It seems like everyone’s getting in on the whole “touchscreen phone” thing.
We’ve talked before about some of Samsung’s touchscreen devices as early as our second radio show, and while those handsets felt a lot like they were playing on the same turf as the iPhone, the new Samsung UltraTouch is a handset with a different [...]

This week on The Gadget Grill, we’ve been to Cabramatta, 
Parramatta, Wangaratta, Coolangatta… wait, no… actually, we haven’t. But these guys have…
This week, we’re talking to the people behind the GPS technology that sits in your car. They’re responsible for the maps that tell you where Point A is and how you’ll get from there [...]

 

 May 24, 2009 - I've been everywhere, man...: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Recently I was privileged to have been invited to the Sydney media launch of the Power Monkey range of products.
Briefly, Power Monkey manufacture a range of rechargeable portable power sources for our everyday digital devices. The basic idea is that you charge up your Power Monkey, and you then use that as a power source [...]

This past week, the massive computer & IT fair that rocks Germany each year landed in Sydney.
Yes, CeBIT came to the land down under this week and boy did it … suck. That’s right, it wasn’t quite what we expected. Just check some of our CeBIT coverage to see what we mean.
In any case, knowing [...]

 

 May 17, 2009 - The CeBIT Spectacular... well, sort of. [33:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

You’d think that with the giant technology show that is CeBIT, there’d be a huge amount of amazing & unique technology on display for the average consumer to gaze upon.
We thought so too. We were apparently wrong, however.
That said, despite CeBIT lacking a lot, there were still a few things that were so cool, we [...]

Vendors, vendors everywhere but not a spot to sit. Well, unless you count the area where you can get a coffee… there were places to sit there.
CeBIT Sydney 2009 had almost every spot filled with companies, organisations, and businesses from nearly every sector of IT.
But despite all of this, there was still some space to [...]

Being that today - May 12* - was the first day of Sydney’s CeBIT show, we took a little wander down through the halls to try an experiment:
How much crap could we get for free?
Swag is what most people go to a computer expo for. Well, that and seeing new products. So our little experiment [...]

It’s probably a safe bet that you’re using one of the free email solutions available on the web, and as Google starts to let people in without an invite, it’s highly likely that you’re using their GMail service too.
On this show, we’re looking at all the things you can do with your GMail account that [...]

 

 May 10, 2009 - Tips for the GMail junkie! [34:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A couple of weeks ago, we took a look at LG’s newest phone the LG Arena while we were broadcasting live.
This week, we’re showing you what we thought. Instead of just writing down our thoughts like we’d normally do, we’re trying a full video review to see if this is the format you might prefer.
The [...]

Have you ever wondered just how many battery types there were out there?
Between double-A, triple-A, B, C, D, and a ridiculous amount of other types with letters, numbers, and all sorts of technology going inside them, we decided to find out.
This week, we’re talking to an expert all about the world of batteries to see [...]

 

 May 3, 2009 - The big world of batteries & the fake calls we make... [32:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download