Win a new phone! Go mobile in Wellington thanks to Vodafone
Posted by Joanna on Wednesday, 13 Aug 2008
As a website for people who are constantly on the go around Wellington, we recently got contacted by Vodafone who wanted us to know that they're changing the way their mobile internet works.
Vodafone is making it even easier for people to connect to the internet – wherever they are – with the launch of revamped mobile data pricing and a smart backend that reformats webpages for easy viewing on a mobile screen. Now, for up to just $1 a day on the days you use it, casual users of the mobile internet can browse the world wide web easily and inexpensively... without committing to a fixed monthly data contract. The new $1 a day casual rate gives customers up to 10MB of data.And how do we know this is actually true? Because we've got a new Nokia 6121. And even more excitingly, we've got one to give away, so you can have a chance to find out for yourself too. Find out how after the jump. We want to know how you would use your Nokia 6121 in Wellington. Post your answer in the comments section. Your story could be as simple as: "There is no cafenet at my favourite cafe Eva Dixon's in Miramar so I'd like to be able to access mobile internet from Vodafone while I eat my pancakes" or it could be wildly creative (and we encourage this!) like: "As I stumbled down the stairs after the Cellar-vate Wine Makers' dinner, I noticed an attractive girl in the Backbencher, trapped between a Nandor puppet and a short man in glasses. From her body-language I could tell that she didn't want to be there, so I decided a rescue was in order. Entering the bar, I realised the man who was trying to engage her in conversation was DPF and quickly a cunning plan came to mind. I pulled out my trusty Vodafone Nokia 6121, navigated to Kiwiblog and left a comment. A second later, DPF let out a shriek and pulled his cellphone out of his pocket. "Oh my!" he proclaimed,"someone is wrong on the Internet! I must go!" and he raced out the door. The attractive girl winked at me. Perhaps tonight might be the night to check out the infamous "pillow menu" at the Holiday Inn, I thought..." The judges will pick five of the best entries and draw the winner at random from those entries. Here are the rules of the competition.
- Your answer must include the name of the phone company, and some aspect of Wellington that makes it the awesome city that it is.
- You must live in Wellington and have a Wellington postal address for us to send the phone to if you win. (Psst, check out the Aucklandista if you're not from around here)
- The members of the Wellingtonista and their partners (PAGS) are not eligible to enter, although we encourage them to tell us a story anyway.
- You have from now until noon Wednesday August 27 to post your entry.
- The judge's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
What if you only live in Wellington some of the time, but enough to be very familiar with the "pillow menu"?
Oh wait, I shouldn't have used those quotes.
"we recently got contacted by Vodafone"
Got contacted. Yuck. Try "we were recently contacted by Vodafone".
What about "Vodafone recently contacted us"? Simpler, shorter, easier to understand :-)
The scene: The Green Parrot. Casually taking a very long time with a very big steak.
The target: Winston. A known parrot fiend, here on a date with destiny. Otherwise known as Helen.
Winston makes it easy, as he has regressed to the point where he can only communicate with signs. As the conversation gets juicy (to go with the steak) I make my move. Phone in one hand, I casually saunter in the direction of the bathroom.
Just in time, Winston holds a scrawled sign saying only 'Audrey was right. I knew." Captured on camera, emailed to the main news websites in seconds.
And he goes down.
oops just re-read the rules. Here we go again.
The scene: The Green Parrot. Casually taking a very long time with a very big steak.
The target: Winston. A known parrot fiend, here on a date with destiny. Otherwise known as Helen.
Winston makes it easy, as he has regressed to the point where he can only communicate with signs. As the conversation gets juicy (to go with the steak) I make my move. Phone in one hand, I casually saunter in the direction of the bathroom.
Just in time, Winston holds a scrawled sign saying only 'Audrey was right. I knew." Captured by Vodafone, emailed to the main news websites in seconds.
And he goes down.
sweet entry cat
and number 1 off the block GO YOU!
I've often wanted to send my mother a video of my sons playing happily at Cararra Park in Newtown - the sound of the birds chirping and the local drunks singing in the background - adding to the Wellington flavour.
Alas my current Vodafone phone is sooo last century - oh to be able to do this and keep up with my 60 year old mother (she has a Vodafone pixt phone).
My parents arrived in Wellington first time..from Philippines. Next Day Sunday, my day off thank goodness! Time to show them around ..first stop> TE PAPA.. they said WOW! its WORLD CLASS museum!. At the moment of strolling I received text from my sister overseas..Where is Papa and Nanay now? .. Uh huh? Lucky me, I got Vodafone Nokia 6121 with me , let my parents with me took a photo shoot via this cell phone beside the "Marae".Here we are dear at TE PAPA- Wellington.. with huge smile in our face !(show off! i reckoned) with text saying.. I wish you were here.!
It was a dreary, looks like it’s gonna rain but I can’t take an umbrella, Wellington day.
When I saw him ....no no my-bad nope, he saw me!
He fumbles with his Vodafone Nokia 6121 3G...& he pretends he’s not talking to her.
I look at him jealously. He thinks I’m jealous of her … but really it’s the phone I’m after.
I've been at Vic, I'm running late
I need to dash before they close the gate.
I leap on the Cable Car quick smart.
My girls going to kick my .....
I'll make arrangements for a grand old night.
I sure its going to turn out right.
With my trusty Vodafone Nokia 6121 phone
I can make all the arrangements going down.
On to the net to find the best
Of course the Matterhorn has passed the test.
Then on to wotzon and scan whats hot
And then use the plastic to book the lot.
So back in the pocket the Nokia 6121 goes.
Its the answer to all my whoes.
The answer to all your wha' now? O_o
I squinted and peered into the dark.
"Hey, there's one!"
"No. That's a rock."
"oh."
"I saw something move!"
"Sigh. That was the reflection of your Nokia 6121 in the glass you idiot."
"Maybe the kiwis are camera shy."
"Yes. I believe it's an olde ancient bird belief that Vodafone Internet capable cell phones are a tool of Xenu..."
"Stop right there. I won't hear another word."
We could have gone on like that for hours, but we were in danger of losing light. Ironically of course, we were standing in the nocturnal house at Wellington Zoo, desperately trying to catch a glimpse of a kiwi. Something. Anything my Canadian friend could take in his heart (or camera) back to his native Canadia.
"I don't think there are any kiwis in there."
"Of course there are. It's where the kiwis are kept."
"But I re..."
"Look, I dunno how thing work down there in Canada but here in NZ, we demand to see what is advertised! Er, without actually demanding anything because I'm shy..."
"Right..."
"Let's go see if the monkeys are flinging poo..."
We walked past the "Kiwi House: Apologies, the kiwis are currently out of town breeding and junk" sign and stared up at the crystal clear Wellington late afternoon sky.
"Ok. I need to pee. Meet you by the ratponies. Uh, spider monkeys."
Doo doo doo. Pee pee pee. I heard a scream.
"Oh my god! The grizzly bears are loose!"
I reached into my bag and grabbed my trusty Nokia 6121, incase I could bring this "WHEN GOOD TIMES GO BAD" story to the Wellingtonista and ran towards the screaming Canadian.
In the distance I could see a gathering of people, staring at what looked to be a flock (a gaggle? A murder? A band?) of bears.
"Rooh rooh. Rooh rooh. Rawr rawr rawr rawright grey..."
I joined the now hysterical Canadian. Considering bears are pretty much the norm as far as household pets go in Canada I wasn't sure why he was so worked up, but as I got closer I realised...
"Oooh oooh. Oooh oooh. I must have fallen asleep that day..."
I glanced down at my internet enabled cell phone and accessed the Wellingtonista website.
"Live @ Wellington Zoo, everyone's favourite hairy band, the Phoenix Foundation!"
And everyone lived happily ever after. Except the Canadian. Turns out there was a "school" of bears loose and they ate him.
THE END.
This story makes me as happy as the Pandacorn!
So ‘ere I was, Sunday morning tucking into a phat as big brekkie at Fidel’s, vege option of course, when who’d ya think but Mark fricken Blumsky strolls in after carefully leaving his pet peeve, I mean dog, outside.
I try not to take much notice of him and continue whacking down my eggs and hashies but he’s so loud the whole place is hearing him rave on about what his lot are up to and their plans for world domination. Well I flick out my Vodafone Nokia 6121 and hit record just in time to hear him say, using very slurred words indeed, “for the last time, I…. didn’t fall down those stairs. I … was ..n’t twunk”. Oh bliss! What a morning coffee, music, Fidel’s and confessions from the ol’ mayor.
Wireless barbed wire encircles my property. I can't step off without becoming lost from the interweb. Unlike the Matrix, I want to stay plugged in, sifting electronic krill into my being. But oh the pain as sweet Wellington calls me to tumble down the hills to play. Early today, as the starlings fly close over the house home from their raucous party in the trees outside Astoria, my life changed dramatically. Nestled on my front porch, a parcel with the Vodafone Nokia 6121 classic. Whats that! An earthquake ripples under my feet as I climb down our 52 steps. Trembling with feverish excitement, I log onto my new phone, and check the Geonet earthquake drums. West coast by the looks of it, the Karori drum barely registered. I check the Met Service report. Seems today may be a good one for spotting bedraggled umbrellas in the city rubbish bins. First stop and second probably, coffee - I bet a new Mojo will have opened by the time I am in the city. Oh the freedom and joy. Oh the irony that the wires that bound me have ultimately set me free.
I would use the phone as the transmitter in my hyperdimensional pyramid force generator used to contact extradimensional beings from beyond the sun.
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