Author: Kaluka wanjala

Huawei has today officially launched its latest flagship smartphone, the P9 in Kenya. The phone has been available unofficially in the country through different retail stores and today’s launch was just to make things official. The Huawei P9 is known for its 12MP dual camera setup at the back made in partnership with Leica, a leading camera producer. The Huawei P9 is available for Ksh 55,000 in most retail stores around the country. The phone was today launched at the Safaricom shop at the Hub in Karen so you should expect to find it on any Safaricom retail shop in…

Back in March, Samsung started updating the Galaxy S5 to Android Marshmallow. This update was not available to all variants of the S5 in every country. The company started by rolling out the update to the Galaxy S7 models that had the Snapdragon processor, these are the SM-G900I models. If you own the Galaxy S5 with the Exynos processor, don’t feel left behind as the company is pushing out this update to your device. This update is being pushed out to users in India according to SamMobile. This update is available over the air or through the Samsung Switch software…

For a few months now, we have known that Samsung was working on variant of its Galaxy S7. Samsung was to call this device the Galaxy S7 Active as it targets those living the active lifestyle. We even saw the specs of this device leak a few weeks ago showing us what to expect when the phone is officially launched. The wait is finally over and Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S7 active to the world. This device comes with most of the specs of the flagship Galaxy S7 with a few changes. As expected, it comes with a rugged…

Last month, we saw the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 when it was certified by TENAA. With this certification, we had expected it to be launched anytime from that day but up until now that has not happened. If you have been waiting for this tablet, you may not be waiting that long as it will be unveiled anytime from today. This is because the first official images of the Galaxy Tab S3 have been leaked and this shows that its launch is expected soon. These images we leaked by @evleaks who has been spot on with most of his leaks…

As we start preparing for the next Android Iteration, Android N, it is also about time that we look forward to the next Nexus devices. Google seems to be a big fan on LG when it comes to Nexus devices. Last year, the company said that LG is the best engineering partner but it looks like Huawei wants to be on the same level with LG when it comes to Nexus devices. The Nexus 6P which was announced back in September 2015 is made by Huawei and it looks like one of the 2016 Nexus devices will be from Huawei…

Back in March, Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy J3 in India. This smartphone is in the Galaxy J family and this means that it is targeting the lower market segment. The phone was launched in Kenya about two weeks ago and is retailing for Ksh 18,299. The Galaxy J3 is not a true mid-range smartphones and even though it has a high price tag, its specs are not that mind blowing. Samsung has now added another device that it refers to as the Galaxy J3 Pro. The J3 Pro has been announced today by Samsung China and this might mean…

About two weeks ago, Ericsson announced that it has signed an agreement with the Rwandan government for the launch of a national interoperability switch based on the Ericsson M-Commerce Interconnect solution. With this agreement, Ericsson provides a national interconnect solution which is required to bring together all the players and systems within the financial service area. This will connect financial and payment services providers within the country and enable end-user to enjoy, in real time, a range of digital payments possibilities across all financial platforms and service providers. To better understand this, I had a chat with Peter Heuman, VP…

Twitter has been having a very difficult time the last couple of years with the growth of other social media sites such as Instagram, Snapchat among others. The microblogging site has not had an easy time attracting new users who prefer the other social networking sites. If Twitter is not able to attract new users, it will have a very difficult time attracting advertisers who will see no value in spending money on the site. It is now being reported that the number of daily active users on Snapchat has just passed the 150 million mark beating Twitter which sees…

A few weeks ago, Apple released iOS 9.3.2 for the 9.7-Inch iPad Pro. This was just like any other normal update from the company but as soon as it was made available to users, the company started receiving complaints that the update bricked their devices with “error 56” message. After the complaints, Apple pulled the update and it was no longer available for 9.7-Inch iPad Pro owners. Those affected were advised to contact Apple support team to either get their devices fixed. Fixing this was not that easy as some of those whose devices were affected had to get their…

Huawei is finally ready to bring its latest flagship smartphone, the P9, in Kenya. The company will be unveiling this smartphone early next week in partnership with Safaricom. The Huawei P9 was unveiled back in April and we expected to have it in the country in May but that never happened. After the long wait, the P9 is finally making its way into the country. The Huawei P9 is one of the 2016 flagship smartphones that really got people talking. The phone comes with a 12MP dual camera setup at the back which was developed in partnership with Leica. One…