Author: Kaluka wanjala

Mobile World Congress 2018 has just kicked off but HMD Global has already showcased 5 Nokia smartphones including the recently unveiled mid-ranger, the Nokia 6 2018. Out of the 5 devices HMD Global showcased at MWC 2018, only 2 of them are new, the other three are new versions of existing devices. The cheapest phone the company unveiled is the Nokia 8110 “slider phone”. This is not an entirely new device but is rather a remake of the classic Nokia 8110 feature phone. The company did a similar thing last year with the unveiling of the Nokia 3310 and I…

Samsung’s latest flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 8, is one of the most expensive devices the company has ever released. The phone is available in Kenya for Ksh 105,000 or less depending on where you get it from. The Galaxy Note 8 is the successor to the Galaxy Note 7 that was discontinued a few months after it was unveiled. With the disaster that was the Galaxy Note 7, there was so much pressure on the company to deliver and ensure the Note 8 lives up to our expectations. We have not heard any issues about this phone and this…

Earlier today, you may have seen ‘Safaricom Platinum’ all over social media especially Twitter. With this, you may have wondered, what is it all about? What has Safaricom done this time round? If you have been asking these questions, this short post is for you as I will be listing down some of the things you should know about the company’s new offering. Monthly Plans of Data, Voice and SMS Safaricom Platinum is basically the company’s new offering letting users choose from 4 different monthly plans. The plans range from a Ksh 2,000 to Ksh 10,000 to target different customers…

If you were one of the people waiting for Android Oreo (Go Edition), the wait is finally over. According to Google, we will be seeing the first devices running Android Oreo (Go Edition) as early as next week at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Google is yet to mention any of these smartphones but said that some of them will be available for a little as $50 (approximately Ksh 5,100). This is quite interesting as we rarely see devices within this price and it will be amazing if the phones we see live to our expectations. This is because…

If you use Twitter, then you know that it can be a good and a terrible place at the same time. Spam and bots can make your experience really bad and this has been very clear recently with the rise of fake news and cyber bullying. Twitter has always tried to do something to address this but the problems on its platform still exist. Even with this, Twitter has always been active in implementing changes that help to some extent even though some people feel that the company isn’t doing enough. The company has shared some details about the innervations…

Google is making some changes that will affect Android Pay and Google Wallet users. The company has finally introduced its latest payment solution, Google Pay. We were expecting this to happen as the company revealed this last month saying that it would combine its different payment services into one. These payment services include Android Pay and Google Wallet that some of you using Android may have interacted with at some point in your lives. The Google Pay app will be the default payment service and you will start seeing it in apps, websites among other places. This new payment service…

In 2017, we saw a handful of manufacturers come out with devices with the modern 18:9 aspect ratio. With this, you get devices that are twice as tall as they are wide. In the end, you get devices that have slightly bigger displays but they do not look and feel that big. Tecno wasn’t one of these manufacturers and that is why the company decided to start 2018 with the unveiling of the Camon CM. The Tecno Camon CM was unveiled in the country towards the end of January and I have been using it since then. You can get…

OPPO has been very active in this market the last couple of months. The company has been releasing new smartphones under the F5 family and its latest one is the OPPO A83 also known as the OPPO F5 Lite. This is the first smartphone by the company to be launched in 2018 and is a stripped-down version of the company’s current flagship, the OPPO F5 that we reviewed last year. Check that one out here. We have been expecting this smartphone in the country this month as it has been launched in a few other markets in Asia. The phone…

Last week, Algocent unveiled Chargifi wireless charging solution in Kenya. The company decided to bring the product to Kenya first but will make it available in other countries in Sub-Sahara. Algocent is the authorized distributor for Chargifi products and it will be targeting businesses and public facilities including restaurants, boardrooms, hospitals, airports just to name a few. So, right now I know you are wondering what Chargifi is and how the charging solution works. Well, if you have seen any wireless charging solution in a public place, it works pretty much the same way but with a twist. If you…

It’s yet another weekend and if you are planning to be indoors, there are a couple of movies and Tv shows you can check out. If you are a Showmax subscriber, this post is specifically for you, if you are not, then it may be time to subscribe to Showmax here. Before you start paying, you get a 14-day free trial to see if this is something you want in your life. With that said, below are some of the shows and movies you can watch on Showmax this weekend. The Cleaner S1 – S2 An award-winning series about an…