While Apple's iPhone will be released in the US this Friday (with polls showing 12 out of every 10 American's intend buy one), Vodafone has no plans for NZ release (down the track with its switch to GSM, Telecom could now be an iPhone contender too, of course). Still, we can dreamily follow the iPhone's progress online. Shamefully, so-called expert computer publications have again been trumped by a mainstream news site, which reveals eight key iPhone features here - which I think prove the device is worth it's salt and has not been overhyped in any fashion.

I'm a nerd: kill me now
Now I don't want to gratuitously, um, bag Targus. I happen to own a Targus satchel myself, and it's relatively styley and useful for securing my notebook, cellphone and iPod in one handy bag with lots of clever accessory holders. But the new Targus Voyager case (left; $159, Targus), adding pen, ID and sandwich holders? I'm afraid it does rather scream "nerdlinger".

Spooky Park
It beats me why some people have attached such a negative moniker to Auckland's Sylvia Park megamall. A full page ad on page A19 of today's NZ Herald, for the opening of 40 more stores tomorrow, comprehensively refutes the deserted mall thesis by featuring three punters (I counted) plus one slightly creepy looking guy watching them from the edge of the car park.