August 11, 2010

Soccer AM – Australia Welcomes You!

Sky’s, Soccer AM TV show will be shown throughout the 2010/ 2011 season in Australia.

This comes as huge news for Pom sports fans fed up with watching A-League highlights with Les and Craig on the World Game.

At last! and just to confirming – it’s the full, real, English version not a bad Aus remake like Top Gear.

Soccer Am will be shown on Fox Sports 1 every Sunday throughout the year, starting at 9.30am this Sunday. Note to Fox – can you make it Series Link enabled please.

To celebrate here is a classic ’3rd eye’.

More good news – the season kicks off this weekend and every game is on Fox (bless them!):

Sat 14 Aug    Tottenham v Manchester City    LIVE    9.40pm    FOX SPORTS 3HD & FOX SPORTS 3
Sat 14 Aug    Aston Villa v West Ham    LIVE    11.55pm    FOX SPORTS 3HD & FOX SPORTS 3
Sat 14 Aug    Blackburn v Everton    LIVE    11.55pm*    FOX SPORTS 3HD & FOX SPORTS 3
Sat 14 Aug    Wigan Athletic v Blackpool    LIVE    11.55pm*    FOX SPORTS 3HD & FOX SPORTS 3
Sat 14 Aug    Bolton v Fulham    LIVE    11.55pm*    FOX SPORTS 3HD & FOX SPORTS 3
Sat 14 Aug    Sunderland v Birmingham    LIVE    11.55pm*    FOX SPORTS 3HD & FOX SPORTS 3
Sat 14 Aug    Wolves v Stoke City    LIVE    11.55pm*    FOX SPORTS 3HD & FOX SPORTS 3
Sun 15 Aug    Chelsea v West Brom    LIVE    2.25am    FOX SPORTS 3HD & FOX SPORTS 3
Sun 16 Aug    Liverpool v Arsenal    LIVE    12.55am    FOX SPORTS 3HD & FOX SPORTS 3
Mon 17 Aug    Manchester United v Newcastle    LIVE    4.55am    FOX SPORTS 3HD & FOX SPORTS 3

Exited? Watch this and you will be:

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August 5, 2010

BBC Finally Launch iPhone App

After a very long wait, while the BBC has battled with commercial media companies for the right to launch Apps, they have finally launched a BBC News App.

It’s free, and it has a new cool block format I haven’t seen before, where you can scroll up and down, and left to right. Plus has some live radio and other audio (Newshour, Business Day etc.).

The 60 second video news round up is a nice way to quickly keep up to date with news at home. It’s just a shame there isn’t more video.

POMSTAR Summary: It’s not quite as good as The Guardian App, but its free and its the BBC after all, so well worth downloading. Score: 8/10.

The BBC also has a Sport App, but this hasn’t been updated since the World Cup so dont bother with that for now.  Hopefully that will be updated in time for the start of the EPL.

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July 4, 2010

Zara and H&M Confirmed. Next, Topshop: Coming To An Australian High Street Near You

See more recent post: Topshop Flagship stores coming to Sydney & Melbourne 2011: http://pomstar.com.au/2011/06/29/flagship-topshop-stores-coming-to-sydney-melbourne-2011/

UK retail favourites Zara and H&M are expected to announce the opening of their first Australian stores within months according to Fairfax Media.

The SMH also states that industry insiders believe, it will only be a matter of time before other international fashion retailers, such as Banana Republic, Topshop, Uniqlo  all follow to Australia.

Word on the street is that GAP is also coming soon too – possibly early  this year.

Brilliant news for frustrated expats tired of paying too much for bad clothes made from inferior fabrics by poor Australian high street brands.

About time too. Marks and Spencer food halls next please!

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June 30, 2010

Call The UK From Your iPhone For Peanuts

The wait is over. You can now make and receive calls with Skype on your iPhone using a 3G connection.

The Skype iPhone App has been avaliable for a while but only allowed called when in a wifi area. Recently though, Skype extended the service so you can call over your normal 3G nertwork.

Brilliant news for expats as you can now call home from your mobile anytime – particularly usefull if you want to call the UK in the morning and catch friends and family in the evening back in the UK.

It’s free at the moment (excluding call costs), but Skype plan a subscription fee to be announced in September. Lets hope its not more than a couple of dollars a month. 

Call costs are free to other Skype accounts or cheap if calling landlines – you can buy unlimted calls from just AU$9.99 per month.

Only criticism is that the call quality isn’t great, so they need to improve that.

10 iPhone Apps every Pom should own: http://pomstar.com.au/2010/05/03/10-iphone-apps-every-pom-should-own/

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May 27, 2010

Choose A Winning World Cup Team and Win a Pom Meat Tray!

POMSTAR has created a league  in the Deloitte World Cup Fantasy Football Game. It’s quick and easy for you to create a team, its free, and you can win a $200 prize!

To enter:

1. click here to register and select your team (it takes seconds).

2. Enter this code: 200632 to join the POMSTAR league.

Everyone is welcome in the POMSTAR league so feel free to forward the link and code.

PRIZES!

POMSTAR is very excited to announce that the ‘manager’ who selects the winning team in the POMSTAR league will win a prize courtesy of Pacdon Park. The prize is a meat tray, but not just any meat tray, it’s a  gourmet English version. The lucky winner can choose $200 worth of the finest meat pies, sausages and black pudding from Pacdon Park, yum!

Pacdon Park

Pacdon Park is a cool business, started by three guys from Lancashire, who use local Australian ingredients to make the best English pork pies, black puddings and big fat pork sausages. Check out http://www.pacdon.com.au/.



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Terms and Conditions

- The game rules for the POMSTAR league are the same as those at www.deloitte.fantasyleague.com (the key one being that if there is a draw – most goals will win)

- Prize can not be exchanged for cash, must be redeemed in 2010 and can only be sent to an Australian address.

- POMSTAR also takes the view that it’s unpatriotic not to select Rooney!

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May 26, 2010

BANKSY: The Worlds First Street Art Disaster Movie

It’s all about Banksy at the moment. Time Out have an exclusive interview with him and managed to get him to create a cover image for them. The Sydney edition is on sale now.

He has also made a  film, which launches here at the Sydney Film Festival. Cant wait!

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May 24, 2010

Blackpool Hits The Big Time

Blackpool have won one of footballs richest games to earn promotion to the Premier League.

The manager is ‘flamboyant’, the teams total wages are less than Rooney’s annual salary, and the grounds capacity is just 16,000.

Welcome to the premier league!

Below is a video of manager, Ian Holloway explaining his sides performance by comparing it to a night out and pulling ‘not the best looking birds’. He should liven up MOTD next year!

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May 21, 2010

Shop Online at UK Websites and Save $$$

 

The amazing exchange rate and sales at many of the top UK retail websites mean that there has never been a better time to shop online from Australia.

Delivery fees to Australia vary but they tend to be about $15. Even with this additional cost there are still some significant savings to be had.

POMSTAR had a quick scout about the interweb and found some amazing deals: 20% off dresses at M&S, leather jackets from Topshop for $120, and a stack of dresses from Urban Outfitters are half price, just $50.

Go on treat yourself… (click image to go to website)

Urban Outfitters – Half Price Dresses
Kimchi Blue Polkadot Peplum Dress

Was $58.00 now$29.99 =  AU$51

 

 

 

 

 

 Marks and Spencer – 20% Off Dresses

V-Neck 3/4 Sleeve Frill Front Tunic 

Now £29.50 = AU$50

 

 

 

 

 

TOPSHOP – Sale

Leather Boxy Jacket

Was £135.00 now £70.00 = AU$120

 

 

 

 

 

T.M. Lewin – Sale

Black 2 Fold Poplin Button Cuff Rovereto Shirt

Was £85 now £22.50 = AU$38

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May 12, 2010

More Brits Than Ever Before Looking To Leave Broken Britain – Australia Still No. 1

More Brits Than Ever Before Looking To Leave Broken Britain Nearly 75 per cent of Brits have considered leaving the UK in the past year mainly due to the state of the economy, lack of job opportunities and uncertainty surrounding the future government. Of those surveyed, 31 per cent cite Britain’s poor economy as a reason to leave, 23 per cent feel there is a lack of job prospects in the UK and greater opportunities abroad while 19 per cent are worried about the outcome of this week’s election.

Reasons making Brits want to up sticks and leave the UK include the poor economy, access to jobs and the government . Perhaps surprisingly, just 4 per cent of those surveyed claimed they had enough of Britain’s damp climate.

Top destinations for British Expats in 2010:

 Australia – 33%

Canada – 26%

United States of America – 15%

New Zealand – 11%

Spain – 7%

France – 6%

Thailand – 2%

Top 10 reasons why Brits will move away in 2010:

Poor Economy – 31%

Access to jobs – 23%

Poor Government – 19%

Change to Pace of Life – 12%

Tax relief – 9% Weather – 4%

Seeking place to retire -2%

Over 1,029 people were randomly surveyed, conducted by Currency UK

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May 11, 2010

Probably The Best Football Adverts Ever

Carlsberg have launched their new World Cup TV ad, expanding on their previous ads featuring England old boys, to include other English sporting stars. Its one hell of a line up, and a cracking ad.

With the World Cup just a couple of weeks away here are a couple of other England / football favourites to get you excited (before the inevitable disappointment!).

Peter Kay ‘Have it’

Sky Launch the Premier League

 

Nike Airport 1998

BlackCurrant Tango Ad (not really football – but brilliant)

Smithys England Team Talk

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