Want to see Here Come The Birds win UncharTED?

Tooheys Extra Dry UncharTED 2008 Competition Grand Finals are here and we want you to join us at the party!

To win one of five double passes to the gig being filmed for MTV at Sydney’s awesome Oxford Art Factory, on Thursday 24th July, tell us in 25 words or less who you think will win, Newcastle’s awesome Here Come The Birds or the other band Pressure Radio (yeh I’m biased, so sue me). To enter you can either reply to this, or email comps@imwiththeband.com

Head on over to the UncharTED website now and cast your vote now, voting closes today!

PS. This competition is only open to those over 18 years old, and you have to be able to go to Sydney this Thursday night.

Here Come The Birds, vote em into Splendour

We’re at the serious end of the 2008 UncharTED competition and Newcastle indie rockers Here Come The Birds have the competition all but sewn up. With only 5 days of voting left to go head on over to the UncharTED website and cast your vote.

Let’s show the world that Newcastle does actually have a fucking awesome music scene highlighted by bands like Here Come The Birds.

Tomorrow we’ve got a competition coming where you can win 1 of 5 double passes to the MTV filming of the Grand Final of the UncharTED competition at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory.. Stay tuned for more details..

Vodafone has no iPhone, Optus leading the pack

We’ve seen the official pricing of the iPhone from Optus for a day or so now, we’ve seen most of Telstra’s pricing, but we’ve still not sen anything from Vodafone? wtf

For around 20 minutes or so earlier today Vodafone had some publicly released pricing on their website but for some strange reason they removed it. At this point in time nothing has replaced it, and I doubt they will have anything public today.

At this point in time Optus has the best plans for the iPhone in Australia, followed by Telstra and well who knows what Vodfone is doing.

Here in Newcastle you’re probably better off getting the Telstra version if you want the full 3G data speed, if you’re prepared to wait until the end of the year then both Optus and Vodafone will / should have 3G in Newcastle (I heard this from Vodafone at Kotara).

How much will not having 3G effect you? Good question. I have a Vodafone Mobile Broadband account that works off of their 3G service and while it’s no where near as fast as my dsl at home I can easily browse a couple of websites whilst chatting in my instant messenger client without it being frustrating. So bearing this in mind I think you’re better off waiting for Optus / Vodafone to get their 3G tower installed in Newcastle. Not only will you not be stuck with the pain that is Telstra, you’ll also be paying less which is pretty important.

Anecdotally I’ve been informed that all of supplies of the iPhone in Australia are effectively accounted for because of the pre-sale / registration that Optus, Telstra and Vodafone have done. So for all intent and purpose the actual iPhone release in Australia wont be for another couple of weeks! Similar information is coming from the UK, NZ and other countries where Apple has delivered around 10-20% of the ordered stock. Fingers crossed I actually get mine on Friday as I’ve pre-paid for mine at Optus.

Assuming Vodafone release some pricing tomorrow, there will only be one more piece of the puzzle to be revealed……Mobile Me…

Telstra hates on Newcastle, loves Dubbo?

The iPhone ‘fuckups’ continue. This time it’s Telstra who have decided to pretty well not sell the iPhone. ZDNet reported late this afternoon that Telstra will only be selling the iPhone in 15 stores Australia wide. This is a bigger WTF than Vodafone’s lack of pricing.

The nation’s biggest telco Telstra today said it would sell Apple’s 3G iPhone in just 15 stores nationwide from Friday morning, including only one store in Sydney.

And now for the important information, where you can actually buy the iPhone if you dare choose Telstra.

Telstra will also sell the iPhone from some 15 stores nationwide, in the following areas:

• George St Mall, Sydney, NSW
• Bourke St Mall, Melbourne, VIC
• Canberra Centre in Bunda St, Canberra, ACT
• Macquarie St in Dubbo, NSW
• Casuarina Shopping Centre, NT
• Todd Mall in Alice Springs, NT
• Queen St Mall in Brisbane, QLD
• Sunshine Plaza in Maroochydore, QLD
• Marion shopping centre in Oaklands, SA
• Bathurst St in Hobart, TAS
• Moorabool St in Geelong, VIC
• Chadstone shopping centre, Dandenong, VIC
• Westfield Doncaster in Doncaster, VIC
• Hannan St in Kalgoorlie, WA
• Morley Galleria in Collier Road, Morley, WA

Sorry Newcastle, you can only choose between Optus and Vodafone. And considering Vodafone still has no pricing it’s a pretty tough and uniformed decision ahead.

Hypercolor is back, umm yay?

There’s a saying that I can’t quite remember properly, it’s along the lines of ‘everything old will be new again’. Well someone at American Apparel must’ve heard the same saying and has given life to another trend from the past, hypercolor t shirts.

Here’s the details from the American Apparel website;

Our ultralight Sheer Jersey T-shirt, made with a temperature sensitive pigment that changes between two colors - one when cold, one when warm.

• 100% Sheer Jersey cotton, combed for softness and comfort
• Avoid prolonged exposure to sunlight
• To extend the life of this novelty garment, wash with like-colors in cold water, dry low or air dry
• Coming Soon: Hyper Fast-Black

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