11-29-10
NZ is on Sale!
Yesterday I launched a new Twitter brand which a friend and I had been talking about for a little while; it’s called @NZonSale.
So the idea I’m running with is that we all love sales and discounts – real ones.
Say you are at a party or gathering of your favourite people, and you remember a great carpet sale you saw on the TV yesterday. Do you whip it out and dazzle your friends with your utilitarian charm? Perhaps not, but what if it was cheap flights to London or that iPhone 4 you’ve been pining over. Bit more likely?
I think people want to know about sales, daily deals and bargain deals. They would like to save money and have the opportunity to jump on awesome stuff at a good price. The problem lies here – who can be bothered trawling a million sites and bringing the junk mail to mull over? Radio and TV ads? I think there is a better way.
Here are some really cheap flights with @FlyAirNZ – starting from $139 to Sydney! Grab within next 48 hours! http://bit.ly/dKyeFg
NZ on Sale!
NZonSale
Why not have them announced to you via Twitter or Facebook! Follow @NZonSale or check out the Facebook Page and tell me what you think. If you’re not keen on following just yet, check out www.nzonsale.co.nz for a taster.
At this point my aim is to simply see where this can go. Perhaps one day I can sell slots for the day or monetise in some other way, but that’s all to be decided!
So please, check it out, follow for a bit, let me know what you think and if you would be so kind, tell your friends!
06-01-10
What is 4G and what will it mean to me?
Wikipedia defines 4G:
4G refers to the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards. It is a successor to 3G and 2G families of standards. The nomenclature of the generations generally refers to a change in the fundamental nature of the service, non-backwards compatible transmission technology and new frequency bands. The first was the move from 1981 analogue (1G) to digital (2G) transmission in 1992. This was followed, in 2002, by 3G multi-media support, spread spectrum transmission and at least 200 kbit/s, soon expected to be followed by 4G, which refers to all-IP packet-switched networks, mobile ultra-broadband (gigabit speed) access and multi-carrier transmission.
So that all sounds nice but what will 4G actually mean for day to day use?
4G hopes to provide the following:
- A nominal data rate of 100 Mbit/s while the client physically moves at high speeds relative to the station, and 1 Gbit/s while client and station are in relatively fixed positions.
- A data rate of at least 100 Mbit/s between any two points in the world.
- Smooth handoff across network cell towers.
- Seamless connectivity and global roaming across multiple networks.
Sounds really good doesn’t it?
Vodafone and Telecom intend to deploy 4G networks in 2012, though they are likely to have to wait till 2013-2015 for radio spectrum to be released. So it’s a bit far off…
Do we think it will suffer the same overloading/not-as-good-as-promised fate as 3G?