In our first episode of the year Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle form the panel, with Toby Shapshak dialing in from CES in Las Vegas later on in the show. We discuss:

• Parrot’s iPhone-controlled helicopter
• Hewlett-Packard’s new tablet and why we need tablets at all
• HD Skype, 3D, and other progress in television
• Vodacom’s legal battle in the DRC
• Google’s Nexus One. Is Android its own worst enemy?
• Toby overviews CES for us and digs into Lenovo’s new line-up

Our picks of the week:

• Ben Kelly — Custom GelaSkins
• Brett Haggard — The Speedtest.net iPhone app
• Simon Dingle — Quake Live and World of Goo
• Toby Shapshak — Lenovo’s new range of portables

Download the entire episode directly (as an MP3 file).

• Subscribe to our free daily newsletter
• Follow us on Twitter