Review opportunities aplenty!

Written by Philip Roy | 17 February 2010

Proporta! Wow I can't keep up with them and how great these guys are! I've just had more goods arrive from the UK (4 day delivery...wow!) and I'll be announcing review opportunities for the new goods tonight after I post this news item and list the products...and they're awesome! But the reason I'm posting this item is that I know people subscribed to the news bulletin system will get it sent ti them automatically.

What people have noticed is that I've started posting calls for reviewers in the forum instead of as a news item. This is because (a) it's quicker for me, and (b) for each item received I'm now setting up the listing of the product the moment I get it...so that you can see what the cool product is to get your hands on and you only have to type in your review when ready. But I sooooo want to keep some of these things...but no, they're for you guys.

Oh...and just quietly between us. There's another set of cool items of their way from another company too...but until they arrive, I'm not saying any more.

Introducing the NZiPhone.com + NZMac.com iPhone app

Written by Philip Roy | 12 February 2010

The official app of NZiPhone.com - The home of the iPhone in New Zealand and NZMac.com - Supporting the New Zealand Macintosh community, is here!! Get the FREE app from http://itunes.com/apps/nziphonecomandnzmaccomnews

Get the latest news, forum posts, app listings and reviews, podcasts, video, blog posts and more on your iPod Touch or iPhone, with the ability to read articles whilst offline, without the need for a data connection. Built using the TapLynx iPhone development framework, this application not only keeps you up to date with all that’s happening on NZiPhone.com and NZMac.com, but has the inbuilt ability to let you share what you are reading with friends via email and Twitter.

NZMac.com podcast discusses the iPad

Written by Philip Roy | 01 February 2010

On the NZMac.com podcast, DavidNZ, Loweded Wookie and Philip Roy chat about about the announcement this week of the Apple iPad, discussing the reaction to it and speculate what Apple are trying to achieve with the product.

The "OK, I lied" contest

Written by Philip Roy | 01 January 2010

In my "Year that was" post on NZiPhone.com, I commented that for a number of reasons, I was unable to get together a New Year contest for either site, most notably because I'm swamped with study. Well, it just didn't seem right not to start the year off with something, so I've put together a contest that is easy to enter and has some gifts I bought from the Apple Company Store when I visited mid-year (this is the shop that sits next to Apple HQ at Cupertino) and some other goodies I've put together. I'm sorry it's not more, but it's still pretty good...and very easy for you to enter.

Splitting up product listing and review submissions

Written by Philip Roy | 04 December 2009

I have separated the process of submitting product listings and product reviews in the review section tonight. For most users this will have little impact, but it means that companies will now be able to add their products into the user review section for others to review later. Previously these two things had to happen at the same time for new products.