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yea g
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Ok, just so you guys know, I joined twitter http://twitter.com/dasimpsonsrule
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soane28
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Noticed you watched Bruno yea g! What a weird movie! Gay porn anyone??  |
carkitter
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Beware of dodgy tech staff when taking your computer in for repair.
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yea g
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Well my computer never needs repairing because I always use high quality parts, and it gets outdated and replaced all the time. And I can fix it myself for much, much cheaper.
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Muhammad-Oli
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I don't keep anything personal on my laptops anyways. Plus I'm fairly careful so I doubt I'll have any major problems (touch wood).
Anyways, my girlfriend is as of yesterday the proud owner of a W508a on XT. I got it for her cause it's her birthday on Sunday. It's pretty nice I must say... I had a bit of a play with it yesterday and I'm a bit jealous. SE really have cleaned up A2 even since my C902. The phone feels solid and looks stunning in white and the exterior music controls are a nice touch too.
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carkitter
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On 2009-07-24 04:57:15, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
...the proud owner of a W508a on XT...
Hmmm... aren't you on Vodafone Prepay and Bestmate? Calling/txting her will cost you a lot more unless you're about to announce that you're going to Vodafone On Account or XT. Got your eye on a W995? 
Congrats on the W508a. I miss having a recent  phone.
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Muhammad-Oli
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Not quite, carkitter. 
My girlfriend has her K770i on Vodafonbe which she uses to text me. Then she has a Telecom phone for all her friends, etc. She had an old Sanyo which was getting a bit beyond it, so I updated her to the W508a, which she had her eye on.
Still tempted by the W995 a bit, but I think I'll wait for Aino.
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yea g
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2degrees will launch on Wed 5 August at 9am. Services, prices and handsets announced day prior at press preview in Auckland
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Muhammad-Oli
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Awesome, I can't wait to see their handsets. Come oooon Aino.
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yea g
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They don't really seem to be aimed at smartphone users atm, not having 3g support is probably the main reson I say this. Anyway, I would hope somesone gets satio around when it comes out. I hate having to import phones
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Muhammad-Oli
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Yeah so am I. I will always import over buying a Vodafone phone with that horrible branding, but the Telecom branding is fine (only really a couple of links) and I assume 2degrees will be sweet. I hope either Telecom or 2degrees (preferably the latter) get Aino and Satio. Really sold on Aino at the moment, despite my first impressions.
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Muhammad-Oli
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Woohoo! At about quarter to 10pm tonight I became an uncle! My nephew is named Joseph and had a troubled birth but he and his mother are now ok. 
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frankthetank
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Congrats!
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carkitter
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Congrats Uncle Oli!
I'm sure 2Degrees' initial handsets will be at the lower to mid range. They will likely steal away most of Telecom's $10txt market and some of Voda's prepay customers; most likely the people who are sick of having two phones. 2Degrees new CEO has said that "this is a marathon not a sprint" so expect to see their offerings come out in stages, starting with the low end.
XT is a premium service and Telecom won't be able to migrate most of it's CDMA customer base without dropping prices for everybody - XT is about getting high ARPU just as Vodafone does with it's customers. 2Degrees will snap up this low-end market who are aware that CDMA is going to be shutdown just as 025 was shutdown. I predict 2Degrees will be more of a threat to Telecom than Vodafone. Incidentally, Vodafone have released a new $18 On-Account plan:
If you want an easy plan that's simple, has lots of benefits and offers fantastic value then Easy 20 is a great option.
If you're moving to Vodafone or switching from Prepay you can also keep your existing mobile number.
Includes
20 anytime minutes - 20 national anytime minutes per month.
60 Nights & Weekends minutes - 60 Nights & Weekends minutes per month.
40 included TXTs - Send up to 40 TXTs to any NZ mobile while in NZ every month.
10 PXTs - Send 10 PXTS per month to any NZ mobile
Broadband Lite (100MB) FREE for 3mths - Get free internet (100MB per month) on your mobile for 3 months. If you use more than 100MB in a month, extra data will cost just $0.10 per MB.
Other Charges
Additional Calls - Once your included minutes have been used, National Night & Weekend voice and video calls cost $0.49 per minute. National Daytime calls cost $0.99 per minute
Additional TXTs - $0.20 per TXT message sent.
International calls - Night & Weekend calls to Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK & USA cost $0.49 per minute, daytime calls cost $1.39 per minute. Night & Weekend calls to Europe, Asia, Fiji and Africa cost $1.39 per minute, daytime calls cost $1.99 a minute.
PXT Messaging - $0.20 per PXT sent to a Vodafone mobile in NZ, $0.50 per PXT sent to other mobiles in NZ or Australia, $1.50 per PXT sent to the rest of the world.
Voicemail access - To access your voicemail messages will cost $0.20 each time.
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yea g
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Oh. My. God. 40 texts and 20 minutes for $18?!?!? Best deal, ever! 
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