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How useful is an iPad?
This is no plasticky toy - it's solid, sleek and slick, yet also very thin. And the screen looks lovely.

Apple, iPhone 4 - is this surreal or what?
The whole iPhone 4 launch in New Zealand has descended into a surreal mix of blame and outright confusion.

iPad apps that you need
You can browse the web, send emails, listen to music and watch films but the iPad is a powerful computer. What else can you do with it?

How many Macs?
Apple haters might take pleasure in the fact that it's costing the company about NZ$244 million to give out thousands of iPhone buyers free bumper cases.

Antennagate - real drama or media beat-up?
Have you heard? iPhone 4 has a reception issue when you hold the phone a certain way.

Apple apologises for iPhone problems 'we're not perfect'
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has apologised to iPhone 4 buyers about its reception issues and offered free cases to help rectify the problem.

Mac training in a box
Macs are easy to use, so everyone says, and indeed, that's how I found them when a mate introduced me to them back at the beginning of 1988.

Could Apple's first mistake come back to haunt it?
Apple's iOS4 lock-down may cost it in the smartphone market, the same way its 'no clone' policy hit it in the 1990s.

iPhone 4 - it's not that bad
There's always a backlash that gets picked up by the legions of Apple haters who gleefully spread negative stories far and wide, writes Mark Webster.

Apple customers fall victim to app scam hacker
'If the iTunes account hacking part is true, then Apple really needs to step in and fix this,' wrote one.

Apple-centric conference announced for Auckland
CreativeTech is an Apple-centric conference concept, and the very first one is taking place in September.

Review: Sonos S5 ZonePlayer
Since it launched its first multi-zone network music system way back in 2004, Sonos has pretty much set the benchmark.

Apple's iOS4 is out - and it's free
Apple's mobile operating system, iOS4, is now available through iTunes for iPhone and iPod Touch - iPad users will have to wait.

Apple chest-beating
People called Apple a flash in the pan - but Flash is on the way out and Microsoft just got passed by Apple in market capitalisation.

iPadding - the cost of cutting edge cool
How much will the iPad cost in New Zealand? Still no idea, but it might pay to butter up the bank manager now.

Bentley Mulsanne - ultimate luxury at 296km/h
Bentley's stunning new Mulsanne will cost well-heeled Kiwis in the "low $600,000s" range when it goes on sale here.

iPad: Manual not included
The iPad doesn't come with instructions - and it's not the only gadget to do so. Are we losing our curiosity about how technology works?

New tricks for Wired Dog
It's not easy becoming an Apple Reseller in New Zealand, writes Mark Webster.