Author: Kaluka wanjala

Tecno is about to launch its fourth tablet, the Tecno DroiPad 8II, in two consecutive years. The other three tablets from the company are the DroiPad 7Cs, DroiPad 8H, WinPad10. Tecno seems to be one of the few manufacturers that is serious about tablets. The tablet market in Kenya is still very small as this is probably why you do not see as many tablets as there are smartphones. Even with that, there are still companies such as Tecno that are really trying to capture this market.  As I have mentioned above, Tecno will soon be launching the DroiPad 8II…

Microsoft has not had a good start in 2016 as the company only managed to sell 2.3 Million smartphones within the first three months of 2016 ending March 31. This is a very small number for a big industry player such as Microsoft when you compare it to the figures Android manufacturers are posting. Read: Xiaomi Reportedly Sold Over 14.8 Million Handsets During Q1 of 2016 To make things worse for Microsoft, the 2.3 Million Lumia units sold last quarter represent a drop from 8.3 million units that the sold during the same period last year. This is a drop…

Earlier this month, Huawei unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphones, the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus. These are the two premium smartphones from the company but just like last year, the company had an affordable version, the P9 Lite that was not announced at the event but has been announced now. We have been hearing about this phone a lot the last couple of weeks and the specs are exactly as we had expected. This phone was certified by the Chinese telecommunication authority TENAA yesterday and this indicated that it was to be launched soon. Read: Specs of the Huawei P9…

Samsung and Apple have never been the best of friends but the two companies always find time to do some business when it comes down to that. The two companies may end up doing some business again next year according to the South Korean press. It is reported that Samsung and Apple have reached an agreement that will see Samsung supply Apple with 100 Million OLED panels to use on its iPhones. The deal is reportedly valued at $2.6 billion and this will be very strategic for Samsung since the Korean company is already supplying Apple with OLED panels used…

Facebook has today announced that it is rolling a new group calling feature to its messenger platform. This new feature allows you and 50 of your friends to a call together at the same time. This is a VoIP-based group call through the Facebook Messenger app. Starting group calls is very easy and all you need is to tap on the phone icon in a group chat and select the friends you want to be in a group chat with. Messenger will then ping all of them at the same time to be on the call. If for some reason…

Early this month, Huawei officially unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphone, the Huawei P9. As Huawei was announcing the P9, it also announced a much bigger version of this phone, the Huawei P9 Plus. This is similar to what the company did last year but what most people noticed was that a smaller version, the Huawei P9 Lite, was missing from the list. Rumors and leaks about this phone had suggested that there was to be the ‘Lite’ version which we didn’t see at the launch event. Soon after the launch of the P9 and P9 Plus, we started seeing new…

If you are using Windows 10 Mobile, you may (or may not) already know that the version you are using is a 32-bit one. This is the version out there right now but things are about to change very soon. Microsoft has sort of confirmed that there is a 64-bit Windows 10 Mobile that is under development and will be released very soon. Read: The Microsoft Lumia 550 Review Microsoft revealed that a 64-bit Windows 10 Mobile version is in development when it published a feature on Dave Cutler who has been responsible for developing some of the company’s most…

Chrome browser is one of the most popular browser on both PCs and on mobile. Even as most Android devices come with their own stock browsers, users always end up downloading Chrome browser app to replace the browsers on their devices. Am one such user and one of the first apps that I download when I get a new phone is Chrome. Chrome browser app is so popular and Google is reporting that over 1 billion people use it every month. These numbers include users on both Android and iOS. This is a very huge figure and Chrome joins other…

LeEco, a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, has today announced the world first USB Type-C headphones with lossless audio. The company announced these headphones as it was announcing three new smartphones the LeEco Le Max 2, Le 2 and Le 2 Pro all of which come with USB Type-C ports and no earphone jacks. Read: LeEco unveils the Le Max 2 Smartphone with 6GB of RAM and No Headphone Jack The USB Type-C headphones work like any other headphones and you have to plug in them to a USB Type-C port such as those found on the new MacBook or such as…

Have you heard of LeEco? Probably not. You may not have heard about the company but trust me it is one of the fastest rising manufacturers out of china. The company has some amazing devices most of which have almost bezel-less designs and other flagship features at affordable prices. Here in Kenya, you can get LeEco phones from Avechi. LeEco has today unveiled three new smartphones which are the Le Max 2, Le 2 and Le 2 Pro. All these smartphones are missing earphone jacks something we expect to find on every smartphone. The earphone jacks have been replaced with…