Author: Kaluka wanjala

For some time now, we have known that Huawei was planning to launch its next flagship smartphone, the Huawei P9, P9 Lite and P9 Max sometime next month. We have seen leaks and rumors about these devices and their alleged specifications and features which were never officially confirmed by Huawei so we could not believe them wholeheartedly. Even before Huawei officially confirms the specs of its 2016 flagship, an online retailer, Oppomart, has published the complete list of specifications of the Huawei P9. P9 Lite and P9 Max and their respective prices. The Huawei P9 The first one on the…

Back at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2916, Samsung officially announced its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. These smartphones went on sale in March 11 the first wave of their global launch in 60 countries but Kenya was not among them. Samsung later hinted that we were to see these two smartphones in the country on March 18, 7 days after the first wave of global launch. Read More: The Samsung Galaxy S7 will be available in Kenya on March 18 If you have been waiting for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones, you may be…

Lenovo officially unveiled its latest budget friendly smartphone, the Vibe K5 Plus, In India yesterday. Lenovo is one of the few top manufacturers that still invest heavily in the low end market segment. This market segment is very complicated and seeing manufacturers such as Lenovo still investing in it is a good thing. The Vibe K5 Plus has just been launched in India and am still not sure if we will be getting it in other markets. Its retail price is $126 (approximately Ksh 13,000) and will be available as from next week. Some of the features of the Lenovo…

If you have used Instagram before, then you know that the photos/videos on your feed are displayed in chronological order based on the time they were shared. This is a simple (and if you ask me better) way of sharing photos as you do not miss any posts shared by all the people you are following as long as you are online. Instagram does not think that this is the best feature and is planning to implement some changes to the feed. Instagram has confirmed that it is ditching the chronological feed in favor of an algorithm-based one probably similar…

Microsoft East Africa officially launched the Lumia 550 smartphone in the country yesterday. The Lumia 550 is the first entry level Lumia smartphone to come with Windows 10 Mobile. This smartphone was launched back in October but was never officially available in Kenya until now. The retail price of the Lumia 550 is about Ksh. 14,000 which may be seen as a bit high by some people considering the different Android options we have on the market. When launching the Lumia 550, Microsoft also took the opportunity to officially introduce The Lumia 950, 950 XL and 650 into the country.…

Privacy and security are two of the most important features of online communication. Users know this and the key players in the sector need to ensures their systems are secure if they are to gain the confidence of the users. Facebook wants to ensure users on its messaging giant, WhatsApp, are secure as the company is reportedly planning to encrypt voice calls and group chats on the instant messaging site. You probably know that Facebook bought WhatsApp a while back and even though the latter is run independently, Facebook has control over anything it does. WhatsApp currently has legal issues…

Samsung introduced the Galaxy J5 and J7 last year as it tries to capture the neglected Lower mid-range smartphone segment. These smartphones went on to sell very well and especially the Galaxy J5 which was popular thanks to its high performance camera unit. For 2016, Samsung plans to upgrade these devices to the Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy J7 (2016). These two devices will be released anytime from today as they have already been certified by the relevant authorities in different countries. We first saw these phones earlier this month and now we have information that they might have metallic…

Back in October (2015) Microsoft introduced the first Windows 10 based smartphones to the world. These are the Lumia 550, Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL. These smartphones went on sale in select markets later in the year and they even made their way into Kenya even though they were not officially launched here. Microsoft has finally launched the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL smartphones which you can get for Ksh 65,000 and Ksh 69,999 respectively. The Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL are pretty much one and the same device with only minor differences. Being the first flagship Lumia…

The Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones went on sale late last week in over 60 markets worldwide. It looks like it was a good launch especially in South Korea where over 100,000 units of the Galaxy S7 were sold in just two days. This is according to sources quoted by Yonhap News. The sources report that 60,000 units were sold on the first day (March 11) and the remaining 40,000 units were sold on Saturday. This is impressive considering that they are just sales from one country. If the other 59 markets performed just as South Korea did,…

Wearables are here to stay and even though they have not been embraced fully, manufacturers seem sure that they are definitely worth investing in. We have seen a number of wearable devices from smartwatches, fitness bands, smart glasses and VR sets. VR sets seem to be picking up of late and Snapchat may be jumping on this bandwagon pretty soon. Snapchat’s recent job posting point out that the company may be considering developing its own wearable devices, a pair of smartglasses to be exact. Snapchat already has people working on wearables but the company has no wearable device out in…