If you can’t wait to get Android 2.2 on your EVO you can download it here and manually install it.  Hit up the read more link for instructions.  Please note that this is not the official ROM and HTC strongly advise that you don’t install it.

IT professionals can now download Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Beta through the TechNet Evaluation Center. This combined service pack includes changes to both Windows platforms. The beta release is not available to home users.

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta helps keep your PCs and servers on the latest support level, provides ongoing improvements to the Windows Operating System (OS), by including previous updates delivered over Windows Update as well as continuing incremental updates to the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 platforms based on customer and partner feedback, and is easy for organizations to deploy a single set of updates.

The download is available from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ff183870.aspx

China are taking action against Google once again! With Google’s Mainland, China avaliability page saying: Google Ads and Search are fully blocked, and News and Images partially blocked. Picasa, Youtube and other services remain blocked as before.

UPDATE: TechCrunch have reported, that after speaking to google, that the whole ordeal was a false alarm and was caused by a “relatively small blockage”. everything is now back to normal again.

Sprint will be rolling out Google’s latest version of Android, Froyo (2.2) to HTC EVO 4G users beginning Tuesday.  Sprint says that the upgrade will be sent out in waves, all users should have the software by the middle of the month.

Owners of the EVO 4G will receive a notification on your phone when the upgrade becomes available.  This upgrade will download and install automatically.  If you wish to install the software manually you can tap on System Updates in the phones settings and select “HTC Software Update”.

All news regarding the iPhone4 has now been moved off the homepage and onto a new page.

On the top menu bar please select “iPhone NZ Launch News”

iPhone 4 avaliabe at Mid-Day today at selected Vodafone retail stores. See Here

According to other Tech websites Vodafone will have limited stock of the iPhone4 at mid-day today and Apple online will begin at 7pm tonight. Today has just been a complete shambles for Vodafone and the iPhone4 in NZ so we will just have to wait and see.

The following stores have stock but are not saying anything.

• Vodafone Lambton Quay, Wellington
• Vodafone Chatwell, Hamilton
• Vodafone Wall St, Dunedin
• Vodafone Sylvia Park, Auckland
• MagnumMac, Christchurch
• Vodafone Riccarton, Christchurch

Will you be going down at mid-day to look ? Let us know

iPhone 4 will be available in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland this Friday, July 30

The iPhone4 international release begins tomorrow July 30. The New Zealand pricing for the 16GB model has been announced at $1099, no 32GB or accersory pricing has been announced yet.

Will you be buying the iPhone4 tomorrow ?

Check your local Apple.com website tomorrow for more details

Amazon have just released a Cheap, Wireless only kindle which sells for only $192. It was created to compete with apple’s new iPad. It is aimed at people who want an eBook reader, but without the hefty price tag.

Amazon also revealed its third generation Kindle, it’s 21 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter than the previous version, but still priced at $US189

In a press statement today, 2degrees say as of Friday 30 July, 2degrees customers will be able to swap their current SIM cards for one of the new 2degrees microSIMs.

Chief Marketing Officer, Larrie Moore for 2degrees said

“We have a significant number smartphone users on the 2degrees network and a reasonable percentage of those are using an Apple mobile device.”

“We will be enabling our customers to swap their current SIM card for a new microSIM, free of charge, from Friday 30 July*.”

From Friday, you can ring 0800 022 022 to request to swap for a microSIM. Or you can get your microSIM from Tuesday 3 August for $20.00 (with $20 of credit loaded) at Dick Smith stores.

iOS 4.1 beta 2 is now available to developers. The first beta only introduced some minor new features and todays beta seems to be the same.

The proximity sensor issues do not seem to have been fixed.

After only selling in retail stores for the launch AppleNZ have now added the iPad and it’s accessories to the online store.

The new Mac Pros fit up to two (Westmere) 4-core Xeon processors, sure, but if you’ve got the need for speed, you can load up on dual 6-core Intel Xeon processors, or 12 cores of power. As for the design? Well.. Thats unchanged. Also these will not be available until August.

In non-nerd talk, the big update is that the Mac Pro shifted from 45nm Nahalem processors (other than in the base model) to 32 nm Westmere processors. Those holding out on the processor generation jump to buy a new Mac Pro, it looks like that time has come for that need for speed. (Finally!)

Apple announced this morning, they also introduced a decidedly more utilitarian product: a AA battery charger.

The  charger is $50 NZD ($20 USD) and comes with 6 high-performance AA NiMH batteries, which Apple claims will last 10 years.