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Programme 211 covers:

  • Hands-on review of the Sony Xperia Z1, with the fastest phone internals ever seen and a camera with PureView oversampling pretensions
  • News of the Oppo N1 and Blackberry Z30



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Show 218 - Hands on review of the Pebble smartwatch, plus trying to solve the Charging Conundrum!

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Show 216 - Hands on review of the Nokia Lumia 625, plus Nexus updates and some teases/surprises

Show 215 - Hands on review of the Motorola Moto G, plus hacking the Galaxy Nexus

Note 3Show 214 - My hands on review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with S Pen and massive learning curve, plus a look at the Pocket Power and the LG G Flex and Moto G

Show 213 - Hands on review of the Google Nexus 5, plus my Top 5 Phones for November 2013 and a bonus clip of reconditioning an iPhone 4S

Show 212 - Hands on review of the LG G2, plus a look at the Proporta BeachBuoy and news of the HTC One Max

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