ZA Tech Show – Episode 86: ‘Again’

Posted on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 at 06:11 by Simon and filed under Podcast episodes, ZA Tech Show.

With one false-start under the belt Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Toby Shapshak, Simon Dingle and Brett Haggard recompose themselves and discuss:

  • The end of TV licenses in South Africa and what the future holds for public broadcasting.
  • MTN’s declining subscriber numbers and other telecommunications chaos.
  • The launch of Google Maps in South Africa and why Garmin and Tomtom should be very worried about the new Google Maps Navigation application.
  • Rumours mounting over Apple’s tablet device, including discussions with publishers.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

  • Toby Shapshak – Picks – Blackberry’s Bold 2 and The Daily Maverick.
  • Ben Kelly – Picks – an iPhone case from Capdase that we can’t find a link for.
  • Brett Haggard – Picks – Guitar Hero 5.
  • Simon Dingle – Picks – International Kindle set to US for free browsing.

And, as promised, here’s a picture of the Hashfail band, featuring Brett Haggard on lead guitar:

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10 Comments so far

Comment by Gary, posted on November 2nd, 2009 at 10:51

Cool show, but I cant see the “promised picture”. Getting this error message:
AccessDeniedRequest has expired664B6AA50B6E591C2009-11-02T04:27:55ZBPYUxx63r09Z2BiVStgoTPthT6hEjEVrBuEf1TAaJhCUO3y5J2lbDnnaJDSIqiEP2009-11-02T08:50:57Z

Comment by Peter, posted on November 2nd, 2009 at 11:06

There’s no link to the Hashfail band picture. Or at least, nothing is showing in Firefox.

Comment by Ken, posted on November 2nd, 2009 at 11:28

Great show – the quote about being first to be shot comes from the Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: “The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as ‘a bunch of mindless jerks who’ll be first against the wall when the revolution comes’..”

Comment by Robert MacLean, posted on November 2nd, 2009 at 16:03

+1 for picture not showing

Do you have a link to that iphone skin you were talking about?

Comment by Trekelny, posted on November 2nd, 2009 at 18:08

Splendid guys, a terrific show on the issues. Got to have the photo, though! Come through for us, I’ll check back.

Comment by Jaco Kamffer, posted on November 3rd, 2009 at 07:57

Just a question, i know the tour is not available in sa but does work here, I have one. The tour and tour 2 is a better device for me compared to the bold and bols 2. How would you rate it against each other ?

Comment by Marinus, posted on November 3rd, 2009 at 19:57

Great show! Sony reader with touch screen I think is way better than Kindle. No 3G, but do you really need it if you want to use it for reading books?

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665921192&XID=M:ebookstore:reader_redtouch

Comment by Edwin Watson, posted on November 4th, 2009 at 19:58

Yet again a great show :)

I have the iphone skin Ben Kelly was talking about and its great :) @Robert MacLean I found you a link but only a look and listen sales page: http://www.lookandlisten.co.za/view/90035/ they actually cost about R140 if you buy them in the shop(I went and looked today) I bought mine from vodcaom4u

Comment by Glen, posted on November 5th, 2009 at 13:09

Hey guys,

Awesome show once again. Just to let you know that there was a lot of distortion at the beginning of the show within the first couple of minutes. After that, the audio was fine again. The same occured on the previous show, but at the end. Maybe something you can investigate?

Cheers
~Glen

Comment by Bradley Millar, posted on November 8th, 2009 at 23:29

Any chance you guys can chat about the new Nokia E72? You guys seemed to love the E71. I chose the E71 over the iPhone and I haven’t regretted my decision since…awesome phone. Is it worth upgrading to the E72 when it arrives?

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