ZA Tech Show

The crew this week consists of Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Steven Ambrose and Nic Callegari. They discuss 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, and much more. www.zatech.co.za

This week Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle drink some wine, eat some chinese and discuss MTN's "Uncapped" mobile "broadband", MWEB's "uncapped" wireless broadband, Google's Chrome Web Store and Google TV, the cloud race featuring Canonical, Google, Microsoft and Apple, Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition, the explosion of TopTV and price reductions for DStv, 900Mhz mobile broadband, the Linkbook, Iomega iConnect, Alan Wake, Ubuntu Netbook Remix, Daemon by Daniel Suarez and much more. www.zatech.co.za

Our panel this week consists of Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle. We discuss the new iPhone prototype - they're everywhere now. We're so over it. We also summarise Duncan's fantastic TechCentral Debate Series telecoms panel and talk about fibre rollout in SA, Vodacom's Linkbook netbook, Ubuntu Linux 10.04, Steam for Mac (and maybe Linux too), recovery in the tech sector, the Facebook privacy debacle, and much more. www.zatech.co.za

Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle brave traffic, flu and chat-room critics to discuss progress at Cell C, Telkom Mobile's prospects, DStv On Demand, the realities of uncapped ADSL access in SA, ODM's TopTV launch and the overwhelming demand for the service, TechCentral's Debate Series debut, all the announcements from BlackBerry WES 2010, new Android devices, rumours of a Nokia tablet, Xbox Live, Half-Life 2: Episode 3, and more. www.zatech.co.za

Jon Tullett is your host this week with Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and later Duncan McLeod on the panel. We discuss Seacom's outage and its impact on connectivity in SA, HP's acquisition of Palm, the launch of TopTv and DStv Lite, delays in Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) migration, the launch of Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS, online shopping, the Apple vs. Adobe debacle, and much more. www.zatech.co.za

We're back at our studio under construction this week. Simon Dingle is your host, with TechCentral's Duncan McLeod and Thunk! Perspective Lab's Don Packett joining the panel for discussions on Motorola's Milestone launch and Android 2.1, Vodacom slashing its data rates, fibre to the home in South Africa, Google's local operations, Xbox Live rumours, Microsoft Office 2010, Die Antwoord and related online phenomena, the Gizmodo Apple iPhone prototype and how unreal we think it is, the launch of Top TV, good results from top tech companies, Steam on Mac, Legends of Echo, iPad confiscation in Israel, fixed-line interconnect and local number portability, Microsoft's big BEE announcement, MTN in merger or acquisition talks again, this time with Orascom Telecoms, and much more... www.zatech.co.za

Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle are your panel this week. They discuss the delayed international launch of the iPad, the local launch of the HTC Legend, Desire and Smart, the Microsoft Kin, app stores versus the web, Opera Mini hits the iPhone, ICASA's announcements on interconnect and mobile TV, the outlook for Telkom Mobile, IPTV, the impact of faster DSL on SA's ISPs, and more. www.zatech.co.za

Our panel this week consists of Aki Anastasiou, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle. We recorded at Traffic’s studios in Randburg and discussed hands-on experiences with the iPad and an in-depth discussion surrounding Apple’s newest product, ebook readers and where Amazon fits in, HP’s Slate tablet, iPhone 4.0 and multitasking through shared APIs, Flash versus HTML5, getting tech on cellular contracts, visual voicemail on Vodacom, the new Twitter for BlackBerry app, real-time traffic data coming to SA, and more. www.zatech.co.za

Jon Tullett returns to the show as your host this week, joining Brett Haggard and Duncan McLeod to discuss FNB launching PayPal in South Africa, mobile payment systems like M-Pesa, the internet access price war and its move to mobile, disintermediation of cellular network services, the 2010 Pwn2Own competition, the Nintendo DSi XL, now available in SA, 3D film and games, and more. www.zatech.co.za

Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle are your panel this week. They discuss MWEB's uncapped ADSL announcement and the market's reaction, local loop unbundling and spectrum allocation, On Digital Media (ODM)'s Top TV pay-TV service, the Blue Bulls Tomtom, updates on Altech, Google pulling out of China, Sony's Playstation Move controller, and more. www.zatech.co.za

CEO of Incredible Connection, Dave Miller joins us on the show this week, joining Don Packett, Simon Dingle and, later, Duncan McLeod to discuss IT spend in the downturn, Dave teaches us some new names for his company (we'd only heard Incredible Corruption), 3D Gaming, Netbooks and their market domination, Steam coming to Mac, Digital software distribution, the HP Slate and the growing tablet market, Hybrid sport cars, and connecting gadgets to cars in general, DStv canceling their porn plans, BlackBerry, and co-CEO Jim Basillie's visit to South Africa, MTN's annual results, Paypal coming to SA, and more. www.zatech.co.za

We're in our new studio space this week, echoes, unpainted walls and all. Brett Haggard, Don Packett, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle are your panel this week. We discuss the future of Cell C, improving PC sales and analysts' expectations for tablet computers, Microsoft Mix and the prospects for Windows Phone, Sony's 8001050F error on the PS3, Apple vs. HTC in a patent dispute, in-flight WiFi coming to Mango, HP's Pavilion DM1 netbook, dropped calls on Vodacom and the smartphones that apparently cause them, iBurst's new iDSL service with unlimited bandwidth for gaming, Telkom bumping up speed on ADSL lines. www.zatech.co.za

Two first-timers join the ZA Tech Show panel this week - stand-up comedian and co-founder of Thunk! Perspective Lab, Don Packett and CTO of the Johannesburg Area Wireless Users Group, Kieran Murphy join Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle to discuss Duncan's experiences with the Nokia Booklet 3G, wireless users groups, rumours of Multichoice preparing pay-per-view services for DSTV, including porn, the 10 billionth iTunes Music Store download, Sony's 3D broadcasts of the 2010 Fifa World Cup and 3D TV in general, Heavy Rain, new-school Mario and gaming in general, the Nokia E72, mobile Linux distributions, Exclusive Books getting into the ebooks game, and much more. www.zatech.co.za

The ZA Tech Show turns 100 this week and we celebrated with our first ever live broadcast and some really expensive champagne. Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett, Toby Shapshak and Simon Dingle discuss Microsoft Windows Phone Series 7, development on mobile platforms, Google and Android at the Mobile World Congress 2010, Intel and Nokia's MeeGo announcement, the release of Starcraft 2 beta, Heavy Rain for the PS3, Samsung's new Bada operating system and the new Wave, Powermat induction charging, Verizon's partnership with Skype, and much more. www.zatech.co.za

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, Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, Skype Access and Windows Mobile 7, mobile roaming, and much more. www.zatech.co.za