Nokia Launches New Asha Phones in Nigeria
Nokia has presented three new models in its Asha range to the Nigerian market – the Asha 500, Asha 502 and Asha 503. According to the company, the devices have a new unique innovation called layered design, achieved with the aid of ‘dual shot’ technique which is unique to Nokia. It is a combination of […]
N3.2 Million Richer: 21-year Old Prometh Wins Nokia’s Don’t Break Da Beat
21-year-old up-coming rapper whose stage name is Pro’Meth (born Samuel Falowo) was announced winner of the third edition of the Don’t Break Da Beat rap competition sponsored by mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia. The Abuja-based rapper beat nine other finalists to win the top prize of $20,000 (N3,200,000) at the grand finale held at 10 Degrees Events Centre, Oregun, Lagos. Wizkid, […]
Microsoft to Acquire Nokia’s Mobile Unit for €5.4Bn
Microsoft Corp. has announced that it will acquire Nokia’s Devices & Services business, license Nokia’s patents and mapping services for a total of €5.4 billion. Microsoft said it will pay €3.79 billion to purchase substantially all of Nokia’s Devices & Services business, and €1.65 billion to license Nokia’s patents. Microsoft said “The transaction is expected […]
Top Ten Mobile Phone Brands in Nigeria
Mobile phones are essentially communication devices. The proliferation of smartphones in Nigeria is also considered a symbol of social class and mobile business ports. “The smartphone culture is growing amongst Nigerians and other African nation,” said Chika Maduegbuna, founder of Afrinolly. For a country where the number of smartphone users is projected to increase from […]
Nokia’s New ‘Treasure Tag’ Will Help You Find Your Phone and Keys
Nokia has something new to be revealed in coming weeks-Treasure Tag, as reported by The Verge. The report states that, “It will let Windows Phone users track items with a special application and the small square Treasure Tag accessory — using Bluetooth 4.0 and Near Field Communication (NFC) to track items from a phone. The Treasure Tag […]
New Moto X Smartphone To Be Unveiled August 1, in New York
Motorola has sent media invitations for an August 1 event, to unveil the Moto X Smartphone. The phone is going to be the first product from Motorola after Google acquired it. The phone is rumoured to have “display that’s roughly 4.5-inches in size and is powered by a dual-core 1.7GHz Snapdragon MSM8960T processor, 2GB of […]
Introducing The New Nokia Lumia 1020, The 41MP Camera Phone
The Nokia Lumia 1020, announced in New York Thursday, marries the second generation of Nokia’s massive 41-megapixel sensor and optical image stabilisation (OIS) to smash the benchmarks of smartphone photography. The Lumia 1020 combines unmatched picture detail and quality with an effortless capture, edit and sharing features. On a mission to make it easier for […]
iDea Hub set to launch with Developer Session – April 19th
Information Technology Developers Entrepreneur Accelerator (iDEA) is a non-profit organization established to support the development of indigenous skills and capabilities in software development. Its primary purpose is to accelerate the development of the software industry in Nigeria by nurturing and helping Nigerian software technology businesses. iDEA will help entrepreneurs build software skills, solutions and businesses critical […]
Tip of the Day: Backing Up Contacts
Have you ever lost your phone or has your phone ever crashed and you lost numbers from so many years ago? If you have, then you know how it feels to be stumped and at a loss. The good news is, with the advent of smartphones, you can easily back up your contacts (and content […]
Reading your Blackberry, for fun or for business
Gazing into a Blackberry phone, with the thumb scrolling down the track pad, and grin, depending on the information, is banal in several places across Nigeria. Since the foray of Blackberry into the Nigerian market a few years back, and love of the device arising from its business compatibility, and access from its messenger, the […]
Samsung is the Biggest Mobile Brand of 2012
Samsung is the biggest mobile brand of 2012, having the highest unit of device sales globally — according to an intelligence firm that tracks mobile handset sales, IHS iSuppli. They have a report that projects the fourth quarter of this year and what results will look like. It submitted in its report that, “Mobile handset revenue is […]
Nokia Lumia Series Introduced to the Nigerian Market
The much anticipated Windows 8 – operating system – Nokia Lumia Series mobile phones that have been talked about in the global technology circus for some months now, was launched yesterday in Nigeria. The sleek phone series has been out for some weeks and launched in some countries, but was officially unveiled to the Nigerian […]
Nokia Offers Solar Phone Chargers To The Nigerian Market
Developing further on ease with using its products and consumer satisfaction, leading mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia, has introduced solar-powered phone charger to the Nigerian market. The charger, DC-40 solar charger, will be useful to recharge phone batteries and will be powered outdoor, with solar energy. It will cost 2, 560 naira at retail outlets in […]
Nokia and Microsoft Encourage Nigerian Software Developers
By David Stephen. Nokia announced its new flagship windows phone – Nokia lumia 920 – yesterday. The phone is sleek and with the super-rated Windows 8 OS. There have been reviews of the software before this lunch, and there was developer edition, to get them familiar with it, so as to come up with applications. […]
Nokia Lumia 920 Comes With Wireless Charging Technology
Nokia is to announce its new flagship, windows phone, on Wednesday, September 5th, 2012. This handset comes with impressive features including wireless charging, 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 32GB memory. Now, incase you’re wondering how the wireless charging works, it’s going to be via an inductive method, whereby you just place your phone on a charging […]
TOP 10: Phones of 2012
With the general trend in technology, with my perfect guess the mobile phone is here to stay. It’s not going anywhere soon either. From the year 2000 till date, we’ve seen the transmogrification of mobile phones from shapes to sizes and functionality to sensibility. The internet in recent times has shifted grounds from desktop and […]