Fresh: World Retail Award nominee JUMIA releases mobile App

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I forgot to state a few months ago that I had become an affiliate feature of Jumia Nigeria's Blog template. By that, i will be posting a few press relaeases for the company on a time to time basis. Hence, whenever there comes a press release from them, I put up such information up here for my readers. This post is one of such, please take time to read the information. Thanks in advance.

 

 

August 27th, 2013 - JUMIA, West-Africa’s #1 shopping destination, today launches its App in Nigeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast and Kenya. JUMIA’s App is available for all Android phones – enforcing m-commerce in Africa. With their new app, JUMIA’s selection of 50.000 products is just a few clicks away and makes online shopping even easier and totally flexible.

 

You Can Use Your Blackberry As A Modem To Browse The Internet

I came across this information online and thought to share it here. It is for the benefit of those who don't know how to use their blackberry as a modem for their laptop to browse the internet.

Follow the below steps:

First of all, Download the blackberry desktop manager here if you dont have the CD that came with your phone:

http://uk.blackberry.com/software/desktop.html

First Flash of Samsung Galaxy S5 - Specs, Rumors, And Release Date

The Samsung Galaxy S5rumors, possible specs and expected price has surfaced. Samsung Galaxy Flaships have been critised by many for their use of “Plastic” which to them, gives it a “cheap feeling” Hence, Samsung as optedfor Aluminium design much like the HTC One. Rumors also has it that thesamsung galaxy s5is to come with a technology that enables users to fold it due to its large 5.0inches screen.

Etisalat BIS Now Capped. Confirmed!

I think Etisalat Nigeria just shot themselves on the foot. Earlier today, i recieved a sms from them that i have used up the allocated BB10 data bundle allotted to me. The sms however ended by suggesting i subscribe to a data plan to keep enjoying the service. What ever that implies, leaves a lot to be desired. To be this, I was taken aback, I must confess; i am a heavy data user. Right after the sms, my BIS came to a halt. Email messages stopped, could not ping and browse.

After several failed attempts at reaching to a customer rep, i was made to understand i had crossed the said allotted bandwidth. According to the information, the development is quite recent and is not even enlisted on their website. The situation automatically implies that, every BIS package from the Etisalat network has been capped and is no longer unlimited as was the case. I however expressed my disappointment to the lady that attended to me, owning to the fact that, before such developments are staked and throwing at the customers, adequate awareness ought to be made. I find it offensive to live in the guise of silly changes of that nature. My loyalty and customership has just been jettisoned.

In all, it is quite easy to blame this change on the ample clamps the blackberry 10 series have with them, but the network providers are wrong to assume same platforms over all blackberry devices. For Etisalat, i believe they will lose a handful of loyal subscribers that were drawn to them all because they provided unlimited blackberry service in the true sense of the word.

New:Ativ Q - Samsung Win8 & Android Jelly-Bean Tablet

Electronics giant Samsung unveiled the ATIV Q today, a new tablet that runs two different operating systems simultaneously, Windows 8 and Android version 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) operating systems. The ATIV Q offers nine hours of battery life on a full charge, which isn’t bad considering the processor and high-definition display. There’s also the dual-booting to worry about, which comes with some new software called SideSync to share various data between the two separate operating systems.

Fact? Tecno Is Winning The Smartphone War In Nigeria

While Samsung has finally dethroned Nokia as the Word's largest phone vendor, it may have to engage in another battle for dominance in Nigeria; a country with the biggest Africa Smartphone market and powering millions of active mobile lines. BusinessNews places the figure at over 110 million active telecom subscribers.

Nokia had earlier locked that region with the company selling overpriced phones but once Samsung introduced the Galaxy series running on the Android platform, it wasn't too long before a steep shift in the direction of Android smartphones became obvious and a subsequent decline in the overall market share of Nokia.

The South Korean company has not only dominated the Smartphone market share in Nigeria but it's TV series has also sold like hot-cakes. Now, the success story of Galaxy series has come under heavy treat by Tecno; a Chinese company which has been doing alot of things right in the last few years. Tecno's new brand of smartphones have attracted a vast majority of Nigerian youths who are finding the phones much more affordable and having specifications similar to the Samsung Galaxy series. One major boost and what has swayed alot of Nigerians to the Tecno brands is that the smartphones being produced also runs on the Android platfrom.

Goodnews Comes as BlackBerry Sets To Launch BBM For Android & iOS Mobile Platforms

If you’re already a fan of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), we’ve got some exciting news designed to make it easier for you to connect with your entire mobile social network. BlackBerry plans to make BBM, our wildly popular mobile messaging service, available for the first time to iOS® and Android™ users this summer, (subject to approval by Google Play and the Apple App Store, as applicable). This means that, once available, you can welcome your friends and family using these other mobile platforms to connect over BBM and share in the Team BlackBerry love.

As we’ve chronicled on our Inside BlackBerry blog for some time now, BBM set the standard for mobile instant messaging with fast and reliable service and an added layer of engagement with delivered and read statuses. You’ve shared with us your stories about how BBM has kept you connected when it mattered most to you. Upon release of the multi-platform BBM service, you can broaden that real-time connection to friends and colleagues on other supported mobile platforms.

Mobile Technology: Lumia 925 Windows Phone By Nokia

The Nokia Lumia 928 is now available internationally as the Nokia Lumia 925. Watch the video of the Nokia's flagship Windows Phone 8 smartphone.
Nokia preloaded the Lumia 925 with the Smart Camera app - it features several modes including burst mode (10 shots at 5MP), Best Shot (picks the best of the burst), Action Shot (Sequence shot on the HTC One, Drama shot on the Galaxy S4) and Motion focus (adds motion blur to static objects, as if you're tracking the moving object with the camera). You can also remove moving objects and pick the best face for each person.

The screen is 4.5" in diagonal and has WXGA resolution – that's 768 x 1280. More importantly it's an AMOLED with ClearBlack and Gorilla Glass 2, instead of an LCD. Unsurprisingly, the Qualcomm chipset of the Lumia 925 packs a dual-core Krait processor at 1.5GHz with 1GB of RAM, which is the best that WP8 currently supports.

The phone has an aluminum frame around the side, while the back is polycarbonate. The body is just 8.8mm thick and weighs 135g - much more acceptable than the Lumia 920. Inside it is a 2,000mAh battery, same as the Lumia 920 and Lumia 928. The battery is non-removable and there's no wireless charging out of the box - you can enable that with a thin charging cover.

The Nokia Lumia 925 will be available in Europe and China this June for €470 ($610) and should come to the US later on.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iCu9JrWhww


Tech Specs

Networks: GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900, WCDMA, 2100, 1900, 850, 900, LTE 2100, 1800, 2600, 900, 800

Memory: 1GB RAM, 16 GB user memory

Display: 4.5-inch AMOLED WXGA (1280×768)

Processor: 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon

Camera: PureView 8.7-megapixel with OIS, Autofocus, dual LED flash. 2nd camera: HD 1.2MP wide angle

Size: 129 x 70.6 x 8.5* mm (*volumetric). Weight: 139g

Connectivity: USB 2.0, BT 3.0, NFC, WLAN a/b/g/n, A-GPS and Glonass, 3.5mm audio connector

Battery: 2000 mAh

Audio: -IHF speaker, 2 microphones, HD voice compliant, 3.5mm AV connector

http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/05/14/nokia-lumia-925-our-latest-innovations-in-imaging-and-design/
http://echo.com.ng/2013/lumia-windows-8-nokia-lumia-925/

Footnote:

In a way, this still doesn't meet the quad core android phones. Nokia still needs to step up. It can be a market strategy anyways. I believe they can do better.

It is a beautiful phone no doubt, but mobile technology has advanced beyond this.

Video Commercial Portrays Airtel Throwing Jibes At MTN Nigeria.

The porting war continues with Airtel, one of the leading telecommunications companies in Nigeria seemingly throwing a shot at MTN in its television commercial, The move.

The ad shows an upwardly mobile man relocating from a dilapidated yellow painted building to a cleaner posh neighbourhood with houses painted red.

MTN recently aired its number portability ad with former Etisalat point-man Hafiz ‘Saka’ Oyetoro performing the now popular ‘I don port o’ song.

Watch the Airtel ad below:

All You Need To Know about Tecno Q1. Full Specifications Here.

General Information 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 4G No SIM Dual Mini SIM card Status Unannounced Body Dimensions 115 x 67 x 11.3 mm Keyboard Complete Qwerty keyboard

Introducing the new Google E-pad: Blog Feature.

This is an Ad Feature Blog post by Shola Akinyemi.

The Google android epad is a tablet that is suitable for Movies, applications, games, music, reading and surfing the internet on the go!
 
•   Thousands of popular apps and games are already pre-installed (Facebook, Gmail, Yahoomail, Twitter, Skype, Adobe reader, Microsoft office package)

•Runs on Android 4.0 Operating system; Has a Fast, powerful dual-core processor

•Wireless connectivity (Wi-fi) and an Ultra-fast web browsing