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UPDATE: Vodafone just released pricing, check out both Optus and Vodafone’s below.
With Friday only a matter of days away, the biggest fear i had was a repeat of last year, where only flagship stores carried iPhones on launch day and others had to wait via raincheck processes. This year a different story is emerging, stores have already started to recieve stock and for stores that haven’t, they should have stock for Friday’s launch. This is good news for customers, as no pre-order was available to customers this time around in Oz. Optus have released pricing already, with the 32gb version avaiable free on their Timeless plans. Vodafone and Virgin are still yet to finalise pricing but it is expected today or tomorrow.
It’s been a while since i last posted but i thought this was well worth it. The new iPhone 3G S, announced on Monday will be hitting Australia on the 26th of June. At this stage both Optus and Vodafone have taken the handset, but in usual Apple style nothing in regards to pricing or availability has been released. Vodafone has also now released visual voicemail for the iPhone, which correct me if I’m wrong is the first carrier in Australia to do so. Stay tuned, we will get more word on pricing and stock as i find out.
Hey Everyone, as you may have noticed, not a lot of posts have been happening….in fact none. I have had some things happen within the last month or so that have prevented me from having the time to sit down and research and write posts, for this i apologise. However this site isn’t stopping, i will continue to post as much as i can and hopefully within the next month or 2 everything will be back to normal. I will keep you all update as soon as something changes. Thank you very much for your support and i look forward to writing fore you all again soon.
Cheers
Lucas
In my previous post, I showed the Nokia 5800 with Virgin pricing in the Allphones Buyer’s Guide. Now it also seems that the Nokia E75 and the LG Arena, both showcased at MWC only a few weeks ago, have also popped up in the catalogue, although without pricing, Both handsets are listed as coming soon and have a spec list as well as images of LG’s 3D S-Class UI and the side-sliding action of the E75. I will try to get any sort of information i can in regards to these handsets, particularly release dates and pricing. Hit the read more link to get the full pics.
Allphones have released their monthly “Buyers Guide” and in this month edition is the pricing for the new Nokia 5800 on the Virgin network. Advertised as coming soon, with a date of offical release being the 20th of March, the 5800 is priced at $4 per month for the handset, on a Your Cap 45 plan, which gives customers a total of $320 of standard talk, txt and more plus 50MB of data every month. So total cost of $49 a month, which the handset being free on plans above the 45. Pricing for Optus is yet to be confirmed but i wouldn’t think i would stray far from Virgin’s pricing.
Note: You can pre-register for the handset at Allphones site.
In a world according to Microsoft, I think a lot of people would be confused but one thing is for certain, it sure would be a cool world to live in. The big MS has released a new video in it’s Office Labs “Envisioning” series which depicts a world in 2019 filled with awesome little gadgets. Now I’d never heard of this series until i read a post on istartedsomething.com about this video, and to say the least its a very intriguing insight, definitely worth a look.
[Story from istartedsomething.com]
So I made a post not to long ago about this blog changing and becoming better and getting it’s own server etc etc. This has now happened and i’m just putting the finishing touches on the site and makeing sure everything works. Of course once everything is done i plan on having everything re-directed to the new site so even if you forget and come here we will send you to the new site. Until then thanks to everyone who has visited and thanks to those who have left comments. :)
UPDATE: The 9th of March is now the lucky date of launch, a month ahead of the information recieved earlier. I suppose this is what happens when you get information from a number of different sources. As this date is only 2 week away, i will definatley have an unboxing video and hands on for you as soon as i can get my hands on one.
Following on from my previous post regarding launch dates for the 5800, I have been able to get ahold of information confirming that it will launch end of March, start of April on Optus, Virgin and Three networks, with Optus having 18 months of “Comes with Music” downloads and the other having the standard 12 months.
Nokia is believed to be making this annoucment official on Feb 25th according to itnews.com.au
The Dream launched today in Australia, making it’s debut on the Optus network. We were able to get a hold of one and do a short and sweet unboxing video for you all. In a nutshell the Dream ships with the following items:
Video after the break.
