Two Blokes Talking Tech

This week on the EFTM Podcast, thanks to TCL's SQD MiniLED TVs we take your calls on a range of topics - so if you have a question, send a text to 0477 657 657 VPN advice for unique programming options. Upgrading to the iPhone 18 Por from a 13! Dual Screening your laptop, what's possible. And laptop buying advice too!

It's time - to look at and review the iPhone Duo. We've got it in studio, we can share what's good, what needs work and what's quirky about the iPhone Duo before you buy. How do Apps look, will the iPhone Duo be ready for opening day. And by the way, when will you get it? And Apple has another event next week!

A Call of Duty game set in Australia – that’s a possibility according Infinity Ward’s Alex Norris and we chat with him, smartphone shipments have plunged 20 per cent but Samsung is still on top, we go through Apple’s latest home releases including the brand new Home View, we take a look at the Ecovacs Robotics Deebot X12S OmniCyclone, Google releases a new Fitbit and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

This week we hear from Gary who was so into his Kia he started an owners club, but now - also owns a Zeekr! Plus, Dean is contemplating an EV - so the Two Blokes help try and narrow down the options. And, we go around the block in the Mazda 6e. Get in touch, share your EV thoughts - send an sms or WhatsApp to 0477 657 657

When seven-year-old Olive qualifies for a children’s beauty pageant, her wildly dysfunctional family has no choice but to pile into a battered yellow VW van and drive across the country to get her there on time. Her failed motivational speaker father, suicidal uncle, foul-mouthed grandfather, silent teenage brother, and exhausted mum all have one thing in common: they are each falling apart in their own way, and the van breaking down is the least of their problems. It is one of the funniest, most heartfelt films of the 2000s, and a quiet reminder that winning isn’t everything. If you have never seen it, The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, thanks to Fetch and Hisense, is giving you the perfect reason to do so.

Albo is deluded, on several fronts

Apple as expected launched a range of updates to their Home tech with new HomePod Mini, a new Apple TV and a brand new product the Apple HomeView - so what do we think? Bose is bringing back the wired headphones and this is outstanding news. The blokes go to the movies to check out A Social Reckoning Arlo's new Solar Powered camera is out, and Greg Norman gets angry over Wifi.

I've been dabbling a LOT in AI - you might be fascinated to hear my latest little experiments. Plus, this week, your calls on Anti Virus, advice from a caller for one of last weeks questions and Martin has a new place he needs a few things for! And we talk to Praveena Raman from Motorola Australia about the foldable smartphone market in Australia!

Microsoft had released the most powerful product ever, Arlo has launched its new solar powered cameras for all round protection, we take a listen to the AirPods 5 earphones, Uniden has unveiled ts first video walkie talkies and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

EV sales continue to boom, outselling Petrol month after month - we look at the numbers and more. Plus we hear from Goutham who has owned a Tesla Model 3 for five years and recently added a Volvo EX90 to the driveway and is crunching the numbers on that one. Michael is back and he's got the Geely EX2 and the wife is loving it. And, we go around the block in the Hyundai Ioniq 6 N - what a beast! Be part of the show, send us a text on 0466 657 657!

A loyal Roman general is betrayed by the emperor's jealous son, his family is murdered, and he is left for dead and sold into slavery. Forced to fight in the arena, he rises through the ranks of the gladiators with one goal in mind: to reach the Colosseum and take revenge on the man who destroyed everything he loved. It won Best Picture and made Russell Crowe a global star, and if you have never seen it, The Best Movies You've Never Seen, thanks to Fetch and Hisense, is giving you the perfect reason to do so.

What a trip! But some thanks is required for Stephen!

It's October, Apple should be taking a break, but serial newsmaker Mark Gurman sees otherwise - what's coming? OpenAI's woes - Trev's take is a little different. The Ombudsman for Social Media - Yes please! And Trev's Travel Tech!

Trev's back! Taking your calls, so if you've got a pent up tech frustration or need some advice on what to buy - get in touch? Perhaps you've got a new gadget you want to rave about? Send a text to 0477 657 657! This week all your calls, plus we talk to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman about expanding their remit to help Aussies with Digital platform complaints too!

The new scam that’s forcing people to call cyber criminals, Belkin’s new iPhone screen protectors that do more than just protect your screen, the telcos join forces to activate Temporary Disaster Roaming, Samsung has released new Galaxy Tab S12 tablets, we check out the Sennheiser HD 480 Pro Plus headphones, Snapmaker launches its new U1 3D printer in Australia and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

Zeekr 7X owner Tim joins us to talk about his learnings from an outback QLD road trip. What he wished he knew, how he prepared and how the charging network stacked up in those vital moments. MG Australia's Product Planning Manager Kevin Kou joins the boys to discuss the brand's success in Australia, the lineup of EVs and what's to come. And Trevor and Stephen go around the block in the KIA EV6. We'd love to hear from you, text or WhatsApp 0477 657 657

A hotshot rookie race car, obsessed with fame and terrified of anything slowing him down, gets stranded in a forgotten town on old Route 66. Stuck there with nowhere to go, he is forced to actually meet the locals, and what begins as a detour becomes the thing that changes him completely. Twenty years on, Cars is still one of Pixar's most heartfelt films, and to mark two decades since it first hit the road, we are revisiting it on The Best Movies You've Never Seen, thanks to Fetch and Hisense.

Telstra, Optus and Vodafone have joined forces to establish Temporary Disaster Roaming to keep users connected in the event of a natural disaster, OpenAI apologises for its government website breach, Motorola goes premium with its new flagship Signature 27 smartphone, Vodafone releases Australia's first 48-month mobile plan, Snapmaker releases its first 3D printer in Australia and our review of the Ring Outdoor Plus solar camera.

On this week’s show – It’s a year on from NBN’s Accelerate Great speed upgrade – whats the state of the nation and we’ve just returned from Meta Connect 2026 and we’ll talk about the Meta VR Glasses, new Meta Glasses without cameras and we sit down with Meta VP for Wearables Alex Himel and discuss new products and privacy, we take a look at the Mac mini with M6, Motorola unveils the signature 27 smartphone and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

Stefan joins us to talk about buying a Tesla Model YL after going out to buy a Toyota Prado. How do you get from one extreme to the other?? Kushal is considering replacing his Toyota Corolla with an EV - should he buy new or used? And we go around the block in the BYD Sealion 7! Be part of the show, text 0477 657 657

A buttoned-up marketing executive just wants to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving, but every flight, train, and rental car conspires against him. Stuck sharing the journey with an overly chatty, relentlessly good-natured shower curtain ring salesman, what starts as pure irritation slowly turns into one of the most unexpected friendships in movie history. It is Steve Martin and John Candy at their absolute best, hilarious right up until it quietly breaks your heart, and if you have never seen it, The Best Movies You've Never Seen, thanks to Fetch and Hisense, is giving you the perfect reason to do so.

Stephen and Val are in the US as guests of Meta at Connect 26 at the Menlo Park campus where the company made some major product announcements. Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage for the keynote and unveiled the Meta VR Glasses - a serious Apple Vision competitor at less than a third of the price. Also announced were the Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses Audio - no camera and released at a time when there were privacy concerns about the company's camera glasses. And they also announced an update that can turn Meta glasses into a hearing aid. Muse is the new Meta AI agent which has just been released in the US and coming soon to Australia. Zuckerberg also revealed a small handheld device called the Muse Charm that can allow users to interact with their Muse without needing a computer or phones. And OpenAI has hacked an Australia Government website - what now??

Australian PM Anthony Albanese has a pow wow with former Apple CEO Tim Cook about youth safety online, we take a hands on look at the upcoming iPhone Duo, Epson releases new 4K lifestyle projectors for the home, we give you our verdict on the new iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, ASUS launches the impressive Zenbook 14 laptop and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

This week we hear from NAX about his second hand Model 3, and the problem with replacing their second car. Lisa bought a Skoda, and loves it! What brought her to that car decision? And we get behind the wheel of the Geely EX2 We'd love to hear from you - text us on 0477 657 657

An unemployed, twice-divorced mum with no legal training talks her way into a filing job at a law firm, and stumbles across a stack of documents that do not add up. What she uncovers is a cover-up big enough to take down a billion-dollar energy company, and she is the only one stubborn enough to chase it all the way. It won Julia Roberts an Oscar and is one of the most quietly powerful true stories Hollywood has ever told, and if you have never sat down and watched it, The Best Movies You've Never Seen, thanks to Fetch and Hisense, is your excuse to finally fix that.

Our great mate Val Quinn is stepping in as the other Bloke as Trev takes a well-earned holiday with his family. This week - the Phone Duo - what's all the fuss about, the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max has landed. Microsoft sets the rules for its use of AI and we share our highlights from the IFA tech show in Berlin.

Apple has unveiled the iPhone Duo – it’s most expensive iPhone and international buyers will be paying a massive premium, we also discuss the new iPhone 18 Pro and the new Apple Watches and AirPods, we take a look at the JBL Cove multi room speakers, we check out the HP OmniBook Ultra laptop and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

There's been a lot of talk about Chinese Cars and data worries, but it's a much broader issue. This week we talk to Johannes Lehmann, Member of the Policy Group at AEVA about their proposal to the Government for an industry wide approach to securing our data in all cars. Plus, we're joined by Mary, our first ever Video caller, who's undecided about what car to buy. And the boys get behind the wheel of the CLA Electric for some thoughts. We'd love to hear from you, text or WhatsApp us on 0477 657 657

A shy, socially awkward mechanical genius loses his job at the Melbourne tram depot for the crime of building his own tram, just for fun. Down on his luck, he takes in a couple of boarders who turn out to be small-time crooks, and it isn't long before his gift for inventing gadgets gets put to a very different use, planning one of the most inventive heists ever put on film. It swept the AFI Awards, it is proudly, uniquely Australian, and if you have somehow never seen it, that is exactly the gap The Best Movies You've Never Seen, thanks to Fetch and Hisense, exists to fill.

Stephen and Trev are here to unpack one of the biggest Apple events in a long time, and that includes that much anticipated foldable. iPhone Duo - that name was a late call, but it's spot on. How good is it? What are the first impressions. Plus we've got the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, we've got the new AirPods 5 and, all new Apple Watches. A lot to unpack, as Trev sits in the back of an Uber.

This week we are in Berlin for the IFA tech show - we're going to take you through the biggest announcements from companies like Ecovacs, Anker, Roborock, Dreame, MOVA and EZVIZ and much more. We've taken a hands-on look at most of the products we're going to be talking about. And we'll answer all of your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

This week, we're talking to Brendan Michel Head of Product and Market Planning at BMW Australia about the Neue Klasse platform and their new IX3. As it happens, our first caller OWNS an iX3 and is buying the new one too! Plus, Stephen and Trev give their thoughts on the car after driving it recently in Byron Bay We'd love to hear from you, text or WhatsApp us on 0477 657 657

A Vermont housewife, still recovering from a car accident, starts hearing voices and seeing things in the lakeside home she shares with her scientist husband. As the visions grow stronger and harder to dismiss, she is drawn into a chilling mystery that forces her to question her marriage, her memory, and her own sanity. What Lies Beneath is a slow-burning, Hitchcockian thriller about secrets, guilt, and the ghosts that refuse to stay buried.

The Two Blokes are in Berlin for IFA 2026. What's new, whats expected, what's different this year? The Appliance show is becoming the robot show - so what's coming? Also the new DYSON TOOTHBRUSH, yes, TOOTHBRUSH, who expected that? Uniden's new Speakers and the Meta changes that Australia should be jealous of!

This week, your talkback technology calls - and you can be part of the show - any question, a problem with tech or you got something cool you want to talk about- just get in touch! Thanks to Vodafone you can Text Trev on 0477 657 657 or send a WhatsApp. We're talking data breach victims and how to take control of your info. Plus advice on cameras to take on mega holidays Speaking of Cameras, the home security brand you've seen online - worth it? And portable monitors for the ultimate anywhere desk setup!

Apple has named the date for its next event where we will see the first foldable iPhone, Samsung has launched its latest affordable flagship smartphone, ASUS has unveiled its limited edition ROG XBOX Ally X20 portable gaming PC, we take a look at the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, we run our eyes – and ears over the Noble Audio Fokus Apollo Pro premium headphones and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

This week we talk to Rob about the false advertising on public chargers. 300kW? What speed will you actually get? You might be pretty disappointed. Raymond saw Trev's TikTok on the BMW iX3 and he's ordered one - will be his 5th EV! And Michael is looking for an EV for his wife - what hatchback will work? Get in touch with us any time, text or WhatsApp 0477 657 657

A broke supermarket clerk stumbles into a drug deal to make her rent, unknowingly setting off a chain reaction involving undercover cops, soap opera actors, and a trip to Vegas gone very wrong. Told from three overlapping points of view, one wild night in LA spirals into double-crosses, near-misses, and chaos nobody saw coming. Go is a fast, funny, adrenaline-charged crime comedy about bad decisions, worse luck, and one unforgettable night.

Well played..

July numbers are worrying for retailers - is this a cost of living downturn or are Aussies getting savvy about how and when they buy? The Oura ring drama, a class action against them for how well they track sleep? Is that real? Using AI - for your finances? Smart or dumb. Judge Trev as you wish. And Apple's Mac Upgrades.

This week we check back in with callers we've helped recently. How's that Dashcam connection after removing the VPN? And did we have any luck with those USB ports on the Hisense TV? We talk to Vodafone with some tips for device safety and security, and Foad from Telsyte joins to talk about our lust for premium phones. And which phone is great for your elderly mum? Join the show, click ASK TREV in the EFTM APP, or text 0477 657 657 thanks to Vodafone!

Australia’s telcos join forces to launch an awareness campaign about connecting to Triple Zero, Mova has launch a range of robots to cover your entire home – inside and out, EZVIZ has unveiled a host of new smart home security products, we take a look at the Google Pixel 11 Pro XL smartphone, we run our eye over the Sony True RGB Bravia 7 II, we roadtest the ASUS Zenbook A16 laptop and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

Nick Black joins us from AusGrid to talk about curbside chargers and how it shifts the cost from taxpayers to homeowners, but it's all for the best. Marek owns a Mini Countryman - got a great deal, has a wall charger to take away stress, but hopes all public chargers will use RFID! And Rowan bought a Farizon Van after chatting with us recently. We'd love to hear from you, text us 0477 657 657

A small-town schoolteacher with a loving family and eight years of amnesia starts noticing something isn't right, she's a chef? A near-fatal accident jolts loose the truth, and she is pulled back into a violent past she never knew she had, with a down-on-his-luck private eye dragged along for the ride. The Long Kiss Goodnight is a slick, explosive action thriller about identity, memory, and the deadly woman hiding inside an ordinary life.

We've ordered, while we wait, we chat :)

This week we look at data from Samsung about the success of the Fold8 vs the Fold8 Ultra and the solid sales for the new form factor. What's it mean for the market, what's it mean for Apple and more speculation about that event that's just weeks away. Plus we talk TVs with the TCL SQD-Mini LED X11L and the Sony Bravia 7ii And Action cameras from DJI, Insta360 and GoPro move from creator devices to all-round consumer gadgets.

This week Trev's exclusive 1:1 with Michele Butti - Vice President Alexa International at Amazon about the launch of Amazon's Alexa+ in Australia. How is it different, what can you use it for? Plus your calls, please text in on 0477 657 657 and be part of the show. Sonos streaming woes discussed, along with a curious one about USB drives in TVs. And the graphics card dilemma, broken and out of warranty - or is it?

Australians have expensive taste when it comes to buying smartphones, Google has unveiled the Pixel 11 range, Meta’s update on the Facebook and Instagram accounts removed after the social media ban began, we test drive the new Mammotion LUBA 3 AWD robot lawn mover, Insta360 releases new X6 360 degree camera and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.

The KIA EV9 GT is a powerhouse, but why wouldn't the blokes buy it? Lucas has made it - took his Model Y over 5,000 K's to the centre of Australia, he shares the trip with us. And Tesla's new finance plan helping with the re-sale anxiety Send us a text - we'd love to chat EVs with you, 0477 657 657

Following Sam Neill’s recent passing, we’re screening The Dish as a heartfelt tribute to one of Australia and New Zealand’s most beloved screen legends. In 1969, a small-town team at the Parkes radio telescope helps bring the Apollo 11 moon landing broadcast to the world. The Dish is a warm, funny, proudly Australian story about teamwork, history, and ordinary people playing a part in something extraordinary.