Attn Christchurch residents: earn $50 for an hour testing
Our friends over at Smudge Apps have just sent us an email asking us to let you know about some testing they’d like you to be involved in and the best part is you can earn yourself $50 for just an hour of your time. Keep reading to find out how.…
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iPad + Parrot A.R Drone used to explore earthquake-ruined Catholic Cathedral
It’s a pretty amazing sign of the times when Opus engineers working on Christchurch’s quake-stricken Catholic Cathedral are able to buy an off-the-shelf iPad coupled with a $500 accessory from Dick Smith to carry out work that, in the past, would have required a massive investment in specialised equipment. An iPad, coupled with a Parrot A.R Drone has been used to fly inside and capture video footage of the interior of the Cathedral which is too dangerous for the engineers to enter themselves. Check out the footage over at the 3News website.
Thanks nz_Ark for spotting this one over in the forums…
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Hands on with iOS 5 beta… Part 6: Some not so talked about features.
Next up on our first taste of iOS 5 in the form of beta 1 is a few not so talked about features that for the most part slipped under the radar at the WWDC Keynote. With allegedly over 200 new features in iOS 5 it’s going to be hard to cover them all but in our next look at iOS 5 beta 1 we have picked out a few for your viewing pleasure. Carry on reading to take a look.…
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iPhone 4 now available unlocked in the US
For as long as this website has been around, we’ve been fielding emails from readers asking whether an iPhone bought in the US will work here in New Zealand, and the answer has always been ‘no’ as, unlike here in New Zealand, the iPhone has always been locked to AT&T in the USA… until now. Apple are now selling the iPhone 4 unlocked in the USA via the Apple Store retail outlets and online store, meaning it can be purchased and used on any compatible network anywhere in the world. But how much are they and how can you get your hands on one? Keep reading for the details.…
Read MoreHow to save upto 25% off OS X Lion
If you’ve got a Mac and you’re planning on buying OS X Lion when it comes out, there’s a quick and easy way to save upto 25% off that purchase. Lion will be sold via the Mac App Store which is actually the same account (and therefore the same funds) as your iTunes account. To save, all you need to do is take advantage of any sales or special offers on iTunes gift cards between now and the launch of Lion. The biggest discount we’ve seen is 25% which is just what Harvey Norman happen to have off this very weekend – they are selling two $20 cards for $30. Lion will sell in NZ for $38.99 which is already a steal for a whole new OS, but with a further 25% it’s daylight robbery so get into it.…
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Hands on with iOS 5 beta… Part 2: iMessage and Custom Tones
Next up on our iOS 5 tour is the new iMessage service and a look at the new options for Text Tones. iMessage allows you to send “text” messages to any device running iOS 5, think of it as being like WhatsApp or another instant messaging service (such as iChat) but baked in to the regular messages app. And talking of the regular message app you can now customise the text tones by buying more (on the iPhone) or use one of the other new Custom Tones that are available.
Keep reading for more…
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Hands on with iOS 5 beta… Part 1: Notification Center
So as we all know at WWDC on Monday Apple announced the latest version of iOS, iOS 5. Apple stated there are over 200 new features in iOS 5 and touched on 10 of them at the keynote, and what a keynote it was.
Clearly the first thing we did once the Keynote finished was start refreshing our browsers that were pointed to developer.apple.com and a short while later iOS 5 had arrived here at iPhonewzealand HQ (in beta format for developers, iOS 5 will be released to the public “this Fall” – which is Spring for us) and we got straight down to installing it.
Unfortunately as you know I am still without my iPhone, but fortunately Paul has his and I have my iPad so over the course of a few posts we are going to be taking a look at some of the new features in the iPhone and iPad versions of the new iOS, what we like and what we don’t like.
First up of course is everyone’s biggest gripe with the current OS ….Notifications.…
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Yesterday’s iCloud introduction leaves lots of questions, few answers
Yesterday in the delirium of the WWDC keynote, iCloud seemed like the business – the all-syncing, all-dancing digital nirvana that we could have only dreamed of a few years ago. And we have a feeling that it will pan out this way in the long run, but right now the web is starting to fill up with questions from concerned Apple customers whose current modus operandi doesn’t seem to fit in with the way we currently understand iCloud to work. Questions like “Will my MobileMe account migrate to iCloud?”, “Can I still share my Apple ID with my family for app purchases and still use iCloud?”, “What happens to iDisk?” and “What about MobileMe Gallery?”. The perception is that Apple are suddenly telling us that the way we use our accounts and sync our phones has to change. Unfortunately, while Cupertino have given us lots of information about how wonderful iCloud is, they’ve neglected to provide answers to important questions like these that would inevitably be on people’s minds. So what answers do we have? Read on.…
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iTunes 10.5 beta preferences allows you to choose to Automatically Download Apps and Books
With iTunes 10.5 beta just installed a quick look in the preferences shows you that you can now choose to Automatically Download Apps and/or Books that you have purchased on other devices straight to iTunes. No more having to connect your device and then sync your purchases.
Remember this is in the beta only.…
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WWDC 2011: OS X Lion
This is an iOS blog and as such we are not going to delve into Lion too much as there is little it has to do with it other than it taking on some of iOS’ features such as Launchpad (Springboard), Resume (think multitasking) and the Mail interface. But here’s a round up of what to expect with Lion.…
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AppStore updated with Purchase History and iCloud buttons
Well that was quick. Hot off the announcement of iCloud and iOS 5 the AppStore has had a small makeover and you can now view your purchased content and re-download them to your device(s).…
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iOS 5 announced: new feature round-up
Steve Jobs’s WWDC Keynote has wrapped up and I have to say that this is probably the most exciting and feature-packed non-hardware keynote I’ve ever seen him do. There are some incredible new features being packed into iOS 5 that will really wipe the smug smile from any face that might have been claiming that iOS was getting stale and falling behind the competition. After the break we’ll have a quick round-up of what’s new so read on.…
Read MoreCould there be “One More Thing” at WWDC? [Updated]
So here’s an interesting sign, 4 days after WWDC 2011 and Yoobee Albany are needing extra staff for an “event” covering 10th through 20th June. Could this be the “One more thing” at this years WWDC, a new iPhone or other product that is gonna be so big that they need extra staff, or could it just be a scheduled event for a tutorial or course?
Update: Sorry folks just got this tweet from @Yoobee_dud: “I’m sorry to burst your bubble it’s non-apple related, but it is exciting!!!”… Oh well there was always hope 
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24 hours til WWDC: Time for a rumour roundup
We’re just one little day away from WWDC 2011 and while we now know for a fact that Steve Jobs will introducing iOS 5, iCloud and Mac OS X Lion, we know very little more than that in terms of what these new products will actually do (with the possible exception of Lion). And we all know that when facts are scarce, that’s when the rumour mill gets its cogs turning so keep reading for a round-up of what we might see tomorrow and what we would be announcing were we in charge in Cupertino!…
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iWork apps now available for iPhone and iPod touch
Apple’s iWork suite (Pages, Numbers and Keynote) have been updated into universal binaries this morning which means that they now work on the iPhone and iPod touch as well as iPad. This is great news as until now there hasn’t really been a solid productivity suite for the iPhone that you could call a “must buy” and the fact that it’s a universal binary means that those who already own an iPad can now download the apps to their iPhones or iPod touches for no further outlay. Awesome stuff! Keep reading for the press release.…
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iOS 5, iCloud and OS X Lion confirmed for WWDC
In a somewhat unusual move for Apple, the company have issued a press release this morning confirming ahead of time that Steve Jobs (yes, Steve Jobs!) will be unveiling not only Mac OS X Lion but also iOS 5 and the widely-rumoured iCloud which the press release calls “Apple’s upcoming cloud services offering” at Tuesday’s WWDC event. That’s a lot of reveals for one day but there could still be some surprises for the day… iPhone 4S, anybody? Keep reading for the full press release from Cupertino.
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Read free eBooks on your iOS device the legal way, thanks to your local library
There seems to be a common misconception out there that because Apple hasn’t begun selling iBooks via its NZ iBookstore that the iPad is dead in the water in this country as far as functioning as an eBook Reader goes. Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong! There are a number of perfectly capable alternatives available here including the Whitcoulls and Kindle apps which both incorporate NZ-accessible stores, as well as several stand-alone reader apps including Stanza which will allow you to import your own books / pdfs. But, little did we realise until we saw this comment from nz_ark, there is also a fabulous app called Overdrive Media Console which will allow members of Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland libraries to ‘borrow’ eBooks for free.…
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