Author: Kaluka wanjala

Mobile in Africa is planning to open Xiaomi’s flagship retail store in South Africa according to Mybroadband. For those who don’t know, Mobile in Africa are the official distributors of Xiaomi devices in Africa and they have already launched these devices in key markets including Kenya. When launching Xiaomi devices in Africa, Mobile in Africa planned to partner with offline stores to reach as many customers as possible. This is different from the online-first strategy that we have seen Xiaomi employ is most of the markets it has been operating in. Given that its main channel of distribution is offline,…

The Tecno Phantom 6 Plus is the latest flagship smartphone from the company to be launched in Kenya. The phone was launched a few weeks ago together with the standard Phantom 6. Having had the Phantom 6 Plus I have decided to do this unboxing post just to show you what you get in the box when you buy this phone. The Phantom 6 and 6 Plus take over from the Phantom 5, which I loved, that was launched back in 2015. I was really keen to see how Tecno was going to outperform the Phantom 5 with the Phantom…

Huawei is currently working on its next flagship phablet that it will be unveiling on November 3rd. We have seen so many leaks about this phablet and we sort of know everything about it but the latest leak introduces something we have not heard before. The leak shows that the Mate 9 will come in two different designs. One model will have a flat screen while the other model will come with a dual-curved display similar to what Samsung has with the Edge devices. Only the back of the Mate 9 has been leaked so far so we do not…

Ericsson today announced it has signed a slate of deals with leading content distributors for its subscription video on demand (VOD) service, Nuvu. Ericsson has acquired more than 2,500 hours of content from international distributors including Viacom (MTV, BET, Nickelodeon), MGM, CBS, Al Jazeera, DHX Media and Mattel. Titles include globally recognized hit TV franchises such as Hawaii Five-O, Next Top Model, CSI: Miami, Being Mary Jane,SpongeBob SquarePants, Bob the Builder, Vikings and many others along with a raft of premium Hollywood movies. Ericsson has also licensed dozens of pan-regional and local African TV series and movie content from distributors…

If you have wanted to have the Instagram app on your Windows 10 PC or tablet, you will be happy to know that you will be able to get it as from today. The app has been missing from Windows 10 for PCs and tablets even though it has been available on Windows 10 Mobile since April this year. Even though it is a few months late, it’s a good thing to finally see it on the platform. The awesome thing is that you will be able to upload photos directly from it unlike the web platform that does not…

For the past couple of weeks, we have only talked about one device from Samsung, the Galaxy Note 7. Some users who have bought this device have reported overheating issues while some of the units caughtfire when being charged. Besides the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung has a few other devices that hopefully won’t catch fire. One such device is the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime+ that has been outed by AnTuTu. The device was previously referred to as the Galaxy Grand Prime (2016) but its final name will be Galaxy Grand Prime+. The benchmark listing reveals some of the key specs…

By now, you probably already know that Nokia is getting ready to get back to the smartphone and devices market. The company has been away ever since it sold its mobile division to Microsoft. The agreement between the two companies stipulated that Nokia could get back to the market only after the end of this year (2016). With 2016 coming to an end, Nokia is hard at work preparing its comeback. We have already heard that the company has a number of smartphones that it plans to release when it officially re-enters the market. Before we get to the smartphones,…

Tizen OS is not a very popular OS yet and to be honest, not many people care about it. Even with that said, the OS is really growing thanks to Samsung strategy of taking it to other markets including Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. If you are in Kenya, you can experience Tizen OS through the Samsung Z2 smartphone that was launched in the country last week. The biggest challenge Tizen faces is the lack of enough apps on the platform. We have seen Microsoft experience this same issue with its Windows Mobile platform. Customers want to access apps that…

BlackBerry is currently working on yet another smartphone that might be unveiled before the end of the month. This smartphone was codenamed Argon but its final name will be BlackBerry DTEK60. We have been hearing about this phone a lot the last couple of weeks and now we are getting more information including its specs and price. A leak shared on the pre-order page of the BlackBerry DTEK60 reveals that it will retail for $499.99 (approximately Ksh 51,000). BlackBerry hasn’t officially confirmed this price but since it was on the pre-order page, we are inclined to believe it. Besides the…

Microsoft today announced a campaign with Intel, Lenovo and Dell, to expand business solutions available to small, medium business in Kenya.  Under the theme – Accelerate Your Business (AYB), Microsoft together with the devices partners aims to drive awareness of the innovative technologies that bring new solutions to existing problems, helping customers work smarter and faster. AYB campaign will run for three months from October 2016 and will expose customers in SME sector about the Windows 10 Pro devices that offer enhanced security, manageability, productivity tools and most importantly new ways of collaborating with teams, how to protect a company…