Plenty of drama and action in the SACM office this month, hence the lateness of this issue and our decision to move straight on to a July issue rather than messing about any further in June, and we aren’t even speaking about the hordes of international flooding our shores for SWC! Read all about it in Steve’s first Ed’s Note for SACM in this issue, either live in Issuu by clicking on the magazine above, or download it here for when you’re offline.

What it hasn’t stopped us doing is getting a ton of detailed and very interesting digital lifestyle info into this issue. We’ve got our hands on Samsung’s killer touchphone, the Wave, and been digging about in the company’s dev environment, called bada. Samsung is giving out huge prizes for the best new apps developed on this custom architecture, check out the full details in our feature inside. The security experts at Kaspersky have been talking us through their new PURE approach while providing us with essential digital security tips, and were on-hand when the Acer Timeline X landed in SA for the details. There are also hands-on reviews of the Nokia E63, some 2GHz Corsair Dominator DDR3, an awesome 27″ LG FLatron LCD, a pre-built Via system from TVR, and the brilliant ultra-mobile MSI Wind.

On the Mac side of the digital lifestyle equation, we get behind the covers of Safari 5, introduce a new 13″ Macbook Pro to our office, and review the Remote App on our new iPod touch as well as the updated Griffin iTrip and TuneJuice 2.

For the gamers, full reviews on Remedy’s latest blockbuster Alan Wake and the long-awaited Alpha Protocol from Obsidian.

Finally there are a trio of very educational new books available from Intersoft, if you’re interested in expanding your mind (and tech skills) without heading off to night school.

Enjoy the read, see you all next month!