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Win an HP Pavilion dm1 Notebook – The Ultimate Travel Companion

masey — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:03:27 +0000

If, like me, you’ve spent countless hours sitting at antiquated, faulty desktop computers in tiny, dungeon like, hole-in-the-wall Internet cafes around the world while attempting to tap out emails, then you too will no doubt have experienced the frustration that comes with trying to connect online with family and friends while on the road.

Take heart. More and more Wi-fi connections are popping up all over the place on the global backpacker trail, and I’m about to give you the chance to win the ultimate travel companion which will enable you to easily connect where you want, when you want.

The awesome people at HP are giving away to one lucky Aussie Masey.com.au reader, the HP Pavilion dm1 notebook!

WE HAVE A WINNER!!

Congratulations to Lisa Pentony for your creative, winning entry:

Never whines or wastes time,
Sophisticated, simply sublime!
Ever dependable, reliable,
My adoration’s undeniable!
Sleek, Chic, innovative, unique,
HP Pavilion’s the travel companion I seek!

Thanks to everyone for entering!

Valued at $699, this slim-lined and ultraportable notebook weighs in from only 1.57kg and is the perfect tool for checking flight times, uploading latest holiday photos or blogging about your latest adventure.

The dm1 is equipped to handle anything on the go, running on AMD Dual-Core Processor E-350 with AMD Radeon™ HD Graphics. With an 11.6 inch display, VISION technology from AMD enhances what you see, share and create.

For travelling enthusiasts, the HP Pavilion dm1 delivers performance in the perfect small package.

Sounds great, doesn’t it?!?!

HOW TO ENTER

For your chance to win an HP Pavilion dm1 notebook, tell me in 25 words or less, what or who would be your ultimate travel companion?

Submit your answer in the Facebook, or Blog comment sections below. Whoever I judge as providing the most impressive answer will become the lucky owner of a new HP Pavilion dm1 notebook. Awesome!

The contest closes 5pm (AEST), 30th June, 2011 and is open to Australian residents only.

HP Australia is providing one HP Pavilion dm1 notebook to one lucky winner. The HP Pavilion dm1 notebook prize will be sent directly to the winner after I announce the winning entry on Monday, 4th July, 2011.

Follow me on both Twitter & Facebook to make sure you’re the first to find out if you have won.

TELL YOUR FRIENDS

Tell your friends about this fantastic contest. Copy and paste the following tweet:

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Find out more about HP Australia’s awesome range of products by following them on Twitter and Facebook, or by visiting them at www.hp.com.au.

Wavegarden – An awesome way to learn how to surf

masey — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:26:11 +0000

Live far from the coast, but want to learn how to surf? No problem! The crafty devils at “Instant Sports” have come up with “cutting edge technology (which) allows for the creation of a broad and customisable range of authentic surfing waves in a safe and natural environment.”

The product known as “Wavegarden”, can be installed in new or existing lakes and ponds in an environmentally safe and friendly way that involves wave generation technology being hidden, either underground or underwater. The entire dealio just looks dead set cool and presents an exciting opportunity for inland communities to have access to waves in an economically viable way.

To find out more about the concept, check out the official “Wavegarden” website and check out the promotional video below.

Official Vancouver Canucks iPhone App

masey — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:45:46 +0000

Hot on the heals of the release of the official 2010 Vancouver Spectator Guide, local NHL team, the Vancouver Canucks have themselves launched an iPhone application onto the Apple iTunes Store.

Placing simple access to fan fodder like team news, photos, videos, a schedule calendar, league ladders, statistics, forums, blogs and ticketing information, in the palm of your hand while on the go is a fantastic step by the club. And since the app is super cheap (ie. FREE), there’s no excuse for true iPhone or iPod Touch fans of the team to be behind the ball on anything to do with the club from now on.

For more information and to download the Official Vancouver Canucks iPhone App, click here or search for “Vancouver Canucks” in the iTunes Store.

Official 2010 Vancouver Spectator Guide for iPhone

masey — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:06:15 +0000

With so much going on in Vancouver in the coming few weeks, it’s hard to keep up with all the sporting and entertainment options on offer. Sure, there’s a number of summarized guides being offered by various Bloggers out there, but that’s not necessarily much help when you need to know what’s on and how to get to it, at a moments notice.

For iPhone and iPod Touch owners out there, your all encompassing solution has now arrived. The FREE Official Mobile Spectator Guide of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games was recently released in the Apple iTunes Store. Covering more than 2,000 sporting and cultural events across all Olympic venues and other places of interest, the guide uses the iPhone’s optional location awareness technology to let you know how far away certain events and parties are from where you are, and harnesses Google Maps to show you how to get to them.

Filled with venue information, maps, diagrams and event timetables (see screen shots below), this beautiful application makes it dead easy to compile your own selection of “Favourites” which you can save for easy reference as the Olympic festivities unfurl. You’ll never have an excuse for missing any of the big events over the next few weeks!

For more information, and to get your own FREE download of the application, visit the Official 2010 Vancouver Guide application page on the Apple website.

PS. Give it a “shake” and see what happens!

Apple iPhone

masey — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:55:39 +0000

Unless you have had your head stuck in the sand somewhere, you would have already seen or heard something about the upcoming Apple iPhone, the next iPod-replacing innovation announced Tuesday at the annual Apple “geek-meet”.

It’s been posted all over the Blogosphere, but I realise some of my readers don’t read a lot of other Blogs and aren’t all that “techie” so here’s a brief demo of what this amazing gadget is going to be able to do for you.

A few notes before you watch the vid below

The iPhone will combine your iPod, phone and handheld Internet device into one hell of a high tech, sexy gadget.
The “white dot” in the demo below represents your finger movements as the widescreen device is fully touch screen activated.
Yes, the display actually does change when you switch it around in your hand from landscape to portrait orientation. There’s a sensor built in that detects this movement. Yikes!
Apple may yet have a battle on their hands getting the device to the masses. The launch of the iPhone is already up against a number of legal challenges over the use of the name amongst other things, and in order for the device to go mainstream, it’s going to require a HUGE collaborative effort with telecommunications companies in each country of launch. It’s fair to say therefore, that in Australia where the telecommunications infrastructure is archaic and years behind the rest of the world, there will be no point in getting excited about the iPhone at this stage. Sorry.