Telecom exec hunts down iPhone thief – via NBR
Normally we wouldn’t re-post articles direct from another site to the front page, they would site under the ‘FTW’ (from the web) category in the sidebar, but this one seemed to good to pass up. As reported by Chris Keall of NBR although “Telecom may not be an official Apple carrier, its technology-neutral Gen-i division still sells iPhones and iPads– and its boss knows how to use them; including the value-add Mobile Me service, which syncs devices, and can be use used to run a GPS trace.”
So when Mr Quinn had his iPhone stolen, the iPad and MobileMe service came to the rescue.…
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Winnie the Pooh goes MIA from NZ iBookstore, demands money from other territories
Ever-since the launch of iBooks, Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne has been supplied for free as a pre-installed starter title to show you what iBooks can do, complete with the original colour illustrations from the original publication. But following a comment from user Chiefie saying that he was unable to track it down, I went snooping through the minuscule NZ iBookstore expecting to find it easily and put him out of his misery. However, just as Chiefie had said, it was nowhere to be found.
Thinking it was probably just a glitch, I switched to my UK account and found that the title is no longer free in that territory, but £5.99! Obviously the agreement between Apple and Pooh’s publisher to provide this book at no charge has come to an end, and with no agreements in place to actually sell content via the NZ iBookstore this would explain its sudden absence here. But why? My bet is that the imminent release of Disney’s new Winnie the Pooh movie has the publisher hoping that renewed interest in all things Pooh will make them some money. What do you think?…
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Win one of three cases for your iOS device with thanks to Chillicase.co.nz [closed]
Is your iPhone 3G / 3GS / 4 or iPad 1 / 2 feeling a little tired? Does it need a nice new outfit to breathe some life back into it? Well, the lovely people at Chillicase.co.nz have you covered. They’ve supplied us with three snazzy cases, and all you need to do is tell us why you deserve to win one. Keep reading for details of what’s up for grabs and how to win.…
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Apple’s offer of free repairs for Japan quake victims does not extend to NZ because we don’t have Apple Stores
You may have recently read in some of the international blogs (such as Engadget) that Apple are offering those affected by the terrible events in Japan free repair of Apple hardware including iPhones, iPads and iPod touches. After receiving a number of queries from readers in Christchurch asking whether such a program existed for New Zealand, I contacted Apple to find out. The answer may surprise you.…
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Win an iPad 2 with Treat Me (Trade Me’s answer to Groupon)
Trade Me have recently launched their latest spin-off site, ‘Treat Me’, a new one-day group discount site which is similar to Groupon.
There have been a number of these popping up lately and even Groupon have decided to get in on the New Zealand market. But with so many of these popping up in New Zealand these sites are going to have to have something the others don’t have to get your interest.
Enter Treat Me and the iPad 2…
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You can now download files from Safari on your iPhone or iPad thanks to Dropbox
This afternoon I had a real wtf moment when I accidentally tapped on a link to download a .dmg file while using Safari on my iPhone. Up until very recently, tapping on files like this would result in a pop-up telling you that Safari couldn’t download it. Now, if you’re a Dropbox user (and if you’re not, you should be) and you have the Dropbox app installed on your iOS device, you’ll get an ‘Open in Dropbox’ button instead, which will whisk you into the Dropbox app where you can upload the file. The next time you sit down at your computer it will be there waiting for you. Read on for more.…
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Sygic update Mobile Maps/Aura apps to Sygic GPS Navigation
You may remember a while back we told you of how Sygic intended to abandon two apps and merge them into one on the store. So instead of having “Mobile Maps” and “Aura” they would just have “Sygic GPS Navigation“.
Well today the updates started to roll out and here’s how it is going to work.…
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Hardware review: Two iPhone alarm clocks do battle
iPhone-friendly alarm clocks are a great thing – as well as charging your device while you sleep, they also allow you to wake up to your favourite tunes. I’ve recently had the opportunity to try out two different alarm clocks designed for iPod / iPhone, both with what appears to be similar feature-sets but very different price-tags. The first is the Thomson RC59I at $79.95 and the other is the Panasonic RC-DC1 at $149.95. With one being almost twice the price of the other, I wanted to know whether this was simply a case of paying extra for a more well-known brand or if you really do get what you pay for. Stay with me to find out!…
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Ask iPhonewzealand: How can I change ugly webclip icons?
In this ‘Ask iPhonewzealand’ we are going to tell you how to add your own webclip icon for nearly any site. This little trick has been around for sometime but to be honest with you most websites or companies that have websites that are iPhone optimised have already implemented their company logo as a home screen icon. But what if they haven’t? Well below is a neat trick to add your own.…
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Opinion: TradeMe’s iPhone usage stats are encouraging, but it’s time for more features
Chris Keall over at the National Business Review has posted some stats today that were given to him by TradeMe and reveal just how popular the iPhone is in New Zealand and how it continues to grow and grow. The stats show that traffic via mobile devices now accounts for just over 1% of all TradeMe sessions and while that may not sound like a lot on the face of it, the iPhone app alone accounts for over a million sessions per month and has been downloaded from the App Store in excess of 100,000 times. But how can Fairfax leverage the platform to push mobile usage even further? We think we know.…
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iOS 4.3.3 available now, changes crowd-sourced location database cache
You may have seen in the news there has been a bit of an uproar around Apple and the way they track and store your location data from your iOS device. Apple responded to this to clarify what really happens (see below) and when responding they said there would be an update to address these bugs. Keep reading for more info.…
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Checking ‘Your Telecom’ on your iPhone now comes with less pain
This morning we noticed that checking Your Telecom (which provides your current account balance / free minutes / data allocation) over 3G no longer asks you for your user-name or password. A quick call to Telecom confirmed that enhancements to the platform have been made for smartphones (iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile) so that when visiting Your Telecom over 3G the authentication is done via the mobile platform itself, thereby bypassing the need for any user-name or password entry. Your login details are still required when on Wi-Fi, however. And unless we’ve just never noticed them before, there also seems to be some new options for topping up a prepaid mobile using credit card or voucher right from within Your Telecom, which should make topping up the credit on an iPad easier.…
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Kiwi App Review: Spokeys, the Spokey Dokey app that you’ll hate
Spokey Dokeys remember those? If you had a bike in the 80′s then chances are you had Spokey Dokeys on it’s wheels and now with ‘Spokeys‘ from New Zealand based developers elucidcode you can re-live your 80′s childhood on your iPhone, to a degree (a very small one). Keep reading to see why I hate this app. …
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Telecom offering up to $800 when you make the switch
You may remember back in November and then again in February Telecom offered you $600 if you bought your iPhone to XT well now they want to give you $800 (obviously with some conditions). Clearly they really want your business, but do you want to give it to them and what will you get in return? Keep reading to find out.…
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iPad 2 case options [video]
For those of you who have purchased an iPad 2 there have been relatively few “decent” case options available. However they are slowly becoming more readily available so I decided to take a look at three options that are available now and may suit different people dependent on their usage or personal choice. Keep reading to see three options for protecting your iPad 2.…
Read MoreOfficial Royal Wedding Souvenir Guide now available for free on iBookstore (yes, even the NZ one)
Did your invitation to the wedding of the century go missing in the post? Yeah, mine too. But never fear, you can still grab a slice of history in the form of an iBook version of the Official Royal Wedding Souvenir Guide which is available for free right now on the iBookstore, courtesy of The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry. The guide has been sumptuously put together and includes the full text of the service along with maps, full colour portraits of the royal couple, and a history of Westminster Abbey. Grab it here right now, if only to keep that lonely copy of Winnie the Pooh company.…
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New and updated New Zealand news apps
For more or less as long as the iPhone has been available here in New Zealand most of the major players have had iOS apps including TVNZ, 3 News and Stuff. The New Zealand Herald didn’t come to the party with an iPhone app straight away, instead they waited for the iPad’s arrival and launched an app solely for that. Whilst we loved the app for the iPad we really wanted to see an iPhone version. Well the good news is that an iPhone version is now available and, not wanting to be out-shone, TVNZ and 3 News have both updated theirs.
We have also heard a whisper that the Stuff apps (both iPhone and iPad) are undergoing a complete back-end re-write to hopefully quash their many bugs. When that happens we’ll take a look at them. In the meantime here is a quick look at some of the changes to the other news apps and what’s available in the NZ Herald app.…
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