Author: Kaluka wanjala

You may not have heard about it yet but KaiOS is one of the new operating systems for smart feature phones. It’s not really an Android competitor and you should not be comparing the two at this point, let’s see how it grows before we start the comparisons. Since this OS is made for feature phones, it is pretty basic but has a target market. The feature phone market is massive especially in developing countries such as Kenya. Not everyone can afford a smartphone and even though their prices have been coming down, not everyone is able to get one…

When HMD Global introduced the Android-powered Nokia smartphones, the company promised at least 2 years of monthly security updates (3 years for Android One devices). These are the monthly updates released by Google and help keep your device up to date and secure. Even though monthly security updates are necessary, not every Android smartphone manufacturer pushes out the updates to their device. HMD is one of the few companies that has been pushing the updates to its devices, even the entry-level ones. This meant that it does not matter which device you can afford, you stand to get the update…

The smartwatch market did not pick up as most people had expected it to. A few millions of them are sold every year but the number is not that high as we had expected. One reason may be that they are expensive for most people or the fact that people do not see the reason of owning one. Whatever the reason is, it looks like the slow growth period is over and things are changing for the better. The smartwatch market is growing at a steady pace and according to the research firm, Strategy Analytics, over 12 million units were…

Dark Mode is the new wave and we are seeing developers implementing it on most of their apps. Some of the top developers including Google and Facebook have added a Dark Mode option on most of their applications. Google has plans to include a system-wide dark mode feature on the next version of Android, Android Q, that will be unveiled very soon. Facebook has already rolled out Dark Mode for its messenger app, the company did so back in March but surprisingly it did not roll out the same to its official app for Android. This will be changing soon…

Vivo was to officially start operations in Kenya a couple of months ago after aborting the plan to do so over a year ago. The company was to launch its products in the country but that never happened for reasons known to them. There was no official communication as to why it did not start operations and when we should expect it to do so. Well, if you have been waiting, the wait is finally over as Vivo phones are officially available in retail stores in Kenya. The company through its social media pages has announced the availability of the…

The Samsung Galaxy A series has spiced up Samsung portfolio this year with amazing devices that are reasonably priced. These include the Samsung Galaxy A10, Galaxy A20, Galaxy A30 just to name a few. The latest device in this series is the Samsung Galaxy A10s that the company announced yesterday. This is the improved version of the Galaxy A10 that is available in Kenya from Ksh 12,500. The Galaxy A10s comes with a 6.2-inch HD+ Infinity-V display. What this basically means is that it has thin bezels and a waterdrop notch at the top. The notch holds the front facing…

Yesterday, Huawei introduced us to its in-house operating system, HarmonyOS. After announcing HarmonyOS, Huawei was clear that this operating system will be used on a wide array of products and was not just meant for smartphones. The company said we should expect to see HarmonyOS on smart home devices to even vehicles. With the launch of HarmonyOS, Honor, Huawei’s sub-brand, has unveiled its first product running HarmonyOS. This new device is the Honor Vision smart TV that was unveiled today at the Huawei Developer Conference. The Honor Vision is a 55-inch smart TV that the company says will be better…

After weeks of speculation, Huawei has finally introduced the world to its in-house operating system that it is calling HarmonyOS. This is the same OS that was previously referred to as HongmengOS. The company announced HarmonyOS a few hours ago at its annual developer conference. The OS will still go by the name HongmengOS in China. The announcement of this new OS was expected but we just did not have all the details of what it has to offer. The developer conference is meant to show the said developers what Huawei has been working on and how they can work…

Yesterday, Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy Note 10 series made up of the Galaxy Note 10 and the Galaxy Note 10+. With the two variants, you are getting two different sizes with the standard Note 10 having a 6.3 inch display while the Note 10+ having a 6.8 inch display. The display on the Note 10+ is a Dynamic AMOLED one with a resolution of 1440p+. The smaller Note 10 on the other hand has the same Dynamic AMLED panel with a 1080p+ resolution. Both the displays on the Note 10 and Note 10+ support HDR10+, a must for a…

Huawei is planning to unveil EMUI 10 later this week at its annual Developers Conference. This will be the new version of the company’s user interface and is the version we expect to see on the Huawei Mate 30 and the Huawei Mater 30 Pro. Most new EMUI versions are usually based on latest Android version and since EMUI 9 is based on Android 9.0 Pie, we expect EMUI 10 to be based on Android Q. Android Q is still in beta mode and the public version is yet to be released and the official release should be happening in…