In this, the third of our annual ZA Tech Show holiday specials, we take a look at the year ahead and make some predictions for 2012. Your holiday crew of Andy Hadfield, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are onboard for a run-through of some of what’s to come…

With mixed emotions Ben Kelly, Simon Dingle and Samantha Beckbessinger discuss:

• Memories of Steve Jobs who passed away this week.
• The iPhone 4S breaking pre-order records.
• Windows 8 and the future of Nokia.
• The BlackBerry and Seacom outages.
• India’s $35 Aakash tablet.
• Debunking the BBM rumour.

Our technology picks of the week:

• Ben Kelly – Regretsy.com and Walter Isaacson’s authorised biography of Steve Jobs.
• Sam Beckbessinger - 27b/6 and NPC Jam.
• Simon Dingle: Espresso.

We’re down to two this week with Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle holding down the fort. Fortunately they don’t need any help shooting their mouths off about;

• Vodacom’s BlackBerry Internet Service cap.
• Emerging Windows 8 goodness (and badness).
• User interfaces.
• Amazon tablet rumours mounting.
• The frenetic pace of the gaming industry.
• Digital publishing.
• And more…

Our technology picks this week:

• Sam Beckbessinger: Muro and the Star Wars Scanimation book.
• Simon Dingle: Klexi.

Is there still hope for BlackBerry? Can Lenovo make a dent in the tablet market? We don’t know the answers to these questions, but are willing to speculate wildly. This week Andy Hadfield, Simon Dingle and Steven Ambrose discuss;

• The Lenovo K1 tablet.
• Samsung pulling the Tab 7.7 from its stand at IFA.
• The Amazon tablet.
• App stores and operators.
• iOS 5.
• The launch of Telkom Business Mobile.
• Evernote acquiring Skitch.
• Google shutting down old projects.
• And more…

Our technology picks this week:

• Steven Ambrose: The new BlackBerry Torch 9860 and Mecer’s 4-port USB hub with Ethernet.
• Andy Hadfield: Rugby World 2011 app for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.
• Simon Dingle: Motorola Atrix.

Joining us on the show this week is Samantha Beckbessinger, Toby Shapshak and Simon Dingle. We discuss;

• BlackBerry’s new device line-up.
• HP WebOS devices.
• Digital publishing and the role of print.
• ADSL woes in SA.
• Predictions of SA’s IT market size.
• Cory Doctorow’s tablet bashing.

Our technology picks this week:

• Sam Beckbessinger: If this then that and The Inside Experience from Intel and Toshiba.
• Toby Shapshak: The new BlackBerry line-up. And paper.
• Simon Dingle: Roku 2.

Your crew this week consists of Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle. With lots of shiny new things to play with, we discuss;

• The launch of Apple OS X Lion.
• DStv BoxOffice bringing on-demand movies to SA pay-tv subscribers.
• The FNB smartphone app.
• Fake Apple stores in China.
• Cell C and Vodacom’s latest counter-offers in the mobile broadband war.
• RIM (BlackBerry) cutting jobs and switching to QNX.
• And much more…

Our technology picks this week:

• Ben Kelly: Does an obituary for the white MacBook.
• Brett Haggard: Picks Cinch.
• Simon Dingle: Picks Viber for Android.

Your panelists this week are Andy Hadfield, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle. With classy wine in-hand, we discuss;

• Google+ and Facebook blocking contact exports.
• Facebook video chat with Skype.
• Preparing for OSX Lion.
• Android tablets.
• Comscore’s market update for Q2 smartphone sales.
• Nokia 2.0.
• Lenovo.

Our technology picks this week:

• Andy Hadfield – Picks: Dragon Age II.
• Brett Haggard – Picks: Lego Instructions for iOS.
• Simon Dingle – Picks: Objet260 3D printer.

Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle warm themselves with some fiery tech talk on a freezing Monday night. We talk;

• The great Vodabomb of 2011.
• The RICA cut-off in South Africa and its fallout.
• The launch of Google+.
• Zynga preparing its IPO.
• Myspace sold to Justin Timberlake.
• Huawei’s S7 7″ Android tablet.
• Lenovo’s new marketing push.
• Battery technology.
• Lytro photography

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

• Ben Kelly: Pinterest.
• Sam Beckbessinger: Compfight and Twitter Whom to follow.
• Brett Haggard: Free App a Day.
• Simon Dingle: The Lands of Hope.

Trying hard to focus on the serious issues facing technology this week instead of talking about foreign love interestes and wine, Andy Hadfield, Stafford Masie and Simon Dingle discuss;

• LulzSec and its fallout.
• 8ta’s new mobile broadband bundles.
• Mobile content strategies.
• The new Ster-Kinekor website’s #fail.
• Windows Phone.
• Nokia’s N9.

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

• Stafford Masie – Picks: Dropbox for its awesomeness.
• Andy Hadfield – Picks: Getting Wicked for its thoughtfulness.
• Simon Dingle – Picks: Nokia’s N9 for its significance.

Technology features alongside football, wine and potjiekos in this episode of the ZA Tech Show. Andy Hadfield, Arthur Goldstuck, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss;

• Windows Phone 7 ’Mango’.
• The cool factor for smartphones.
• BlackBerry’s fortunes and research from World Wide Worx.
• Android tablets.
• The Samsung Galaxy S2.
• Amazon planning a tablet?

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week;

• Arthur Goldstuck – Picks: BlackBerry PlayBook.
• Andy Hadfield – Picks: Nokia Ovi App Wizard and SpeedTask.
• Simon Dingle – Picks: Wunderlist and BitCoin.