iPhone 4 Vodafone NZ Release Shambles: Are You Disappointed?
July 31, 2010
The Apple iPhone 4 release in New Zealand was a complete nightmare, so much so that customers left without what they came for. We would like all Vodafone NZ customers to come forward and have your say right here with us.In the southwestern Pacific Ocean customers queued for quite a while waiting to get their hands on the new iPhone 4 smartphone, they waited only to be told come back in the afternoon and when they did they went through the same fiasco again considering only existing customers were eligible for the iPhone 4 according to TMCnet.The image above is via TiBP (Credit @psychorn) and it shows we are unable to sell you the iPhone 4, the source above has received tweets from customers in New Zealand and as usual Apple and Vodafone is keeping tight lipped.If you are one of the disappointed customers and experienced problems purchasing the iPhone 4 we would love to produce out from you, scroll down to the comments area below and let us know how you feel.
[Source] Mark
Singtel iPhone 4 Singapore Launch & Price Plans
July 31, 2010
The Apple iPhone 4 launched in Singapore with SingTel Yesterday, the launch was held at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Center and went very well.According to WSJ (Wall Street Journal) said that the event was concert-like with loud music, lights, for machines and there was even a VIP lounge, at midnight there was a massive iPhone on the stage that was rotating with flashy pyrotechnics display.SingTel’s price plans are as pursues (Credit to Straits Times), you can get the Apple iPhone 4 16GB version for $480 on the SingTel iFlexi Lite plan with a monthly cost of $39, Starhub price for the 3G SmartSurf 100 is $500 at $38 per month, M1 Value plan is $480 for the handset and $36 per month.The Apple iPhone 4 will be sold via its online store at $888 for the 16GB model and for the 32GB model will be $1,048.We are asking all SingTel customers to use our comments area provided below to let us know whether you will be purchasing the iPhone 4. Thanks
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Optus iPhone 4 Price Plans for Australian Consumers
July 31, 2010
Optus who are the Australian leaders in integrated telecommunications now have the Optus iPhone 4 price plans just for you.The best deal they think will be a massive hit is the $59 monthly plan and with that you get the Apple iPhone 4 16GB, for that price by 24-months you will be blessed with $550 in credit for calls and text with the additional benefits of 2GB notes allowance. You will not have to pay anything up front at all for the smartphone.Optus is plus offering the $49 deal and for that you will get the 16GB version iPhone 4 with 450 in signal value and 1GB of notes, personally like The Australian we agree that the $59 price plan is much sweeter than the $49 deal.They do have an expensive price plan at $89 and with that you get the iPhone 4 32GB by 24-months, you do not have to pay anything upfront and it comes with unlimited calls and text plus 3GB of goods.If you prefer to steer clear of contract deals soon after you can purchase the iPhone 4 outright from $859, you can purcha…
New York City Subway Riders To Get Cell Phone Coverage
July 30, 2010
While Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) riders have had cell phone coverage–both for talk and data–for a while now crossing the tunnel from the East Bay into San Francisco, it seems that Manhattanites are finally going to get their gab on in the subways. MTA city transit officials had agreed to a deal with Transit Wireless to bring cellular reception underground three years ago and now the company is finally getting serious about its plans to bring voice and mobile documents access to New York subways. Transit Wireless will have two years to install the tech in six experiment stations and another 8 years to completely connect all 277 subway stations. For the city that never stops, talking will now never cease, at least in the noisy comforts of passing trains. Of course, with the convenience of calling the above-ground world, you’ll plus have to deal with “Can you take in me now” whether reception cuts out suddenly.
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Rogers Collapses Under Canadian iPhone 4 Launch
July 30, 2010
The popularity of the iPhone 4 in Canada has led to the break down of Rogers’ activation system for the Apple-made smartphone. Although unlike in the US where there is an exclusive carrier so that all demand is driven to AT&T, Apple is using a multi-carrier strategy in Canada so that Rogers is not the only one handling iPhone activations. Carriers Bell, Fido, Tellus, and Virgin are all offering iPhone 4 devices, including Apple with its unlocked model.
Although Rogers is affected by system outages, it seems that Fido, a Rogers subsidiary, is not suffering the same fate. Customers trying to purchase the iPhone 4 on Rogers are being given reservation numbers to come back later. At Apple in Canada, stores are moving customers from the other carriers to the front of the queue while waiting for Rogers’ systems to come back online.
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Verizon To Push Android 2.2 Droid Update Next Week
July 30, 2010
Those on the original Motorola Droid will not have much longer to wait as the nation’s largest carrier has sent a note to media stating that an Android 2.2 Froyo update will get pushed out to that device beginning next week. Updates can be performed by the air and comes hot on the heels of Sprint’s announcement that the EVO 4G will get its Froyo update starting on August 3.
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All Canadian iPhone 4 Sold Unlocked
July 30, 2010
It seems that Canadian users who are starting to purchase their iPhone 4s today are noticing that their Apple smartphones come unlocked out of the box, but there is a huge caveat to that: unless you specifically pay the full, unsubsidized retail price for the iPhone at an Apple Store in Canada, iPhone 4s purchased through Canadian carriers will get locked up when the phone gets activated through iTunes. That means that iPhone 4s are essentially shipped–and sold–unlocked, that is until Apple and carriers force you to hook up your iPhone for in-store iTunes activation with Apple’s servers. Hum…
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