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Evilchap
Joined: Aug 25, 2006
Posts: 57
From: New Zealand
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@K71, you will not have nay problem using the G900 with Vodafone in New Zealand. You will also find the screen is pretty solid compared with previous touch screen handsets made by SE. |
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carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
Posts: > 500
From: Auckland, NZ
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Hey have you guys seen this story about 'tele-presence' hologram technology as the next big thing in telecommunications?  It's currently being trialled by Telstra Australia and will appear on TV3's Campbell live tonight at 7pm. Should be good! What's not good is that I work nights at the moment and will be relying on TV3's video-on-demand on thier website so see what it looks like.  Anyway, I've created a thread about it here.
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Evilchap
Joined: Aug 25, 2006
Posts: 57
From: New Zealand
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Sounds interesting I might have to break my one rule and watch TV tonight. |
Muhammad-Oli
Joined: Jun 13, 2004
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From: The NZ of L
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Lol turns out its not really to do with holograms, but future tech might be. To be honest it looked rather average. Its just high-def video calling with no delay, and I think we could have all guessed that was coming. I don't see it becoming very popular because who wants to get all dressed up just to take a phone call? I bet it will be like mobile phone video calling...
@K71: Plemix.com has the G900 mate. Its $695 for the dark brown and $702 for the red. See here.  If you wait a few weeks like you said you probably will, I bet it will go down a bit!
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K71
Joined: Jan 28, 2008
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yeah thats not a bad price!!add another $90 for post + extended warranty, and you get a brand new smartphone for the price of a k850 in nz!!!!bargain eh??will see where its at in a few weeks time. |
Muhammad-Oli
Joined: Jun 13, 2004
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From: The NZ of L
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Yeah mate, it looks pretty good when you consider the specs the G900 is packing! I hope you have a M2 memory stick cause the phone doesn't come with one, so you may be paying more if you need one!
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K71
Joined: Jan 28, 2008
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yeah i've got a 4gb card, although 8gb cards are coming down to just under nz$100 on ebay (not oem cards but original sealed pack sandisk cards), so again, in a few weeks time!!!! |
Muhammad-Oli
Joined: Jun 13, 2004
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From: The NZ of L
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Just went and saw a movie with my girlfriend and both our younger brothers and as we were walking home, a couple of idiots attempted to assault our brothers! What the hell is NZ coming to?!
My girlfriend and I crossed the road to avoid them, but our brothers didn't and the two guys, clearly wacked out on something, or really drunk, went up to my brother pretending to know him, then took two swipes at him before having a go at my girlfriend's brother! We went back to help them out and started yelling at them to f*ck off and the two guys started yelling at us saying things like "you want to have a go at a couple of p-heads?" Well we just told them to leave us alone and walked quickly away, but my brother while unhurt, was hit twice and my girlfriend's brother caught one punch and took another to the head and was clearly hurt and upset. As we walked away they started screaming at the top of their lungs at us. My girlfriend was pretty shaken and so were the rest of us I think... I just don't f*cking know whats happening. We used to be able to walk home just fine but now its like we shouldn't even go out and enjoy our Friday night. There's idiots out there who spoil things for everyone...
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carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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From: Auckland, NZ
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And its not any better in Auckland either I'm afraid.
When in my late teens, all my mates were in the local church youth group so I pretty much by-passed the whole 'right of passage' drinking culture/marujuana experimenting period. These days it seems compulsory to not just partake, but go all out, to prove how 'staunch' you are. As they say, "It's always funny til someone loses an eye..." When I was a young driver, I knew no-one who was disqualified, now everyone has at least one disqualification and thousands of $ of fines to deal with.
I hope your girlfriends okay and her brother too. I hear Christchurch can get pretty wild, with that guy found guilty of murder just last week for running over 2 girls at a party that go out of control. Same dumb s--t happens up here too.
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Muhammad-Oli
Joined: Jun 13, 2004
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From: The NZ of L
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Yeah I bypassed all that stuff too. Sure I go out for drinks occasionally, but the drugs and taking it way too far part I stayed away from. I think I had good mates who knew how to stay controlled too. Yeah unfortunately Christchurch is just really beginning to get bad. It used to be alright in my opinion...
I think we're all ok though, thanks.
That party where those two girls were run over and killed was actually only a few blocks from where I live, near a small shopping centre where I go often. The street where it happened was blocked off for around 2 weeks while they gathered info. It was a pretty big deal down here, it seemed like a lot of people knew those two girls... My girlfriend sort of knew them too, through her friends.
Anyways, onto better things... I see the carkit review is up!  I am just about to have a good read! Cheers!
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Muhammad-Oli
Joined: Jun 13, 2004
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From: The NZ of L
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Heh, just realised. If you buy anything from Plemix.com, its a good idea to watch the exchange rate and check back daily. The prices of all their products fluctuate according to the exchange rates, so when the NZ dollar is strong, the prices go down instantly. So in the past couple of days, the price of the G900 has gone down a few dollars. If our dollar gets stronger and stronger, you might pick up a bargain. I'm not too smart with all this so I don't know how much of a difference it could make, but it may be worth it!
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carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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From: Auckland, NZ
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Regarding the exchange rate, a strong NZ dollar is a bad thing for our economy, strange as that sounds!
Inflation has risen over the last few years because of high retail spending and an out of control property market. The Labour Govt requires the reserve bank to keep inflation between 1 - 3% (currently 3.4% ) and the only tool it is given to use is interest rates. We have the highest interest rates in the developed world causing overseas investors to buy our currency which has put our dollar up to record values.
As you know, retail spending and property values have fallen but inflation is still high due to food and oil prices and doesn't look like falling anytime soon. Keep an eye on the OCR (Official Cash Rate) - the rate that the Reserve Bank charges the retail Banks for currency. If they put it up or keep it the same then the dollar will stay high.
Come November we could have a change of Govt and finally some fiscal managers who know what they're doing... and the Reserve Bank could get some new toys with which to lower interest rates and the dollar.
So long term, it a good time to buy from Plemix, but between now and November is the best time.
I read today that VodafoneNZ has backed down and will NOT go ahead with its plans to lock phones to its network. It copped alot of flak apparently I was particularly scathing in my reply to the Herald blog on the matter, and rightly so. No-one in thier right mind supports SIM locking!
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soane28
Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 401
From: NZ
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Just a sidenote on ur friday night -
Palmy is the same. Me and my flatmate got knocked up by a hol gang of guys, so we couldnt do anything. Really pissed me off and i got a few bruises on my face but luckily i was fine. They were really going for it too, this one guy wacked me about 6 or 7 times before he gave up. (He hit like a girl ) |
Muhammad-Oli
Joined: Jun 13, 2004
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From: The NZ of L
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Thanks carkitter. I always find it a bit hard to understand everything to do with the economy and interest rates, etc. So before November you say? I think I will upgrade before then.
On 2008-05-31 03:24:54, soane28 wrote:
Just a sidenote on ur friday night -
Palmy is the same. Me and my flatmate got knocked up by a hol gang of guys, so we couldnt do anything. Really pissed me off and i got a few bruises on my face but luckily i was fine. They were really going for it too, this one guy wacked me about 6 or 7 times before he gave up. (He hit like a girl )
Sounds like you got it a lot worse than we did! Luckily it was just the two guys and there were four of us. My brother said it felt like he was hit with a cushion.  So I guess whatever they had been taking had clouded their judgment and they couldn't really have hurt us if they tried! Haha. Still its not the greatest thing ever to be attacked for absolutely no reason on your night out. It makes you wonder what's going through these guys' heads!
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carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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From: Auckland, NZ
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K770i reduced to $399 at Vodafone online shop.
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Posted: 2008-05-29 03:45
