Steven Ambrose of World Wide Worx Strategy makes his first appearance on the ZA Tech Show this week, joining Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle to discuss:

• Internet access stats for SA
• The Apple iPad launch
• The online services drought in SA
• Progress in Android and Chrome OS
• Microsoft falling behind in mobile
• Cell C’s “4G” network roll-out
• Cellular networks’ data congestion problems

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Brett Haggard — Picks: the iPad (we didn’t see that one coming) and Interarchy FTP client
• Duncan McLeod – Pick: the Zap ‘em Dead electrified fly-swatter and pick-on: Jason Calacanis for his iPad tweets
• Steven Ambrose – Pick: the BlackBerry Bold 9700
• Simon Dingle – Picks: the HTC Tattoo and SkypeIn with SA numbers

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

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