Meet the Team
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Name |
| Pete Thompson (AndroidMNZ) | |
| Position | |
| Site Owner | |
| About Me | |
| I'm a technology lover, specifically gadgets. My Android journey started when the HTC Hero was launched. I was not overly impressed with Android at an early stage but believed it was destined to change the mobile world. More than a year on, Android is definitely making waves. I have a bit of an unhealthy addiction to mobile and have had numerous devices over the years. The shortest length I've ever owned a phone is 2 weeks. Much to the disgust of my wife who does her best to understand my addiction! I started this site to give New Zealand an Android community. Have fun! | |
| Device/s owned | |
| HTC Hero, HTC Desire, Archos 70 tablet, Samsung Galaxy S, HTC Incredible S, Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung Galaxy Nexus (current), Samsung Galaxy Tab, Asus Eee Pad Transformer (current). | |
| ROM | |
| Android Open Kang Project 4.0.3 build 21 (Galaxy Nexus), Prime Vanilla 3.2 (Eee Pad Transformer). | |
| Dream Device | |
| Sleek black device, functionality similar to the Mozilla Seabird concept phone. | |
| Favourite App | |
| Beautiful widgets, love the home weather widget. Adds that HTC weather clock feel. | |
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Name |
| Vikesh Mistry (ForceIndia) | |
| Position | |
| Tech Author | |
| About Me | |
| 3 words, Gadget Fah-Reak. From mobile, home-cinema, gaming, computing, wireless this, touch-sensitive that, I'm a firm believer in "if it ain't automated, buy it." | |
| Device/s owned | |
| The flagship HTC Hero (T mobile G2-Touch edition) | |
| ROM | |
| Cyanogen 6.1. | |
| Dream Device | |
| HTC Desire HD, with a SUPER AMOLED screen, and Sony battery life "X-Galaxy-HD" perhaps? | |
| Favourite App | |
| My Taptu, I Taptu everywhere, in my bed, on the bog, on the train, at work, on the bog at work, at dinner with my girlfriend, any time is good time to Taptu. | |
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Name |
| Paul Ansley (pjshark) | |
| Position | |
| Tech Author | |
| About Me | |
| Android lover, Gadget lover and Gamer. Had my N1 for just under a year and believe I will never look back. Android all the way. | |
| Device/s owned | |
| Nexus One | |
| ROM | |
| Had stock VF Froyo, went to CyanogenMod 6.1 an d loved it, now on Gingerbread 2.3.3 and its good, hanging out for a complete CM7 GB build. | |
| Dream Device | |
| Android based "Mobile Script" | |
| Favourite App | |
| I like a lot of apps but the one I use the most at the moment is NDrive. | |
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Name |
| Justin Smith (JustJuzz) | |
| Position | |
| Tech Author | |
| About Me | |
| Tech lover, who is stuck in the body of a guy who also plays paintball regularly, builds anything that I am asked to, along with running my own webserver & website (still very much in progress), looking after two kids, and slowly building my web empire, all while working 7-5. Unfortunately, my wife doesn’t always think that my obsession with gadgets and tech are 'healthy'. Avid gamer, stuck on my PS3 any spare moment I may have, once again to the dismay of my wife. | |
| Device/s owned | |
| Motorola Milestone | |
| ROM | |
| Standard, this scares me just a little.. as I have bricked things mucking round with flashing (not the brown rain jacket kind) before. | |
| Dream Device | |
| Something that does everything... ok.. maybe a faster vesion of my Milestone.. Its pretty well wicked except for the no App2SD.. | |
| Favourite App | |
| Anything that takes that boring part of the day and turns it into Wooooohoooo! | |
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Name |
| Grant Smith (Zimsar10) | |
| Position | |
| Tech Author | |
| About Me | |
| Without a doubt, I am passionate about all things IT & I love to help out people, when & where I can, with solving tech issues. I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S 2 mobile phone, whilst I was in Europe & it's one of the best gadgets I have ever purchased! I also like to play online games & PS3 games. I'm really looking forward to writing some articles on devices that I may have the opportunity to test, as well as reviewing apps, for the best Mobile OS Platform out there - Android! | |
| Device/s owned | |
| Samsung Galaxy S 2, PS3, Samsung Series 5 LCD 40" Full HD TV, B&W 602.5 S3 Speakers & Yamaha Receiver RX-V530 | |
| ROM | |
| Stock standard Gingerbread 2.3.3 | |
| Dream Device | |
| I'm really happy with my current device - my current dreams have been answered | |
| Favourite App | |
| Angry Birds, plus any update to this fantastic & fun app! | |
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Name |
| Blair McClelland (ArchSerpo) | |
| Position | |
| Tech Author | |
| About Me | |
| There was once a day when I got bored of all the smartphone news showing up in my RSS feeds and at the time I wasn't even connected with the likes of GSMArena and smartphone aimed news sites. Since then I have developed a passion for finding out about all the latest news about smartphones as well as general technology. All in all I am a big technology lover, even if my devices owned section doesn't reflect that. Since joining AMNZ I have developed a joy in flashing custom ROMs and a bit of development on the side. | |
| Device/s owned | |
| Nokia 3120C, HTC 7 Trophy, HTC Incredible S | |
| ROM | |
| Virtous Affinity v1.48 | |
| Dream Device | |
| Something with the build quality of HTC, the screen of Samsung and the battery life of a car. | |
| Favourite App | |
| Anything that manages to kill time, so whatever random game I've downloaded recently | |
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Name |
| Murphy Wang (PotatoMashTW) | |
| Position | |
| Tech Author | |
| About Me | |
| A college student with a great love for technology, basketball and badminton. Although I do not have many gadgets, I do understand my way around most of them. Being a Tech Author at AMNZ will surely be a great experience for me and I am entirely certain that I will enjoy it. | |
| Device/s owned | |
| HTC Wildfire | |
| ROM | |
| CyanogenMod 7 | |
| Dream Device | |
| Anything from the top range of HTC. | |
| Favourite App | |
| Don't really have one. I like any app that is productive and useful. | |
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