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Vodafone to Offer Apple’s iPhone in Ten Markets
Posted by Grant Brewer on 06 May 2008 | Comments (0)
Vodafone to Offer Apple’s iPhone in Ten Markets
Vodafone today announced it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten of its markets around the globe. Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey will be able to purchase the iPhone for use on the Vodafone network.
Best press release I’ve seen in years. 56 words, short and to the point. No mention of exclusivity, so the presumption is that other carriers will have the iPhone in these markets, too.
(Via Daring Fireball.)
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Pick ‘n Pay Home Shopping
Posted by Grant Brewer on 29 Nov 2007 | Comments (0)
I decided to register for home shopping at Pick 'n Pay today. I've been a regular user of Woolworths' home shopping site site for many years, but needed to buy things that Woolworths don't stock. So I pointed my browser at http://homeshopping.picknpay.co.za/ expecting things to go smoothly. Well it wasn't to be.
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The Independent’s Rugby World Cup front page
Posted by Grant Brewer on 12 Nov 2007 | Comments (1)
Justin Hartman got it right when he praised the cover of The Independent newspaper in the UK on the eve of the Rugby World Cup final between South Africa and England. It takes a very smart copywriter to think come up with the idea, and brave editor to put something without a picture on the cover!
In case you haven't realised, the headline is about England not South Africa! And the “slave song” is Swing Low.
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Brazil unveils strategy on crime
Posted by Grant Brewer on 21 Aug 2007 | Comments (0)
So Brazil has announced a strategy to reduce crime -- and what is South Africa doing? Nothing it seems -- believing that the current approach is doing just fine. It is worth understanding what exactly the Brazilian strategy is. Time to go and dig out an English summary of the plan.