Ben Kelly and Dave Greenway join Brett Haggard in studio this week to discuss:

• Mango in-flight WiFi.
• FNB GeoPay.
• The long-awaited launch of Diablo 3.
• The WACS cable system going live.
• Cell C price cuts.
• Apple dropping the 4G tag on iPad in some regions.
• The first 802.11ac routers shipping.

Our technology picks of the week:

• Ben Kelly: IMO in the iTunes Appstore and TableTop by Geek & Sundry.
• Dave Greenway: Lost to Lumia on Youtube and Kenji Ishida’s Brave Robot no. 8.
• Brett Haggard: Nanocount .

There’s a lot to poke sticks at on this week’s ZA Tech Show as Arthur Goldstuck, Brett Haggard, Nic Callegari and Simon Dingle discuss:

• The prospects for BlackBerry 10 OS.
• Smartphone ecosystem lock-in.
• iTunes and other content services launching in South Africa.
• How stupid the FPB is.
• Banning mobile phones in SA schools.
• Samsung’s Galaxy S3 reveal.
• Huawei’s new Android tablet, approved by Google.
• FNB GeoPay.

Our technology picks of the week:

• Arthur Goldstuck: Sony Xperia NXT, the Education App Guide by Core, and the new iPad.
• Nic Callegari: DocuSign Inc. for iPad.
• Simon Dingle: Adobe Reader for iPad.
• Brett Haggard: Blue Cableyoyo and Cool Feet.

You might think that this here internet broadcast is about technology. And usually you’d be right. In this episode, however, Craig Wilson, Nic Callegari, Toby Shapshak and Simon Dingle do a terrible job of attempting to discuss:

• Apple’s “new iPad” sellout.
• Windows 8 looking good and redeeming old machines.
• Nokia tablet rumours.
• The anniversary of MIME.
• Rumours of a new Xbox to come in 2013.
• Marvel’s introduction of AR comics.
• The Canon EOS 5D MK III.
• Instagram for Android announced at SxSW.

Our technology picks of the week:

• Nic Callegari: Mass Effect 3.
• Toby Shapshak – Swell bamboo iPad covers.
• Craig Wilson: Cobook and Airfoil.
• Simon Dingle: Limbo.

We have more gadgets than panelists in the studio this week. Arthur Goldstuck, Ben Kelly, Nafisa Akabor and Simon Dingle unpack their backpacks and discuss:

• News from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
• Nokia’s 41MP camera phone and its significance.
• BlackBerry’s PlayBook 2.0.
• The launch and our initial impressions of the Sony PS Vita.
• The Standard Bank versus FNB Twitter spat.
• Arthur’s 7″ tablet roundup.

Our technology picks of the week:

• Nafisa Akabor: Tweetbot.
• Ben Kelly: Dropbox Camera Upload and Option Xyfi.
• Arthur Goldstuck: BlackBerry Curve and Roy Blumenthal.
• Simon Dingle: Stitcher.

A triumvirate of Craig Wilson, Stafford Masie and Simon Dingle form your panel in this week’s high-quality episode of everyone’s favourite podcast. Their words, not ours. Aside from a side-discussion involving steroid sport leagues we manage to discuss several technology topics, including:

• The quantified self movement.
• Broadband promises from politicians.
• PS Vita and the future of gaming.
• Content blocks and licensing.
• The future of the future.
• Hoverboards.
• Kickstarter.
• Social identity curators.
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus launch and pricing.
• Technology agnosticism.
• Apple’s OSX Mountain Lion.

Our technology picks this week:

• Craig Wilson: Fingle for iPad.
• Stafford Masie: Code Year.
• Simon Dingle: SwiftKey X, Pizza vs. Skeletons, Gmail app for iOS.

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.

As the 2011 festive season gets underway, Andy Hadfield, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle gather at ZA Tech Show HQ to discuss;

• Intel’s “ultrabooks” – supposedly big next year.
• HP open-sourcing WebOS.
• Mobile app development and HTML 5.
• Windows 8 and Windows Phone.
• DStv is launching a new satellite.
• Local loop unbundling.
• iCloud’s backup fail.
• Absa’s NFC trial.
• Mac App store reaches 100 million downloads while Android tops 10 billion.
• The Video Game Awards.

Our technology picks of the week:

• Andy Hadfield: Mi-Fone.
• Ben Kelly: Picks on Matthew Reilly.
• Brett Haggard: Picks the iNoxCase and Tweetdeck for sucking.
• Simon Dingle: Mario Kart 7.

Fresh in from Nokia World, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are joined by Ben Kelly to discuss:

• Nokia’s new device lineup.
• Sony buying out Sony Ericsson.
• Motorola’s new RAZR device and Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
• Bendy-screen gadgets.
• Ubuntu coming to smartphones and tablets.
• Cellular roaming tactics.

Our technology picks of the week:

• Ben Kelly: The new iOS app for Ancestry.
• Brett Haggard: execMobile and Sony W-series.
• Simon Dingle: imWatch.

Virtual assistants, wine and patent wars all feature on our show this week. Andy Hadfield, Craig Wilson and Simon Dingle discuss:

• The death of Dennis Ritchie.
• Apple’s iPhone 4S sales record.
• Facebook and Google Plus.
• Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
• Mobile user interfaces.
• Online backup.

Our technology picks this week:

• Craig Wilson: Zovo online backup.
• Andy Hadfield: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
• Simon Dingle: Philips Fidelio S8550 docking speakers.

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.