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The R7 also features a 5.5’ IPS HD display, a 13MP back and a 5MP front Camera that take crisp images. Both Cameras have been customized for low light situations too. All these features not forgetting the speed and power make the R7 the perfect replacement for your current smartphone. Regardless of the bells and whistles of the R7, it seems a little absurd to sell such a powerful device without the latest Android operating system (Kitkat)....

This post takes a look at the full specifications of the Spark 5 device. And in relevant places, highlights the upgrade made from the Spark 4. In case you’re feeling motivated, here’s a comprehensive list of Tecno smartphones you can get in Nigeria as well as their prices. Tecno Spark 5 Key Specifications DISPLAY: 6.6-inch IPS LCD, 720 x 1600 pixels (266 PPI)OS: Android 10; HIOS 6.1PROCESSOR: Octa-core MediaTek Helio A22 (12 nm)RAM: 2GBROM: 32GB Built-in Storage, With Memory Card SupportREAR CAMERA: 13MP + 2MP + 2MP + QVGA QuadFRONT CAMERA: 8MP4G LTE: YESFingerprint Sensor (Rear): YESBATTERY: 5000mAh Non-Removable Li-ion...

Tecno Spark 9T vs Spark 9 Pro Design The first major update you’ll notice on both smartphones is their refreshed design. They both come with the trendy right-angled edge build (something like what you’ll find on an iPhone 11 or iPhone 2). Also, they both feature identical rear camera trays which house three sensors. On both devices, you get to choose from four different colors; Quantum Black, Burano Blue, Holy White, and Hacker Storm....

The smartphones of today have great capabilities including but not limited to; in-built high-quality camera lenses, mobile apps that aid productivity, among others. So what should we expect to see in the development of smartphones in the near future? We can look at existing trends and use them to predict what the future Smartphone might have and be able to do. 3D Screens & 3D Picture Quality Smartphones already have reached amazing screen resolution displays with Apple’s ‘Retina Display‘, which provides a resolution that is sharp....

The Ugandan Academy for Health Innovation and Impact will on March 19th and 20th hold the second Health Innovation Conference in Uganda at the Kampala Serena Hotel. What is The Health Innovation Conference? The inaugural Health Innovations conference was held in March 2018 and attracted a large audience of government representatives, medical professionals, researchers, students, IT professionals and the media, among others. Highlights included a session on Blockchain in Health, lightening talks by young researchers, and speakers such as Hon Elioda Tumwesigye, Dr Alex Coutinho among others....

ALSO READ: Valuable tips on how to manage your Android mobile data usage The app also shows you the amount of data you have used in the course of the day, week or month. It uses VPN to manage what app is allowed data and which one is restricted. The app shows your data expenditure up front and center as soon as you open the app but you can also configure it to show tiny bubble over with your usage over the running app....

#UgandaIsNotSpain Earlier this year, Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy sent a message to his finance minister Luis de Guindos in the middle of negotiations on the terms of a bailout for Spain’s banks urging him to play hardball during negotiations over a bailout package from the Eurozone. “We’re the number four power in Europe,” Rajoy texted. “Spain is not Uganda.”. This comment ignited a series of reactions from the Ugandan twitter community through the popular #UgandaIsNotSpain hashtag as Ugandans reminded the spaniards how their economy wasn’t as ill as theirs....

The ‘bawse’ part of it all is that Google Pixel 3 manages to bring the fight for best camera to the aforementioned devices’ doorstep with just a single rear-mounted camera when some of them spot up to three rear-facing sensors. Google continues to capitalize on software to do this, and boy do they do this well. That said, there are a couple of features baked into the Google Pixel 3 camera that ensures that it is the undoubted king in smartphone photography....

Smart TVs come in many screen resolutions which include 720p, 1080p, 4K among others. In this article, we shall discuss the Smart Tv picture resolution in detail. What is picture resolution? The image resolution is the detail an image holds. Higher resolution means more image detail. Image resolution can be measured in various ways. Resolution quantifies how close lines can be to each other and still be visibly resolved. The resolution, in terms of TV hardware, refers to the number of pixels that compose the picture on the TV....

Ndego’s experience spans twenty six years in Telecoms, FMCG, Advertising and Public Relations in seven countries.He has previously worked as Managing Director, Airtel Congo Brazzaville and Airtel Burkina Faso; Group Commercial Director Zain Africa and before that as Sales and Distribution Director at Celtel Gabon. He also held various senior management positions within Nestlé in Nigeria, Benin and Togo. The new Vodafone C.E.O’s appointment comes one year into the entry of Vodafone in Uganda and at a crucial time in the telecommunications industry in Uganda, with data services poised to dictate the pace of growth in the years ahead....

I’ve called a number of friends on Whatsapp. But they often give me that surprise response. In fact, when I called one of them, he thought it was a normal call until I told him, I was calling over Whatsapp. Now the more important question is how much it costs to call over Whatsapp. That would justify why you want to call over Whatsapp than through the conventional means. The most vital thing to remember though is that Whatsapp uses your data connection to send texts or make calls....

The retail box in question is courtesy of Weibo, revealing the full specs of Samsung’s upcoming flagship smartphone. With it pointing to a 5.8-inch Infinity display, a ‘super speed’ 12MP Dual Pixel rear camera with OIS, an iris scanner, wireless charging support and IP68 dust and water resistance, it is all we can expect so far. The camera is to shoot Super Slow-mo videos, and thus expect something like 1000fps videos....

What is Android TV? Android TV is a version of the Android operating system designed for digital media players. It highlights a user interface designed around content discovery and voice search, surfacing content aggregated from multiple media apps and services, and integration with other recent Google technologies such as Google Assistant among others. How does it work? Android TV uses an Android TV box, Software, or comes embedded in smart TVs....

Also known as crypto-coin mining, altcoin mining, or Bitcoin mining (for the most popular form of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin), cryptocurrency mining has increased both as a topic and activity as cryptocurrency usage itself has grown exponentially in the last few years. Read More: Beginner’s guide to Blockchain: Understanding the basics What happens during Crypto-mining? Every time a cryptocurrency transaction is made, a miner is needed to ensure the genuineness of information and for updating the blockchain with the details of the transaction....

Fire 7, HD 8, and HD 10 Tablets: The Difference Fire 7 Spec: Price: $49CPU: Quad-Core 1.3 GHzCamera Resolution: 2MP (rear), 2MP (front)Display: 7 inches, 1024 x 600 pixelsStorage: 16GB, 32GBMemory: 1GBPorts: headphone jack. microUSB, microSDDimensions: 7.6 x 4.5 x 0.4 inchesWeight: 0.6 pounds (10.1 ounces) Fire HD 8 Spec: Price: $89CPU: 2.0 GHz quad-coreCamera Resolution: 2MP (rear), 2MP (front)Display: 8-inch 1280 x 800-pixelStorage: 32GB, 64GBMemory: 2GBPorts: headphone jack. USB-C, microSDDimensions: 8 x 5....

I have been a victim of these Whatsapp scam messages. Someone forwarded to me a message that there was a trick to get free internet 4 GB data from the various service providers. In my ignorance, I was so excited and rushed to click the link. I was then asked to input my number then forward the message to 10 of my contacts. I did as I was instructed because I needed that ‘free 4 GB....

If you’re most people, you probably hit ‘Agree‘ and proceeded to your chats or viewing your friends’ WhatsApp statuses. But what was that? Well, WhatsApp was essentially asking you to give Facebook access to your data or bounce! The “key updates,” as the company calls its summarised version of these changes involves how it processes user data. These include “how businesses can use Facebook hosted services to store and manage their WhatsApp chats,” and “how we partner with Facebook to offer integrations across the Facebook Company Products....

Perhaps that’s a discussion for another day, but for today I am writing about why Africa needs to move away from its addiction on SMS. SMS is insanely expensive Let’s face it, IP-based messaging services are hundred of times cheaper that legacy SMS messaging. From personal experience, I spend about 1000UGX($0.39) on airtime a day which I convert into data and this enables me communicate all day via IM, Chat and email....

In my opinion the mobile internet beats desktop internet in that you can always get it on the go, anytime, almost anywhere there’s cellular coverage and I do that quite often including right now. Slow 2G Connections So lets look at what makes accessing the internet on your phone frustrating. First, you are using GPRS to access the internet which is slow. However, the telecoms are upgrading to 3G, a faster standard but this will work only on high end smartphones....

Late last year I was looking to get a new device and was moments away from importing the Honor 8X before the Huawei Y9 2019 was announced. The two devices are basically cousins; identical internals, similar displays, identical software, beefier battery on the Y9, better local support for the Y9 so it made no sense to import one. I therefore pre-ordered the Y9 2019. A few days letter I had the device....