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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
The cost of mobile data in Australia is all over the place – some
carriers sell it cheap, others sell it at sky high prices, and
effectively the same data transfers but on different devices from the
same companies can be charged at different rates. When will data
pricing ever get realistic?
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
In a previous article I looked at the new Optus ‘yes’ Timeless plans,
looked at the then “Optus Mobile Fair Go Policy” and deduced there were
timed limits, but Optus has now belatedly updated its Policy and says
there are no limits - for consumers. What has an Optus spokesperson
specifically told me?
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
If you’ve been waiting for the Windows version of the PwnageTool to
arrive, your wait is over, your time has come, and iPhone OS 2.0 could
soon be yours – but is iPhone OS 2.0 truly worth it?
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
Hi Apple! I love the iPhone, but you’ve seriously screwed things up
with iPhone OS 2.0 – an operating system that is reminding me of the
original OS X 10.0 and the new 10.5.x in its bugginess, an OS that
desperately needs updating to a more stable version. Can we hurry it
up, please?
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
Hi Apple! I love the iPhone, but you’ve seriously screwed things up
with iPhone OS 2.0 – an operating system that is reminding me of the
original OS X 10.0 and the new 10.5.x in its bugginess, an OS that
desperately needs updating to a more stable version. Can we hurry it
up, please?
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 |
A Google acquisition of Digg for at least US $200m is being rumoured,
but the big questions revolve around whether such an acquisition could
be the death of Digg, or a new era of Digg dominating the community
news voting sector.
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 |
One of the most popular free blogging tools, WordPress, has just
released a blogging app for one of the most popular smartphones, the
iPhone. It’s available free of charge to download now, and works with
the iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch running the OS 2.0 software
upgrade!
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
Although Apple aims to have 70 countries selling the iPhone 3G by the
end of 2008, only 22 sell them so far. Now comes news that Apple will
start selling the iPhone 3G in 20 more countries from August the 22nd –
get ready for more iPhone mania!
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
The rebellion against eBay’s PayPal saga with its disputed “stage 1”
and “stage 2” episodes with the ACCC, has seen the rebels write to
Australian Banks, Australia Post and threaten legal action. Now they’ve
turning it up another notch by writing to Reserve Bank of Australia!
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
An iTWire reader by the username of “mac user” was outraged to discover
that the iPhone 3G 16GB model he’d purchased outright did not come with
a free unlock, but instead was to cost $150. So he did his homework and
now claims that Telstra has unlocked his iPhone 3G free of charge! Has
a massive can of worms just been opened for outright current or future iPhone 3G
purchases from Telstra, Optus and Vodafone in Australia?
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
Whether you’re using a shiny new iPhone 3G or other smartphone, the
ACCC has put out a warning to users not to be misled over the
“significant cost” of excess data usage charges. It’s a timely warning,
but you can be certain that horror stories of massive data charge bills
will inevitably surface anyway!
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
When is an unlimited plan NOT an unlimited plan? When it’s timed, has
limits and exclusions which are listed in the fine print for you to
discover, probably when it’s time to pay the bill. Should the use of
the words ‘unlimited’ and ‘timeless’ be banned when it comes to
telecommunications companies? NOTE: NEW STORY UPDATE FOLLOWS
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Monday, 21 July 2008 |
Got an original iPhone and want to unlock it, or jailbreak an iPhone 3G using the PwnageTool 2.0
but can't because you're using Windows? A solution has surfaced that's
reported to be working!
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 |
It’s finally here, the PwnageTool 2.0 to unlock and jailbreak the
iPhone 2G, jailbreak only at this stage the iPhone 3G and jailbreak the
iPod Touch – all running the shiny new iPhone OS 2.0!
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Saturday, 19 July 2008 |
With any Australian fibre-based broadband network still up to 5 years
away, the date of completion just got extended by at least 6 months as
the Australian Federal Government extends the time for “robust
proposals” to be submitted for consideration. As usual, the Federal
Opposition is outraged!
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Saturday, 19 July 2008 |
The release date for the iPhone Dev Team’s “PwnageTool” inches ever
closer as some “final bugs” get fixed, bringing happiness to the
waiting crowds but enraging others who think a few days to wait is a
few days too long.
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
Just as is happening in the US, Aussie iPhone fans are also queuing up
in front of the Apple store to buy iPhones that have sold out from
telco stores. Still, there’s a way to jump the queue if you’ve got the
cash to spare!
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
If you've been waiting for an Asus Eee PC with a larger screen, larger
storage and larger keyboard, the Eee PC 1000H could well be the model
you've been waiting for. How much will it cost, and what are the specs?
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