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August 2008
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ANZ beefs up iPhone banking, examines support for other mobile platforms
August 2008
Lifehacker Australia: ANZ has expanded its its Internet banking service for use on the iPhone (and iPod Touch), adding the ability for existing Internet banking customers to check balances and view recent transactions. We’ve previously mentioned this app, but the new options are a substantial improvement on the previous brochureware-style approach. A funds transfer feature is under development. The service is currently iPhone-only, but other mobile platforms are apparently under consideration (BlackBerry would seem an obvious choice). [ANZ]
3 promises expanded broadband coverage
August 2008
Lifehacker Australia: Here at Lifehacker, we’ve regularly tempered our discussion of 3’s broadband services with the warning that if you end up roaming outside a 3 coverage area, it’ll cost way too much to be worth it. It looks like that situation could improve in the near future, with 3 announcing today that it plans to expand its services to cover 96% of the population (the current level is 56%). First areas off the rank will be Newcastle, the NSW Central Coast and the Mornington Peninsula, all of which will see 3 build its own network coverage by the end of the year. 3 s also looking to offer roaming onto Telstra’s Next G 3G network in other areas to reach the 96% goal, though we’ll hold off on judgement of that until pricing arrangements are revealed.