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The Mi Band 6 was announced in China along with the MI 11 Pro and MI 11 Ultra smartphones in a live event streamed globally. The Mi Band 5 has been my daily driver; my fitness band of choice for months. Xiaomi has updated the Mi Band with a bigger display from 1.1 inches to 1.56 inches — that’s about 50% more display real estate for you. Obviously, a bigger screen means more content can be fitted into an already miniature screen, and a better touch navigation experience....

Quick internet connection entails fast downloading, unquestionably. Well, an analysis was conducted by OpenSignal to determine the downloading speeds on mobile networks and Wi-Fi, thus its internet connection rate. ALSO READ: Top 10 questions about 5G, the next mobile data standard The networking company, OpenSignal gathered that mobile networks had the edge over Wi-Fi in 33 countries across Africa, Europe, Latin America, Australia and the Middle East. Kenya, South Africa, Egypt were among the nations that favoured mobile networks....

Brand Finance acknowledged MTN’s strategy to grow revenues through data and digital, while also focusing on growing its subscriber base. MTN’s brand strength rating was also upgraded from AAA- to AAA, in recognition of an increasingly strong leadership position in telecommunication services throughout Africa, as well as increasingly resilient network investments. Related Article: MTN Homeland lets you send money and buy airtime from Abroad to over 7 African countries The CEO of Brand Finance, David Haigh said: “MTN is to be commended for its performance in its home market as well as further afield....

Just like its name, the Ka-Fit is a perfectly fitting duo-SIM smartphone with a 5″ Touch Screen Display. Is it MTN locked? Yes! SIM 1 is locked with an MTN Uganda sim-card that comes with 1.2 GB of data valid for a month, while Slot 2 is open to all networks. It has support for WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter – for the social media fun, and the MyMTN App pre-installe​d for your easier MTN self-service....

The Lumia 820 is a solid Windows Phone 8 mobile phone built with a smooth polycarbonate material that’s scratch resistant. The phone’s top notch optics, slick design, Live Tiles with customizable bright color schemes etched on Windows Phone 8 Operating System make the phone adorable. The phone is your gateway to a brave new world of futuristic Technologies like 4G LTE, NFC and Wireless charging. But the phone’s achilles’ heel is its not-so-great battery, late Operating System updates and bug fixes and In terms of price, it slightly costs more than its competing Android phones....

I ran into this issue yesterday Morning. I could access other websites on Chrome and Firefox on Android, but to my dismay I couldn’t access the same websites from Opera Mini. And I am talking about services that are not part of the 50+ OTT services affected by the new Taxes. MTN confirmed to me via a tweet that they are indeed blocking the whole Opera browser. However, no explanation was given as to why Uganda’s biggest mobile network was doing this while Airtel, Africell and other services providers were not censoring the browser....

This smartphone comes with some major updates to the RAM, internal memory, and design. Here is a quick summary of the device’s specifications. Related Article: Oppo A52 Launched in Kenya: Specs and Price Key Specification Display: 6.5-inch IPS LCD (1080×2400), 20:9 ratioProcessor: Qualcomm SM6125 Snapdragon 665Front Camera: 16MP f/2.0 (wide)Rear Cameras: 48MP f/1.7 (wide) + 8MP (Ultrawide) f/2.2 + 2MP (depth) f/2.4 + 2MP f/2.4RAM: 8GBInternal Storage: 128GBBattery: 5000mAhOS: Android 10 with ColorOS 7....

On Telegram, Panya re-purposes the iconic Apple slogan in a witty marketing ploy. Just like in the case of the Apple Store, those in need of certain services in and around Kampala and do not where to start should know there’s a Panya for that! Panya’s list of services comprise ride hailing (Uber, Safeboda, taxi) and car hire, parcel and groceries delivery, bag and shoes shopping, professional services, eat out, entertainment, events and more....

1. Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Simply put, Power Over Ethernet is a technology that allows low-voltage currents to be transmitted via an ethernet cable. This makes use of unused wires within an ethernet cable. It transmits low currents enough to power an access point or an IP camera. But not enough to power something like a laptop. PoE currents are also sufficient to trickle charge a phone but not at normal charging speeds....

The Orange Uganda Expo 2013 this year aims at showcasing Orange Uganda as the best all round telecom operator in Uganda, providing the best quality services to complement our customers’ mobile lifestyle. The focus will be on motivating customers to learn more and buy Orange products and services at amazing prices. This year, customers will: enjoy fun filled hands on experience with the different devices, content and innovative products and services enjoy online gaming, free Wi-Fi, watch the latest movies in 3D, foosball, kids’ games, etc buy exciting and new devices at special discounts of up to 40% win instant prizes during the ‘spot the Orange Mascot’ times, gaming competitions, spin the wheel and in the sample dem area....

The company was founded in 2018 as NewTV but relaunched in August 2020, during the pandemic. Jeffrey and Meg believe one of the two reasons for the company not succeeding could be “because the idea itself wasn’t strong enough to justify a standalone streaming service or because of our timing.” The streaming service serves shows in 5- to 10-minute “Chapters” or “Quick Bites” for its users. And the pricing starts at $4....

Samsung also followed suit when it released the Galaxy S10 series. The device also launched with the ability to charge other devices wirelessly but to differentiate its technology from Huawei’s, Samsung branded its reverse wireless charging as “Wireless Powershare“. But are there really any differences between the reverse wireless charging of these two devices? Battery Capacity The Huawei Mate 20 Pro has a 4,200mAh battery built-in while the Galaxy S10’s battery capacity is only 3,400mAh....

The mobile web App which first won the Tech4Governance hackathon last month has been launched today by a team of 8 developers and graphic designers at Hive Colab which is a coworking space for innovators in Kampala. Lynn Asiimwe, the lead developer on the project said she hates being in traffic and that’s the reason they built the App. The App currently runs on all major mobile browsers and lets mobile road users submit road status such as road repairs, accidents, traffic jam on almost any road mapped on Google maps....

Launched today (October 11) at an event in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, the Samsung announced the Galaxy A9 (2018) with four cameras on the rear, making it the first smartphone in the world to sport such number of sensors. This comes not too long after the OEM announced the Galaxy A7 (2018) from the same A-series with three lens on the rear — stamping it in history’s book as the world’s first smartphone with triple rear camera....

“Samsung will no longer introduce new Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray player models in the market,” a Samsung spokesperson said when contacted by CNET. This comes to confirm rumors and predictions that this was going to happen which have been circulating for months. This was made more obvious when the new 4K Blu-ray player models were absent from Samsung’s stands at both the IFA show in Berlin last August and the CES in Las Vegas in January....

1. Form Factor After the first SD card was introduced in 1999, the smaller version miniSD card came out in 2003. Two years later in 2005, an even smaller microSD card was released. Nowadays, miniSD cards are rare because most devices use either standard size SD cards or microSD cards. Also Read: MicroSD Express standard brings SSD-like speeds and bigger storage to MicroSD cards 2. Capacity Type All form factors of micro SD Cards come in a variety of capacity types....

This comes ahead of the June 15th international and national digital TV migration deadline. High decoder costs — as much as UGX 150,000 — are preventing viewers from making the big switch. That’s why Startimes Uganda has released a decoder as low as UGX 8,000, a fee that it believes should be within the reach of most Ugandan families. Here’s all we know about Startimes’ Light decoder #1. Price Startimes Light decoder goes for a price of only UGX 8,000....

Swarm Summit 2018: Speakers The host, Hive Colab has confirmed 50 guest speakers who will participate in on-stage interviews and panel discussions during the 2-day summit. Among the speakers is our Co-founder Onyait Odeke who will be moderating a panel on Fintech. The other speakers include Digest Africa founder PK Mallinz, Country Director Andela Jackie Ochola, Investigative journalist Raymond Mujuni among others. They can be classified under startup CEO’s and Founders, tech fanatics, telecom and government officials, award-winning innovators among others....

Amidst Tecno’s victories in claiming an African smartphone market share, there have been major issues regarding the poor brand perception. Many used and still think about Tecno as a low end Chinese manufacturer that cannot make standard and durable smartphones. This was amplified by Tecno’s former target segment – the low end feature phone users, multiple downtown retailers, a visually less appealing website for a smartphone manufacturer not to mention the low prices....

That aside, the Phantom 5 comes with a lot of features and specs that are new to Tecno. For instance the Phantom 5 is Tecno’s first 1.5 Ghz 64 bit device. It’s also the first Tecno device to have a fingerprint sensor Tecno Phantom 5 Specs For starters, the Tecno Phantom 5 is a 4G LTE device running Android 5.0 lollipop. it’s worth noting that i 64bit octacore 1.5 Ghz device with 3GB or RAM and 32GB or ROM....