
Smartphones - it's good to talk, but we don't want to
It may be called a 'phone', when its main use is anything but - it's almost as absurd as calling an iPod Touch a radiogram.
It may be called a 'phone', when its main use is anything but - it's almost as absurd as calling an iPod Touch a radiogram.
If anything, it's odd to see preschool children in a Decile 1 New Zealand kindergarten using Apple gear.
Apple's Magic Trackpad brings 'touch' to the Mac desktop.
It seems like the BlackBerry is losing its addictive powers, and businesses are shopping around for other smartphones.
The Apple TV, which is a great device for a good price - but it's absolutely begging for content.
Last week, both Apple and Ingram Micro confirmed a new arrangement for Apple distribution in NZ.
I have been trying to make my iPhone 4 drop connection - or even to drop a bar or two - and have come up with several ways to make it happen.
I have solved the mystery of the dropped calls, because it's been happening to me.
While most online music ventures let us listen for free, Ping revolves around something that for many has become an anachronism - paying for it.
Whatever the truth of any Flash argument, Jobs' stance appeared to have little, if any, impact on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad sales.
In its first quarter, the iPad has almost done more business than all the other 'tablet PC' producers put together for the past three years.
As Apple reassures US iPad customers that it can fill demand, Orcon has become the first telco in New Zealand to sell the device.
I went into Vodafone last week and said 'my contract is about to expire, I'd like an iPhone 4 please'. They didn't exactly laugh..
Daring to suggest that Apple Mac sales are on the rise seems to have touched a nerve.
Religious fervour surrounds the latest phone technology, despite it only representing a small slice of the world market, writes John Naughton.
This is no plasticky toy - it's solid, sleek and slick, yet also very thin. And the screen looks lovely.
The whole iPhone 4 launch in New Zealand has descended into a surreal mix of blame and outright confusion.
You can browse the web, send emails, listen to music and watch films but the iPad is a powerful computer. What else can you do with it?
Apple haters might take pleasure in the fact that it's costing the company about NZ$244 million to give out thousands of iPhone buyers free bumper cases.
Have you heard? iPhone 4 has a reception issue when you hold the phone a certain way.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has apologised to iPhone 4 buyers about its reception issues and offered free cases to help rectify the problem.