We test everything from Brett’s time-keeping abilities to Ben’s patience and the new Nokia Lumia smartphones in this episode of the ZA Tech Show. Join Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle as we discuss:

• Nokia’s Lumia 800 launch.
• The furore over 22seven.
• Facebook IPO rumours.
• Inside Google.
• The Megaupload bust.
• The end of piracy.

Wondering what to get your geek(s) this festive season? Our special ZA Tech Show holiday crew of Andy Hadfield, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle have some suggestions for you. In this, the first of our 2011 holiday specials, we discuss branded notebooks, gaming gifts, gadgets and other great must-haves for this year.

The show is powered by the troika of Arthur Goldstuck, Brett Haggard and Craig Wilson this week. We discuss:

• Vodacom’s data growth.
• Samsung’s Galaxy Note.
• The future of tablets and their niches.
• Amazon Kindle hits Incredible Connection.
• The 20th anniversary of the ‘net in SA.

Our technology picks of the week:

• Craig Wilson – Planetary for iOS.
• Arthur – Kodak ESP 2170.
• Brett – OpenELEC.

It’s a full house in the ZA Tech Show studio this week with Aki Anastasiou, Andy Hadfield, Samantha Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle gathering around the table to discuss:

• Vodacom’s 20GB price announcement.
• The broadband bungle.
• The coming of Windows Phone.
• Banks and technology.
• Kindle hits retail in SA.
• Microsoft Kinect hacks.
• Is Siri really a threat to Google?

Our technology picks of the week:

• Samantha Beckbessinger: Isitold.com.
• Andy Hadfield: What does the internet think?
• Aki Anastasiou: Instapaper.
• Simon Dingle: Samsung Note.

Another newcomer joins the ZA Tech Show fold this week. Craig Wilson from TechCentral makes his debut in this episode, hosted by Brett Haggard. Jon Tullett make a comeback, unleashing the hate, and the panel is topped off with Nic Callegari. We check out:

• The Kindle Fire and Amazon shaking things up.
• Telkom’s uncapped ADSL.
• Streaming video and on demand services.
• Broadband in SA.
• Nokia’s rumoured new Meltemi operating system.
• Mobile competition mounting and prospects for ‘the other guys’.

Our technology picks this week:

• Jon Tullet: The Objet 3D printer (check out his neat dinosaur head on the video version).
• Craig Wilson: The Samsung GalaxyTab 10.1.
• Nic Callegari: The Battlefield 3 beta.
• Brett: Asus EEEPad Transformer.

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.

In this episode you’ll hear the voices of casual wine aficionado Andy Hadfield and international man of mystery Stafford Masie who join Simon Dingle to discuss;

• HP’s new direction.
• Amazon’s rise as an ecosystem player.
• The future role of network operators.
• The information revolution.
• Motorola’s XOOM and Atrix.
• News from Gamescom.
• Kids and computing.
• The Twitter ‘walkout’.
• ‘Retweet’ and ‘sexting’ entering the dictionary.

Our technology picks this week:

• Stafford Masie: Arduino and Quantified Self.
• Andy Hadfield: Carbonite.
• Simon Dingle: Mobile Mouse.

It’s every geek for themself this week as Ben Kelly, Nic Callegari, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle discuss;

• Firefox 4 and browsers in general
• Camping in Google’s backyard
• Facebook Places launches in SA
• Processor marketing
• Crysis 2
• Science Fiction gets the better of us again
• SA is now 6th in the world for cyber-crime
• Nintendo 3DS
• Online marketing
• Telkom

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

• Ben Kelly – Picks: Podio.
• Sam Beckbessinger – Picks: Amazon Appstore for Android.
• Nic Callegari – Picks: Tenda networking products.
• Simon Dingle – Picks:

Gathered at a secret location Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle talk their way through

• Apple becomming the world’s biggest phone vendor.
• Eric Schmidt stepping down as CEO of Google.
• Red Bull Mobile heading to SA.
• Announced launch dates of the Nintendo 3DS.
• HP and the tablet market.
• Mobile price wars in Kenya
• And much more.

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

Brett is at the steering wheel again this week with panelists Andy Hadfield and Jon Tullett along for the ride. They discuss: