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.

It’s all about gaming and mobile this week as Samantha Beckbessinger, Steven Ambrose and Simon Dingle discuss;

• Apple’s iCloud announcement.
• Samsung’s Galaxy S2 and other new Android competitors.
• Nintendo’s Wii U and console gaming.
• Duke Nukem Forever.
• Tomb Raider 2012 announced at E3.
• Facebook’s controversial facial recognition tech.
• The RICA deadline approaching.
• Telkom’s profit slump and long line of kak decisions.

Our technology picks this week:

• Sam Beckbessinger – Picks: Intonow and X-MEN First Class.
• Steven Ambrose – Picks: Noom Weight Loss for Android and YoruFukurou.
• Simon Dingle – Picks: Read It Later and Evernote Premium.

A very dry ZA Tech Show studio was ably manned by Brett Haggard this week, who was joined by Andy Hadfield and Ben Kelly for a discussion of the week’s technology news, which included;

• Nokia’s turn to Microsoft.
• The rise of Google in mobile.
• The significance of gaming in mobile.
• New tablet announcements from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
• Red Bull Mobile and the reinvention of Cell C.

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

• Brett Haggard – picks: Open Transport Tycoon.
• Andy Hadfield – picks: MindNode.
• Ben Kelly – picks: Flight Control HD.

The crew this week consists of Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Steven Ambrose and Nic Callegari. They discuss:

• An update from Icasa’s recent stakeholders’ meeting.
• Spectrum allocation in South Africa.
• The ISPA call for mandatory voice line rentals to be dropped on ADSL connections.
• Internet line speed and quality tests.
• World Wide Worx’ The Mobile Internet in SA 2010 research.
• Samsung Bada and the mobile app war.
• Microsoft Communicator for Nokia phones.
• Apple’s market capitalisation surpassing Microsoft’s for the first time.
• Microsoft Office 2010.
• DStv’s HD PVR P2 decoder.
• Monitor technology and the rise of OLED.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Duncan McLeod – Picks: Cred.
• Steven Ambrose – Picks: Samsung PL150.
• Nic Callegari – Picks: PayCity, RunPee, Maximus Cards and MifiClub.
• Brett Haggard – Picks: Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link Director Edition.

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Jon Tullett returns to the ZA Tech Show this week, joining the panel with Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Simon Dingle and, later, Toby Shapshak. We discuss:

• Google Buzz.
• Mashing together social networks.
• Open API’s versus closed platforms.
• The Eassy undersea cable landing in SA.
• Tumbling ADSL prices.
• The downfall of Sentech and spectrum allocation.
• A preview of Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona.
• Skype Access and Windows Mobile 7.
• Mobile roaming.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Jon Tullett – Picks: Guitar Hero 5.
• Toby Shapshak – Picks-on: Sentech and picks: the Sony Ericsson X10.
• Brett Haggard – Picks: Mobile Data Alerter for BlackBerry.
• Simon Dingle – Picks: Aerial7 Tank headphones and CSSEdit.

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Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are on the panel this week. Stay tuned for an interview with Lars Rasmussen from Google after the regular show. We discuss:

• New moves in mobile, including Windows Phone, Blackberry and Sony Ericsson’s X10 Android phone.
• The corporate factor for mobile platforms like Blackberry and Windows Phone.
• Triple-play telecoms.
• Google Dashboard and Wave.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Brett Haggard – Pick – Letter Opener.
• Simon Dingle – Pick – Threadsy.
• Duncan McLeod – Pick – The new 27″ iMac.

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Jon Tullett is your host this week. He is joined by Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard and Toby Shapshak who discuss:

• FNB’s Internet banking outage.
• Mobile banking and payment solutions.
• NASA’s LCROSS lunar impact project.
• Amazon Kindle goes international.
• Rubik’s 360, HTC Hero and other new toys.
• Apps and their stores.
• Google Wave.

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Jon Tullett, Toby Shapshak and Simon Dingle are your panellists this week. We discuss:

• The Twitter exposé and what we now know about the business behind the scenes.
• We choose the moon.
• The freshly launched Nokia N97.
• Microsoft’s new, free, web-based Office announcement.
• Our idea to include you in future shows.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Toby Shapshak: We choose the moon.
• Jon Tullett: Mars and me.
• Simon Dingle: Time Machine.

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Jon Tullett, Toby Shapshak, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are your panellists in this week’s episode. They try to speak as quickly as possible, and at the same time, as they discuss:

• Microsoft’s dodgy IE8 ads.
• The Core debacle.
• How technology vendors go to market in SA, and calculate prices.
• Mobile broadband options.
• The switch to DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television).
• The RICA act in SA and its impact on prepaid cellular.

Our choice technologies of the week:

• Toby Shapshak: Sony Ericsson W995.
• Jon Tullett: Ubuntu Linux 9.04.
• Brett Haggard: G-Connect.

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A tripartite gathering of geeks, consisting of Candice Jones from ITWeb, Ben Kelly from Ungeeked and Simon Dingle, make up our panel this week and discuss:

• iPhone 3.0.
• The Iranian elections on Twitter and mobile.
• What massive bandwidth pipes mean for media.
• Keeping people honest using online crowd dynamics.
• Windows 7, Bing, Project Natal and all things Microsoft.
• Is Sony the new Microsoft?
• The new competitive environment in online.

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Our choice technologies of the week:

• Simon Dingle: Bing, and Tomtom for iPhone.
• Ben Kelly: DVDFab.
• Candice Jones: Sims 3 and Project Natal.

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