Author: Kaluka wanjala

Last year, BlackBerry released its first Android powered smartphone, the BlackBerry Priv. The company said that this was a test product to see how the market reacts and if things go as planned, it would consider more Android powered devices. Reception was good and we even heard rumors that the company was working on a second Android device to join the Priv. Read More: BlackBerry Is Reportedly Working On Yet another Android Smartphone At CES 2016, BlackBerry’s CEO, John Chen, sort of confirmed that a second android device is coming this year. He went ahead to reveal that the company…

Huawei unveiled its latest phablet, the Mate 8, late last year in November but availability was limited to china only and we did not get to see the international version till two days ago. Huawei took the stage at CES 2016 to launch this phone to the international audience and confirmed that it will be available in most markets starting in March this year. The Mate 8 went on sale in China last year and has so far managed to sale over 1 million units. This was confirmed by the company’s CEO Yu Chengdong who revealed the sales figures yesterday.…

The latest Android distribution numbers are out and they have just confirmed that Android Marshmallow is not very popular as of now. Android marshmallow was officially rolled out by Google last year and most of the major manufacturers are still rolling it out to some of their most recent devices. As of now, Android Marshmallow is only installed in just 0.7% of all devices available on the market. This is a slight bump from the 0.5% figure recorded about a month ago. With new devices released in 2016 coming with Marshmallow and manufacturers updating their existing ones, this number may…

CES 2016 has officially kicked off and Huawei is one of the big manufacturers to showcase its most recent device. The company unveiled the Huawei Mate 8 that we have been hearing of since November last year. The Mate 8 is supposed to replace the Mate 7 that has been around for a while. Most of the specs of the Huawei Mate 8 are what we have seen before from the leaks we have been seeing so far. The phablet is made from aerospace-grade aluminium and 2.5D curved diamond cut glass giving is a very premium look and feel. It…

Yesterday, internet streaming media service provider, Netflix, announced that it was expanding its services to Africa and will be available in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. These are just the three out of the 130 countries the company is expanding its services to. This surprise announcement was made by the company’s CEO Reed Hastings at CES 2016. He said, “Today you are witnessing the birth of a new global Internet TV network,” said Hastings. “With this launch, consumers around the world — from Singapore to St. Petersburg, from San Francisco to Sao Paulo — will be able to enjoy TV…

LG has launched two new devices in its new K lineup that has been launched to replace its previous L series. The two devices are the LG K10 and K7 that are the first devices in its K series that is made up of slightly affordable devices that come with some very decent specs. The LG K10 is the biggest of the two and comes with a 5.3 inch display with a 720p resolution. The phone supports 4G LTE and is available in different CPU options of 1.2 GHz or 1.3 GHz quad-core, 1.14 GHz octa-core and 1.3 GHz quad-core…

As the year starts, Lenovo has decided to do it on a high note as it has just unveiled its first device of the year. This new device is the Lenovo K4 Note that will be known as the Lenovo Vibe K4 Note in some markets. The Lenovo Vibe K4 Note takes over from the K3 Note that the company unveiled sometime last year. This phone has an attractive price of $180 (approximately Ksh 18,500) and this makes it one of the cheapest smartphones we have seen from a top manufacturer in 2016. The phone is heading to India first…

Acer has started the year on a very high note as it unveiled the world’s first USB Type-C monitor. The company unveiled this monitor two days ago even before CES 2016 started. Acer is calling this the H7 Series monitor that when announced stood out as being the only monitor to support USB Type-C. With this support, these new monitors will definitely be compatible with Apple’s new 12 inch MacBook. With the Acer H7 Monitors, you will be able to transfer data to the MacBook, charge the MacBook and display content on the MacBook using the USB-C cable. The company…

Microsoft’s first premium devices in over 12 months, the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL, have officially gone on sale in Nigeria. The phones are already available in South Africa and so Nigeria becomes the second country in Africa to officially have them. The Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL went on sale in Nigeria yesterday but the company did not reveal their retail prices. With Nigeria out of the way, I expect to see them in Kenya anytime from today. These are the first premium Lumia devices to come with Windows 10 Mobile. They also come with some amazing specs…

If you are on the market looking for a new smartphone, you may be spoilt for choice and not sure what to get. Below I have five devices that will most probably be launched during the first quarter of 2016 (Q1). These are the devices you should be saving up for if you are looking for the most recent hardware and spec combination. Infinix Zero 3 Infinix is planning to launch its first smartphone of the year, the Infinix Zero 3, sometime this month. This smartphone was announced at the end of last year (2015) but has not been available…