Philip BendallJun 14, 20120 comments

ASB bank launches new smartphone app with Segway PTs in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch

ASB promotion in action along Auckland's waterfront on a crisp, clear winter's morning "Make sure you keep an eye out for our ASB Mobile team over the next few days....

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Philip BendallJun 7, 20120 comments

Segway Batteries - advanced technology developed together with Valance Technology [updated]

Segway i2 and x2 models feature advanced Lithium ion battery packs as an integral component of their extraordinary performance - long range-per-charge, many years of excellent day-to-day use, and usability...

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Philip BendallJun 6, 20120 comments

History made today as Team Segway beats 100mph at TT Zero on Isle of Man [updated]

It is being hailed as one of the greatest events in the 105 year history of the world's most famous motorcycle race - the Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy)....

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Philip BendallJun 4, 20120 comments

SEGWAY number plate and a Segway Scream (Edvard Munch)

Philip Bendall has owned the SEGWAY number plate in New Zealand since 2004. He wasn't the first to register it, however. In 2003 an enterprising individual was quick off the...

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Philip BendallJun 1, 20120 comments

Team Segway MotoCsysz the favourite at Isle of Man TT Zero [updated]

Autoblog names Team Segway MotoCsysz their favourite to win this year's Isle of Man TT Zero in their article History will be made at the 2012 TT Zero. A Preview....

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Philip BendallMay 29, 20120 comments

Woz takes a Segway Tour to the top of Auckland

MAGIC TOUR: From left: Jackie Goldingham, Pauline Baker, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Ian Watson of Auckland University and Shaarina Taylor on Mt Victoria. Photo (c) Fairfax NZ News During his...

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Philip BendallMay 29, 20120 comments

Touring Christchurch by Segway PT (plus The Beatles and Fred Flintstone)

Urban Wheels has been offering Segway Tours of Christchurch for more than 5 years. The Press feature writer Margaret Agnew took a tour of the earthquake damaged CBD recently, accompanied...

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Philip BendallMay 24, 20120 comments

Woz and the Segway PT (did Steve Jobs get it wrong?)

Steve Wozniak is a long-time fan of the Segway Personal Transporter (PT), and has owned many examples. He even purchased a yellow i180 model from Segway New Zealand in 2006....

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Philip BendallMay 20, 20120 comments

Fish & Chips with Woz

by Philip Bendall (Managing Director of Segway New Zealand) Today I ate fish & chips* with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple - perhaps the most valuable company in the world...

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Philip BendallMay 16, 20120 comments

Uni-Pod pre-dates Honda's UNI-CUB by 33 years

(or, Predicting the Future: Part 2) Automobile Quarterly is an American hardbound, advertising-free periodical first published in 1963. Describing itself as "The connoisseur's magazine of motoring today, yesterday and tomorrow"...

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Philip BendallMay 16, 20120 comments

See us at SpeedShow - 21-22 July 2012

We love the SpeedShow and this year's event (21-22 July) is going to be awesome. In addition to every Segway Personal Transporter (PT) there is going to be just about...

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Philip BendallMay 8, 20120 comments

USA Today gets around Christchurch with Urban Wheels Segway Tour

USA Today travel writer Liz Lewis recommends taking a Segway Tour as the best way to discover quake-damaged Christchurch, in an article published in today's issue. Since the earthquakes, Christchurch...

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Philip BendallMay 7, 20120 comments

InfoKey Programming Tool gets software upgrade, goes mobile [updated]

The Segway InfoKey Programming Tool is the device used by Segway Dealers to initially program blank Segway wireless InfoKeys. It can also be used to reprogram existing InfoKeys with new,...

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Philip BendallMay 1, 20120 comments

EMEX Day 2 today

Today is the second day of EMEX 2012 (1-3 May at Auckland Showgrounds), where Segway New Zealand is showcasing how the Segway Personal Transporter (PT) delivered cost-effective, profit-boosting solutions at...

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Philip BendallApr 30, 20120 comments

University of Canterbury upgrades first of two PTs used for campus mail delivery

Canterbury University was the first in the Southern Hemisphere to deploy both security staff and mail delivery staff on Segway Personal Transporters back in 2006. This initiative has been so...

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Philip BendallApr 28, 20120 comments

EMEX 2012 this week: visit Segway NZ at site 4058

Segway New Zealand returns to EMEX this week, from Tuesday 1 May until Thursday 3 May 2012 at Auckland Showgrounds, Greenland. Auckland hosts this Engineering, Machinery and Electronics Exhibition only...

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Philip BendallApr 24, 20120 comments

Auckland's 'BIG little City Guides' clock up almost 6,000km on PTs

Eighteen months after their introduction, Auckland's 'BIG little City Guides' (ambassadors) have clocked up almost 6,000km on the pair of Segway i2 Patrollers. The guides are a Heart of the...

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Philip BendallApr 20, 20120 comments

Business networking by playing Segway Polo and other 21st century sports

Business and sport go together. Think golf, think sponsorship and branding, think corporate boxes, or breaking the ice by talking about last night's game before a meeting starts. While the...

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