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Telecom announces iPad data pricing
Telecom has now announced its data pricing for the Apple iPad computer tablet, which went on sale in New Zealand today.

iPad launch sparks a typically Kiwi 'buying frenzy'
There was no mad rush at one of Auckland's biggest Apple dealers as the much-hyped iPad went on sale this morning.

Apple iPad launch a fizzer for provinces
After hyping up the launch of its iPad in New Zealand for Friday, Apple has ignored consumers in the provinces.

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?

The latest way to keep up with the news
The iPad is officially available throughout NZ today and users will have the chance to get a free download of a new Herald iPad application to go with it.

Mystery surrounds iPad release
The long wait is almost over for technophiles but mystery surrounds the release of the Apple iPad due to hit stores here this week.

iPad hits NZ this week
The Apple iPad will finally go on sale in NZ on Friday with recommended retail prices of $799 to $1349 , the company has announced.

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.

Crunch time for Apple as love affair turns sour
It's emerged that a senior engineer and antenna expert at Apple had told management last year that the iPhone 4's design may cause reception problems.

Apple to hold iPhone 4 press conference
Apple will hold a press conference to talk about the troubled iPhone 4 - but remains tight-lipped on what it will discuss.

Big Mac 'eds get together on Apple
It's not often you get three ex Mac magazine editors together in one room - but it happened this week. Virtually, anyway.

Can FaceTime succeed where video calling has failed before?
The new iPhone is being marketed on its ability to make video calls. Will it's FaceTime app finally succeed where its predecessors failed?

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.

State of Play - Apple, iDevices and Mac
The iPad is supposed to launch in New Zealand in late - but there's still no official word on exactly when.

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.

E is for book
A library in your handbag? Cheaper reading? The salvation of newspapers? Digital publishing promises all that and more. But, reports Karyn Scherer, the future isn't quite here yet.

Embarrassed Apple admits iPhone exaggerates signal
Apple admitted that iPhones overestimate their signal strength by up to two bars.