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Opinion: Delayed New Zealand iPhone 4S launch shows the perils of drawing Apple's ire

by Chris Rawson (Oct 5th, 2011)

Although it missed out on getting the original iPhone, New Zealand was the first country on Earth to sell the iPhone 3G. Unfortunately that wasn't the only way NZ distinguished itself during the iPhone 3G launch; thanks to local telco Vodafone NZ, the country also featured some of the highest ...

Vodafone Germany lists "iPhone 4S" at 16GB, 32GB, 64GB

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 3rd, 2011)

Tomorrow is Apple's big press event and, as expected, rumors about the upcoming iPhone models are beginning to escalate. In the past several days, the iPhone 4S has been spotted at Cincinnati Bell's website and Apple's inventory system and the iPhone 5 has surfaced at Radio Shack. Today, we can ...

Vodafone already advertising iPhone 5, maybe

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 26th, 2011)

Vodafone Australia has put up a teaser page advertising the upcoming iPhone 5. Or, we assume they are talking about the iPhone 5 because the page says, "Register now for this year's biggest smartphone release." It's hard to believe that Vodafone would consider anything but the next iPhone as ...

The iPhone user's Down Under travel guide

by Chris Rawson (Feb 3rd, 2011)

If you own an iPhone and you're traveling to Australia or New Zealand, you might be wondering how your handset will work Down Under. The good news: as long as you have a GSM-model iPhone (i.e., not the Verizon iPhone), and as long as it's unlocked, your iPhone will work just fine down here. But ...

My excellent, fun-time, rage-inducing iPhone 4 adventure

by Chris Rawson (Aug 9th, 2010)

As I write this, I have been an iPhone 4 owner for ten days. I've replaced one iPhone 4 so far, and I'm about to send the replacement back, too. You know why? Because both of the iPhone 4 units I've owned have had the same design flaw. No, not that one. No, not that one, either. A few days after ...

iPhone 4 launch takes place in New Zealand, but confusion reigns down under

by Chris Rawson (Jul 29th, 2010)

Imagine if Apple's handset prices in the US weren't announced at WWDC, and the subsidy pricing was up to AT&T. Imagine if AT&T told potential iPhone customers that the iPhone 4 would launch on July 30, and pricing info would be released well in advance of that. Now imagine the weeks ...

Three will carry iPhone 4 in the UK, O2 cuts off unlimited data

by Dave Caolo (Jun 10th, 2010)

While American iPhone users are limited to a single carrier, the UK offers plenty of choice to customers. Three has announced that they will carry iPhone 4, with pre-orders beginning on June 15th. O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone were all confirmed on the 7th. Even poor math students will notice ...

iPhone 4's multiband antenna makes it a true 'world phone'

by Chris Rawson (Jun 7th, 2010)

This morning, I read liveblogs about the WWDC keynote with growing irritation. I'd been hoping for a 64 GB capacity bump for iPhone 4, even though I knew in the back of my mind that engineering practicalities made it unlikely. The news that FaceTime will not only be WiFi only, but will also work ...

Vodafone Australia will offer unlimited data plan for iPads

by Dave Caolo (May 26th, 2010)

There's good news for iPad customers in Australia. Vodafone announced today that they will offer an unlimited data plan for the iPad 3G. Here's the deal: For AUS$49.95 (approximately US$41 as of this writing) per month, users can enjoy unlimited data. Not bad! The rest of their plans have been ...

How to cook (and cut) with the iPad

by Mike Schramm (May 10th, 2010)

Honestly, we kind of just wanted to post the video above (in which Jake Gyllenhaal uses Apple's magical and revolutionary device as a cooking board, and then decides to make it the main dish), but it turns out that you can use a kitchen utensil on the iPad to some success. Another British man got a ...

The #1 thing I want in the next iPhone: support for 900 MHz UMTS/HSDPA

by Chris Rawson (Mar 25th, 2010)

The next iPhone is widely expected to debut sometime in the next few months, most likely at WWDC, which is rumored to kick off on June 28. Even though that's only a hair over three months away, so far there's been very little revealed about the next iteration of the iPhone either in terms of its ...

An ode to iPhone tethering

by Chris Rawson (Feb 10th, 2010)

Sometimes I feel sorry for you poor iPhone users in the US. Sure, the telecommunications landscape in New Zealand isn't exactly perfect, but our small nation has the US beat on at least one very significant point: unlike AT&T, our wireless providers let us tether our iPhones as much as we want ...

Vodafone sells 100K iPhones in 7 days

by Dave Caolo (Jan 25th, 2010)

Last September, Vodafone announced their intention to sell the iPhone in the UK and Ireland "...in early 2010." They spent most of 2009 prepping their networks for the traffic that the iPhone would bring. Now they've finally thrown the switch and sold 100,000 iPhones in just seven days. Vodafone ...

Vodafone works with Apple to add 20 more iPhone dealers

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 19th, 2010)

Vodafone UK, who brought 20 of its dealers with it when the company joined the ranks of iPhone sellers in the UK, says that it's on track to have an additional 20 of its dealers selling the iPhone by the end of May. MobileNews reports that originally Vodafone had submitted all of its 25 premier ...

Vodafone UK to start iPhone sales Jan. 14, 2010

by Ken Ray (Dec 21st, 2009)

Vodafone announced in September that it would start iPhone sales in the UK in early 2010. Two weeks into the new year is pretty early. The BBC says Vodafone will start its UK iPhone sales January 14, 2010. Vodafone UK CEO Guy Laurence says his company has been prepping its network for the ...