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Looks like Samsung got great reception of the form factor from the Galaxy Note 8. This has since been replicated on the Galaxy Tab 3 7 inch. Sammobile.com reports that they have with them an image of the Samsung Galaxy tab 3 8″ sent to them by an anonymous tipster. It shows the next 7 inch Galaxy tab will wear the same clothes but thinner bezel. They add that...

Google’s 4.7 inch Nexus 4 device of 2012 is finally launched and selling in India. This device runs Android 4.2.2 Jellybean, stock as is expected with nexus devices. See below the device specs: CPU Qualcomm SnapdragonTM S4 Pro CPU 1.5 GHz Krait Network Unlocked GSM/UMTS/HSPA+ GSM/EDGE/GPRS (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz),  3G (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz) HSPA+...

Samsung Galaxy S 4 today won the TCO Certification from TCO which is the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees. TCO thus is a Swedish abbreviation. The certification that Samsung Galaxy S 4 gets is for the packaging of the Galaxy S 4 for it’s eco-friendliness. The Samsung Galaxy s 4 packaging, the box and user manual is made of recycled post-consumer...

Kingori Gitahi, Left, Nokia East Africa Product Marketing Manager and right Bruce Howe, Nokia East Africa GM at the media launch. Nokia today launched the Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 that were announced on February at Mobile World Congress. India got a local launch later on in March and today the East Africa market got it’s moment of Lumia. The Lumia 720 is one...

Blackberry is today holding Blackberry Live Conference where the CEO Thorsten Heins announced the second qwerty Blackberry 10 device. But this is not going to everyone. Blackberry announced that the Q5 is headed to selected markets in July, these being Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America. If you look keenly, this is where the emerging markets are...

Nokia has just unveiled the Nokia lumia 925, a 4.5 inch AMOLED WXGA (1280×768) screen device. It dons Gorilla Glass 2, clear black technology, high brightness mode, Sunlight readability and super sensitive touch for use by gloves. The processor for this newest Lumia is 1.5GHz Dual-Core Snapdragon by Qualcomm, 1GB RAM and 16GB internal storage. The camera on...

It’s never too late in the day to receive a leak, especially from Nokia. Nokia will be unveiling a device in London tomorrow, the 14th of May at 10am. Ofcourse they don’t go yapping out what device they are unveiling, it’s upon us to speculate. EVleaks has made this easy by sharing a very clear press photo that shows the front of the device, and...

The sequel to the waterproof Sony Xperia Z is out, and it promises to go deeper into the pool. So if you intend to take sneaky shots in the pool you can now go deeper with the Xperia ZR. That’s the message Sony is trying to project in the marketing of the Xperia ZR. Apart from being smaller in screen than the Xperia Z, Xperia ZR does indeed have some great specifications,...

May 14th is when Nokia is expected to unveil yet another of their Lumia handsets on the high end. Nokia is not going slow on this and it comes just days after announcing two phones in different segments, the Asha 501 and Lumia 928 for Verizon. Now there has been rumours of an aluminium Nokia Lumia coming, expected tomorrow at an event in London. The verge has uploaded...

The Galaxy S4 is just settling in the hands of a majority of consumers who have waited anxiously since the March 14th announcement to have the device in their hands. While so far the device has been available in only two colours and Samsung did promise some more colour options later, it seems this will be faster than we thought. The Arctic Blue Galaxy S4 has already...

Samsung launched the Galaxy S 4 earlier this week in Kenya. During launch, Samsung displayed several of their huge list of accessories that are available through the brand shops and Samsung Partners. The Galaxy S 4 has some 13 official accessories. The ones that were displayed at launch are the Flip Cases, S View Cases, Wireless Charging pad, Wireless charging cover,...

The latest from the Lumia oven is out, the Lumia 928. This is the device that made Stephen Elop, Nokia CEO throw away an iPhone on live national TV interview. He was later quoted to say that there is a “hero device” coming out in Q2 that will be the darling of a large wireless carrier. It was also leaked earlier on, including a microsite on Nokia website...

Nokia has finally taken the wraps off the newest Asha. The Asha 501. This is a full-touch Asha phone that runs a new Series 40 OS version called Asha platform that utilizes technology from the OS that Nokia acquired some time back, Smarterphone. The platform runs on gestures and borrows a leaf from Nokia N9′s swipe UI. Details out so far are that it has a 3.2MP...

Looks like most of what we are awaiting to be revealed tomorrow by Nokia is already here with us, from the design to the array of colours and lastly the specs have finally emerged. Nokia Asha 501 has a compact iphone -like design with one front button as we had previously seen, the screen is at 3.5 inch with 320 x 480 pixels, it’s a full-touch device. Processor...

The Samsung Galaxy Camera is not yet done winning awards. It was one of the devices that added a feather in the cap of Samsung by it’s innovativeness. This is their dare to move into other unventured waters by putting a full Android version, the latest one at that, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean onto a camera. Samsung Galaxy Camera won the connected device at GSMA...

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop confirmed at a recent annual general meeting as he addressed investors that indeed Nokia will be unveiling some new products in the Asha series. “We are continuing to renew our portfolio, which includes plans to announce innovation and new products in the Asha line in the days immediately ahead,” said Elop. Earlier today Nokia through...

Remember Nokia Boss Stephen Elop mentioning that a Hero device is coming within the second quarter that will disrupt the mobile world? Well the “Hero Device” is almost here with us. Nokia now has a microsite with this image as the only thing revealed about the device. Engadget also captured a shot where it showed up on Vanity Magazine print with the same...

Samsung is still milking the Galaxy brand to the maximum, this time they have a replacement of the Galaxy S II albeit with a different design at 4.3 inch. The Galaxy Core is a 4.3 inch device with options for single and dual SIM. Looks like Samsung is taking the Dual SIM mainstream, there has been several devices with dual SIM, but with the demand in the most important...

Several images have popped up so far of the Blackberry R10. So far we have seen a white one recently and today a Red one popped up affirming that Blackberry is indeed ready to venture into the mid range market with their new OS BB10. The R10 Series is said to represent the mid tier devices that will come in several flashy colours, including White, Red and Pink. You...

Are smart watches becoming the in thing? Every mobile phone vendor seems to be working on their version. Many are made to compliment the smartphone they built while others are independent. Smartwatches that have already hit the market run a variety of operating systems with Android being used in many of these miniature devices. One of them, the Leikr runs Linux. There are also two open source smartwatches, backed by Kickstarter which run hooks of the Linux and Android systems. Here is a summary of several smart watches that run Android...

Samsung has unveiled the newest of their cameras off the NX range, the NX2000 which takes after the success of the NX1000 which got great reviews. The NX2000 doesn’t come with Android on board but comes laden with features that will make that a minor thing. Camera professionals had issue with the part where Galaxy camera takes long to boot from off. This one,...