But with 4 million people who would bother? Too much effort for little chance of profit.

Telecom has just offered pretty much the same deal as the current Vodafone iPhone plan, via $600 free credit (if you bring a 3G/3GS with you).

I worked out the pricing and whether is good value here (suffice to say it isn't) - http://www.geekzone.co.nz/lotech/6634

If anything my spreadsheet shows how little difference there are between the 2 companies - the same price for slightly different plans. Also keep in mind those numbers are based on owning a phone outright before switching to Telecom. I'm still undecided.

Shouldn't Bay be standing in that photo?
Not only is Spielberg older, but surely considerably wiser. If anything Bay should be sitting on his lap or sitting like a good boy on the floor.

Our internet finally falls into the usable category. It could be better but you must remember we are an island nation on the very corner of the asian area - there are no countries after us or connected to share the costs - so we have to pay for the internets over all 4 million Kiwis.
Add to that the horrible provider monopoly we've only just broken up, and its all understandable.
We all want it faster internerd but its better than nothing.

As for the mobile phone costs - we are a country with around 105% cellphone saturation (ie everyone has a phone, some people have two).
We have also achieved a duopoly of providers - and neither want to get in to a price war, so happily say they compete but really don't. If they did start competing - they both loose their sweet profits.

But hey, what we lack in unlimited broadband and fair cellphone prices we make up for by the fact we are the most peaceful country in the planet, according to the Global Peace Index (GPI). We're easy going and have a pretty solid western society. If you want to go home and download you torrents @ 50mb/s then fine. We'll be relaxing around the bbq with a cold one without you.

You mean 41% on Rotten Tomatoes.... seems to be sliding into Wolverine territory....

And full credit to Billy Box for his article idea.

Agreed - wtf. When I had my PSP many years ago it became apparent the biggest flaw was the lack of a second analogue control. GTA worked, but would have been even better with that second knob.
hehe - Knob.

The original Mafia was surprisingly good, a little slow paced to play but it felt right for the time period. I can't wait.

"I just hope the fans like it."

I wonder if he thinks by 'fans' he means his fans liking it - I doubt he cares what us original 'Transformers' fans think.

If you missed it - http://www.theonion.com/content/news/michael_bay_signs_50m_deal_to_fuck
Enjoy.

Playstation 4?

He got a Sony - so irconically a Japanese MP3 player for a replacelment - this should have been a chance to high light America's superior MP3 player technology - and give him a Zune....

http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/us-officials-retrieve-their-secrets-2455327