Two Blokes Talking Tech

This week Stephen and Trevor are in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, discussing all the news from the big mobile brands in the world.  Blackberry is back, Nokia is back - with a catch, plus LG, Huawei, Sony, Samsung, Alcatel and much much more

Six years to the day since our very first podcast together as Two Blokes Talking Tech - the boys are back for episode 288, our 304th podcast.  This week talking about the power cost savings from Tesla Powerwall, The predictions of unlimited data on mobile plans coming soon, The Teclo wars and the data that shows Vodafone in #1 spot in Sydney, the curious case of Apple's WWDC plans for 2017 and what it means for iPhone X,  Office hits the touchbar, AFL fans unhappy with Telstra streaming and the minute reviews!

So EHANG's 184 is set to take flight over Dubai - is the future of personal transport really this close!!, Plus CASA has a new app coming to help you know where to fly. Trevor and Stephen both test the Netgear Nighthawk M1 "Gigabit" router, Apple's Carpool Karaoke experiment - a sign of things to come?, Telstra Gateway Frontier modem means instant connection and no drop outs, Apple Pay booming in Australia and more banks coming on board, and the  Telstra Footy streams this year are Free!

Samsung launches the Galaxy A series phones in Australia and Stephen and Trevor have had a look - recording from the launch, plus Stan has upped the streaming game matching Netflix and Amazon with Downloads and Quality.  The boys discuss the Green v Mundine streaming dramas, the Huawei Mate 9 is out and it's stunning - Vodafone swap a windscreen for tablets and smartphones on a race-car, the Aussie app for translating your chats and Stephen's minute review (singular!)

Telstra suffers an outage - a simple fire at an exchange but the boys have questions about why the impact was so large.   Conversely earlier in the week Telstra announced a huge leap forward in 4G with Gigabit speeds using Netgear's new Nighthawk M1 mobile router.  Then Vaya has a new data only plan that will blow your mind, while Aldi has the best mobile deal on the market.  All that plus the Oppo R9s review and Sony's best noise cancelling headphones

Trevor and Stephen together to bring you all the week's tech news and opinion, starting off with Samsung's big announcement of the Battery drama investigation results - what next for Samsung, has this hurt them?  Cyber Bullying more of a worry for parents than school-yard bullying - the blokes discuss Norton's latest report.  VPN dramas - the CSIRO investigates loads of Android VPN apps and is not happy, Apple updates Siri with Cricket knowledge and the 100 Best Aussie songs now in Apple Music.

Crashing a $250,000 drone and it's operator error, back to school tech talk for parents, Google's Toontastic 3D creative app, Huawei Mate 9  hits Australia in February, Fitbit's training app, and Google's Sky Diving street view, and Stephen's minute reviews

The blokes are together on Day three looking back at two days of gadgets and gizmos.  From Netgears new Arlo cameras, to Sony's audio and visual range, Stephen explains Sony's OLED TV is an LG OLED panel, while Trevor loves Sony's new Bluetooth speakers, Telstra, Behind the scenes and much more

The show floor is open and the exploration begins, the boys discuss what they've seen from the big booths to the small gadgets, from Blackberry's return to the Excercise bike for kids - it's all at CES

Stephen and Trevor bring you all the news from the main press day at CES 2017, LG, Samsung, Hisense, Sony and what about all the talk of connected and self-driving cars.  All that this epsiode