Monthly Archives: November 2010

NBN Bill Passes Senate (Step 2 of 3)

You might remember a government course at University about the path of a bill in the Australian Federal Parliament…A representative from an electorate introduces a bill in the Lower House (House of Representatives) and it is voted on by the … Continue reading

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3 Months Free Deal on Vodafone

We’ve just got the heads up from Vodafone on a 3 Months Free special offer that has just commenced for the next two weeks until 15 December. This special offer means you save 12% over the 24 months of the … Continue reading

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Motorola DEFY…Defies Water & Dust

Telstra will be releasing yet another Android powered phone in December, with the Motorola DEFY to be available on the Telstra $49 Cap plan with the recently increased data allowance of 1GB per month. This phone is a 3.7 inch … Continue reading

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Renovating? Don’t Overcapitalise

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Channel 9′s The Block has successfully had some of us here huddled around the tele over dinner (ok, actually just one of us). Tonight sees the final show which will announce the winners – showing the auction and what the … Continue reading

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Vodafone’s Invisible Hand…Pick This

Vodafone have made a very strange pricing decision in their pricing plans for the Samsung Galaxy Tab, almost willing you with an invisible hand to pick one of their mid tier plans by rubbishing their top tier plan so that … Continue reading

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Laughing About Broadband

Broadband can be a pretty bland topic at the best of times. However, we all had a good laugh when reading this recent post from Gizmodo on the state of the National Broadband Network and their movie reference to The … Continue reading

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Telstra Quadruples Data Amounts

It has been a busy week in the mobile market, with an announcement today by Telstra Mobile that they have increased their data amounts on their cap plans, in a move which further improves their competitiveness in a hyper competitive … Continue reading

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No Dial Tone on Landline Growth

The growth of the copper landline has stalled with two articles in the SMH today showing the two sides of impact from the declining landline penetration in Australia. One article (excerpt below) covers the decline in results, whilst the other … Continue reading

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QWERTY Keypad for iPhone (Case)

  The iPhone 4 has many great features, but the lack of a slide out physical keyboard is not one of them. This can prove to be so much of a frustration that we’re sure that once or twice a … Continue reading

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Could Australian Telco’s Join Forces?

  News out of the U.S. is that their prominent mobile operators AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile have joined forces to create a new mobile payments system called Isis, which will allow customers to make payments using their mobile phones. The Isis mobile wallet will … Continue reading

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