Author: Kaluka wanjala

Xiaomi has just shown the world that big smartphones are still worth buying. The company has unveiled the Mi Max 2 that takes over from the Xiaomi Mi Max that was launched in 2016. Just like the first Mi Max, the Mi Max 2 is quite massive with almost every aspect being big, bigger that what you get on a conventional smartphone. The Xiaomi Mi Max 2 has a 6.44 inch display that is quite big by any standard. Besides this size, the phone looks more like an iPhone 7 Plus, a stretched out one. Xiaomi has long been known…

Most people know about Tecno’s smartphones but very few know that the company has a few tablets in its portfolio. The latest one from the company is the Tecno DroiPad 7D that was announced a few days ago and is one of the cheapest tablets in the country available for less than Ksh 10,000. I have had this tablet for a couple of days and here is what I think about it so far. This is the first impressions post that basically looks at the things you should expect from it the first few days of using it. We do…

Not so long ago, Sony introduced a new smartphone category that it called the “Premium standard”. This category was to consist of devices in the $500 price range that the company hoped would attract new customers and help its brand gain some market share. Given that the “premium standard” category hasn’t been that successful, the company is axing it from its line up. The company announced this yesterday at its Investor relations Day saying that it will no longer be making devices in the $500 price range. With this announcement, the company will now focus on the midrange and flagship…

Safaricom has announced Kenya’s first ever telecommunications lab. The first phase of the lab has been put up at the cost of Sh. 200 million and replicates Safaricom’s entire networking including the billing platform, application servers such as M-PESA, Safaricom’s cloud, microwave, 2G, 3G and 4G networks in a single room. Safaricom has collaborated with a number of industry players including Cisco, Huawei, Nokia and others who have donated equipment and expertise to the lab, which is located at the firm’s headquarters in Nairobi. Safaricom’s more than 27 million customers will benefit from this investment, which will see fast tracking…

Most companies ‘borrow’ a few ideas from the competitors as they grow. I don’t necessarily think this is a bad thing as long as the competitor has an innovative product or service that both companies can implement in their own way. With that said, I think it gets to a point when one company blatantly copies everything the other company does. Instagram has been copying what Snapchat does the last couple of months as a way to attract Snapchat’s user base as well as positioning itself as the go to social networking site for new users. The Facebook owned company…

For the past few weeks, Instagram has been making some changes to its platform that threaten the very existence of Snapchat. These changes may not necessarily affect Snapchat right now but will surely affect it going forward. This is why Snapchat has to keep innovating going forward. Snapchat has just announced new features that it expects will help it stay ahead of competition. Custom Stories are just some of the new changes the company has implemented on its platform. Users will be able to create Custom Stories with any of their friends as these stories allow groups of people to…

Instagram has made some changes to its platform but very few people noticed. Last week, the company reduced the options to cross post content to other social media platforms with no warning or heads up. Right now, you can only share content to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. If you are like many people, you probably don’t know which other platforms have been removed. Before you get confused, Foursquare Swarm and Flickr are the two platforms that have been trimmed from the sharing options. I bet you never noticed they were there did you?. Foursquare Swarm allows users to earn points…

Huawei’s 2017 flagship smartphone, the P10, is finally available in Kenya. We have been waiting for this smartphone for ages and we finally have it in the country for Ksh 65,000. The phone was unveiled back in February at MWC 2017 and took ages to get here, even Samsung launched the S8 and S8+ in the country before the P10. The Huawei P10 has been on pre-order since April, the pre-order window was to close on April 30. The phone did not get the usual treatment we expect for a flagship smartphone, it was quietly introduced to the market with…

A couple of days ago, Google unveiled Android Go, an ultra-light version of Android for entry level devices. With this announcement, most people thought that Android Go was here to replace Android One since they are both meant for those using low end devices, mostly in emerging markets. Given that Google wasn’t generous with information as to what Android Go was all about, we were certain that it was the new Android One and this meant that Android One was dead. Well, Android One will not be replaced with Android Go. In an interview with NDTV, Google VP of Product…

System updates are very important no matter what Smartphone you have. If you own a smartphone from a well-known brand, you most probably are used to getting new updates every so often. These updates bring new features and security patches that we all need to stay safe online. The unfortunate thing about system updates is that they tend to be so big and therefore you need a reliable internet connection to download them. This means that you will need time and a reliable connection if you are to successfully download a system update. With that said, you have to prepare…