery once launched*.

We have created a table of pricing comparing the US price with that of ToshNewZealand.com. According to the current exchange rate, you could be paying up to $309NZD more than our U.S friends…… it’s to be expected that we (NZ) would pay more but it still hurts.

Hit the ‘read more’ link to see the table and tell us what you think in the comments.

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Available Now

Go get it folks, Snapr is available for download through the App Store now. You’ll want to get in quick to secure your user name of choice.

– Snapr

And don’t forget to bookmark the website – Sna.pr

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"Snapr" selected as a finalist at SXSW in 2010

With SXSWeek just around the corner we thought we’d give you a heads-up about an awesome looking new web-service and their iPhone app which has been submitted to Apple and due to be released any time now.

Snapr is a new social media company from New Zealand and they have been selected to present at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas this March as part of the “Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator” competition. Snapr is one of only eight finalists in the “Social Media – Personal” category and out of over 200 international entries Snapr is the only company from New Zealand to be selected for this prestigious technology event.

Hit the “read more” link to find out more about the Snapr iPhone app and a sneak peak at the Snapr web-service.

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The choice is yours

There is one task the iPhone should be able to do easily and that is parcel tracking. The iPhone lends itself to this kind of app very well and we have four of them to choose from. So which is best? Which has the most features? Which is the easiest to use? and which presents the information most clearly? Hit the ‘read more’ to see our comparison of the four….

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Telecom CTO June 2008 - Feb 2010

After all the issues with XT and with Alcatel-Lucent’s Head of New Zealand Business resigning is it just coincidence that Frank Mount, Telecom CTO, has just resigned?

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it's Official

Tracking your parcels via your iPhone seems like such an obvious thing to be able to do. Previously we had to rely on third party apps CourierPost (Lite & Pro) and Parcels to do this but now New Zealand Post have released their official app.

We are going to do a more in-depth review and comparison of all four apps soon but in the meantime we just thought we’d give you a heads up about the app. FYI from what we’ve seen so far we really like the app, it’s the little attention to detail that makes the difference.
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20MB is now the max size

Hey folks, I know this has been doing the rounds this morning but I thought I’d do a quick post just to make sure all our readers have the heads-up.

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Competition heats up

So we thought Telecom weren’t wholesaling the new XT network for a while yet, but it turns out that come April Digital Island will be providing us with another mobile player, and more importantly one that you can use the iPhone on. Read More

Yellow 2.0 you decide

The Yellow app has been around a while now, and although it is good in some respects in others it is lacking. Yellow and the developers are aware of this so they are looking at updating it and in doing so they’d like your feedback on how they can make it better.

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Ask iPhonewzealand

We get a lot of questions via email from our readers so we have decided to set up a new section called “Ask iPhonewzealand“. These are emails we get from our readers asking us how to do something. They may be easy, or more long winded, but if you have a question for us you’d like answering use our contact form to get in touch. Read More