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BlackBerry was once a popular smartphone manufacturer but things took a turn for the worse a few years ago. Ever since then, the company has seen its market share drop significantly as consumers ditch its platform for more mature ones such as Android and iOS. To try and save itself, BlackBerry released its first Android smartphone, the Priv, last year but this didn’t help things that much. Ever since the BlackBerry Priv came out, consumers were not sure what the company has planned for the future in terms of devices. Was it going to release Android based smartphones, will it…

Last week, reports surfaced online claiming that Huawei has plans to ditch Google’s Android OS in favor of its own OS. This was of interest to many people since Huawei is one of the top smartphone manufacturers out there and for them to ditch Android in favor of its own proprietary OS is bad news for Google. Well, it looks like Huawei will not be ditching Android anytime soon as long as Google keeps it open. Huawei’s CEO, Richard Yu, said this on the Chinese social networking site, Weibo. The interesting bit is that, before the reports about Huawei’s proprietary…

It is no secret that Microsoft is having a hard time pushing Windows Phone/Windows 10 Mobile to users. Even as the company tries to push the platform to get people to use it, Android and iOS still rule the market and they are not slowing down. Late last year, Microsoft introduced Windows 10 Mobile and this was seen as the new OS that would help the company reach more people. This has not happened so far and according to AdDuplex, Windows 10 Mobile accounts for 10.9% of the Windows Phone market. This is an increase of 0.5% from the figures…

The one thing that is slowing down Windows 10 Mobile adoption is the lack of apps. Even though developers have started embracing the platform, there are still not enough apps on Windows 10 Mobile when you compare it to Android and iOS and this puts off many end users. Some of the popular apps such as Instagram only left beta a few months ago and others such as Pinterest and Pocket have no official apps. With Windows 10, we may see more developers bring their apps to the ecosystem and this is definitely something users will be happy about. One…

Back in May 2015, Microsoft launched the Surface 3 tablet as an affordable option to the premium Surface Pro 3. This tablet was received very well by consumers especially the budget conscious ones. The tablet was seen as a much better alternative to the flagship Surface Pro 3 that was out of reach for most people. After more than a year on the market, Microsoft is now ready to stop producing the Surface 3 tablet. This was expected as the last couple of months have seen a limit in stock levels and configuration options which showed us that the company…

Ever since Google officially unveiled its latest Android iteration, Android Marshmallow, Samsung seems to be the only company that seems to be working hard to update as many of its devices as possible. We have seen a good number of Galaxy devices get the Marshmallow treatment from the high end ones to even devices such as the Galaxy J5. The update started seeding to the J5 a few days ago and we are now getting information that some devices in the Galaxy A family are getting it too. The two devices in the Galaxy A family that are getting the…

Earlier today, Tecno officially launched the Camon C9 in Kenya. Besides the phone, the company also unveiled its first wearable, the Tecno T-Band. After Tecno, the next smart band to be launched in Kenya will be from Infinix. Infinix and Tecno are owned by the same company going by the name Transsion Holdings incase you didn’t know. Back to the XBand, I have information that it will be launched soon and its retail price will be Ksh 9,000 ($89). This is not cheap and is even more than the Infinix Hot 3 smartphone. The price may change between now and…

Tecno has today officially launched the Camon C9 smartphone in Kenya. The Camon C9 takes over from the Camon C8 and C5 smartphones that were launched in the country last year. The Camon C9 comes into the market about three months after the company unveiled The Boom J8, a smartphone for music lovers. The Tecno Camon C9 is available for Ksh 17,999 in most retail stores in Kenya. To put things in perspective, we will be looking at a few things about this smartphone that you may want to know. Price…? As mentioned above, the Tecno Camon C9 is available…

WhatsApp is no doubt one of the most popular apps out there. The app is well known as the go to instant messaging platform but it also has a voice calling feature that it rolled a while back. When WhatsApp rolled out this feature, we weren’t sure people would use it but it seems like we were wrong according to the latest stats from the company. WhatsApp is reporting that over 100 million voice calls are made though its platform every single day. This can be translated to 1,100 voice calls every second. 100 million voice calls every day is…

If you are a regular here at TechArena, you may have seen our coverage of the Huawei Honor 8. We told you that the company has plans to officially unveil this device before the second half of the year. If you have never heard of the Honor device, they are part of the Huawei family but operate independently as a different brand. They fall under Huawei but unlike the other devices, they come with some decent specs and tend to cost way less compared to other devices with the same specs. Huawei usually sells these devices in select markets. Back…