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A $5 (INR 334) Smartphone???? How in the world did they do that???  Is this for real?? Am sure that is the question going on in most people's mind. Of course the reason isn't far fetch.  In the world today, the price of a smartphone will put a dent in most people's pocket. An example is Apple iPhone or even Samsung Galaxy series that cost a whole month's paycheck - or even 2 months in some cases. This huge price on smartphone have made a lot of people, especially low income earners, to stick with their feature phone. However, that trend is about to change. Someone is about to own a smartphone that cost only $5 (INR 334) Ringing Bells,  an Indian based smartphone company is ready to sell a smartphone to anyone that need one for just $5. Yes, just $5 India currently has emerged as a major smartphone market. Big players like Gionee, Miramax, Huawei, BlackBerry, Samsung etc have entered the Indian market to sell smartphones however, the prices these phones are...

One of the things I find easy to do one my Infinix Zero 2 is sending a Facebook friends request for fellow PS4 owners  and also to control the PS4 with my phone when not having the game with me. To control your PS4 with your android phone, follow these steps. 1. Go to the Play Store and download the PlayStation App  2. Make sure your PS4 is on and then scroll to Settings menu and then scroll to PlayStation App Connection Settings. 3. Click on Add Device 4. On your android device, you will see your PS4, type in the 8 digits connection code 5. Once connected, You will be able to see your profile and other information  6. Click on Connect to PS4 at the bottom of the screen and then click on Second Screen  7. You can now control your PS4 with your Android device by tapping on any of the control menus on your phone screen. Like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter for more smartphone news.

I know  a lot of  Android users can not do without rooting their devices. One of the reason to root is to have full access to the device settings. The tutorial below will help you root your Infinix Zero 2 aka 509 without any issues. Please before you undertake any rooting procedure, make sure you backup your files and important files on your smartphone. Procedure 1. The first thing is to go to www.kingapp.com and let it auto scroll to the page where you can select the "secure download" option. 2. Transfer the downloaded apk file to your smartphone to a folder you can easily locate. 3. Go to settings, and click on About phone, tap on Build Number seven times to enable developer options. 4. Once Developer option is enabled, go to the apk you downloaded and install it. 5. Once installed, launch the Kingo ROOT and when presented with the Do not install this app warning, click on the check box that says "I understand and still want to install i...

We have seen mobile phone giants fall to the pressure and heat going on in the smartphone industry; an example is Nokia mobile devices which now runs Windows Phone OS and even released an Android smartphone just to boost sales but yet still struggling compared to the likes of iPhone and Samsung. Another example of a big company abandoning its OS for Android is about to happen again if the rumors going around becomes legit. What's the rumor you asked? Thank you for asking.  Rumor has it that BlackBerry is now considering running android OS on their devices. The Canadian company is seriously struggling to survive in a heated smartphone industry since the beginning of iPhone and the seriousness of Google to dominate the world of mobile devices. Although we saw this coming from the moment the BackBerry company decided to include and allow Android services & apps run on their devices officially, but we didn't think completely shipping a BlackBerry smartphone with android...

With the barrage of android smartphone released almost daily in recent times, it has become increasingly difficult for consumers to make choices as to what smartphone to buy. While some consumers can only buy a particular brand of smartphone e.g Samsung, LG, Nexus etc, majority of smartphone shoppers do not have any special preference to maker of smartphone but are more concerned by what the smartphone has to offer with respect to meeting their needs. Thank goodness, Google seek to solve that problem with this new nifty tool found on the www.android.com website.  The Google Android smartphone suggesting website gives a smartphone shopper suggestions of the kind of smartphone the shopper might need based on the tasks and activities the shopper would be performing on his or her smartphone. We've tried this for ourselves and for a highly productive, gaming and email jumbo like me, it was suggested that I get a Samsung Galaxy Note 4, LG G4, or Nexus 6.  What wou...

Rumors from a while ago suggested that there will be a new improved version of the latest Samsung Galaxy S6, seem to be true.  About two days ago, first leaked images of the Samsung s6 surfaced online.  Based on the images, we can notice that this is a rugged version of the Galaxy S6, as expected based on the previous Samsung S5 active version.  The speakers are now at the front.  There are two other buttons on both sides of the home button. (photo credit: GSM Arena) The leaked images also suggest that the Samsung S6 Active is a 5.1-inch QHD Super AMOLED display.  Based on rumors, the Samsung S6 Active may come with an Exynos 720 chip with a 3GB of RAM on board just like the Samsung S6 and running Android Lollipop.  The 16MP rear camera and 5MP front camera are of the same quality as that of the newly announced Samsung S6.  One great news that will excite the Samsung Galaxy S6 Active users is the fact that it will have a much better battery li...

Everyone loves to have a new version of any smartphone not only because of the new features they come with but because it is just the human nature to want something newer and discard of the old smartphone. To make this discard swifter, Infinix Mobility has decided to tease us with a release of a new Infinix Zero smartphone known as the Infinix Zero 2 that will trump the specifications and features of the current Infinix Zero smartphone. As of this writing, the full detailed specifications and features of the Infinix Zero 2 is unknown to us but one thing we know is that some of the features in Infinix Hot Note like gesture to launch apps, great battery power  and effective management of battery juice would be incorporated to the Infinix Zero 2 smartphone. Furthermore, information from a great source suggests that the newer Infinix Zero 2 smartphone would have a 32GB internal memory, a super AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 3 screen at the front and a kevlar back case. furth...

Infinix Mobility is currently doing well in the Nigerian smartphone market with good volume of customers in their kitty. The French smartphone company have been consistent, releasing good and quality smartphones which are quite affordable.  A new Infinix phablet may be ready for release in Nigeria before the end of March 2015.  The smartphone which according to rumor is called Hot Note is already available in UAE and maybe making its way to the Nigeria market.  Below is a rundown of the specifications of the smartphone.  Dual SIM/Standby 3.75G/3.5G/3G/2G network 5.5 inch IPS HD touchscreen with 16 million colors Octa core processor clocked at 1.5GHz 16GB internal memory 1GB RAM / 2GB RAM variant 8.0 back camera with LED flashlight 2.0 front camera  Memory card slot that supports up to 32GB SD card Battery capacity is 4000mAh.  One of the strongest point of the Infinix Hot Note is its battey life which will be something ...

The fellas at Microsoft are constantly at work especially with the number of projects in the Android department.  The developers at Microsoft recently released an Android lock screen app that almost doubled as a second home screen. This android app is known as Pictureesque Lock Screen.  Picturesque Lock Screen feels almost like a second home screen. It features multiple screens that you scroll through and adds a Bing search bar, a customizable news feed, weather reports, device notifications, shortcuts to frequently used apps and settings toggles. It also pulls in the daily Bing homepage image to use as a background and lets you swipe through images from the past week to use.  Although the app may be carrying so much information on the lock screen for those that have loaded widget on their lock screen, it may still be useful in one way or the other. It will be suited mostly for those that want to quickly have access to their apps and informat...

Tecno - Mobile have released yet another smartphone that is expected to cater to those that don't want to spend money on a high end smartphone but don't want a low end smartphone neither. Hence, the smartphone Tecno L7 serves just that purpose. Tecno L7 is a medium end smartphone with decent specifications and a budget friendly price - s very key factor that determines the sell rate especially in an already crowded smartphone market. The Tecno L7 smartphone tries to impress in many areas especially in the camera, internal memory and RAM; of course this is in respect with other devices in its category. Below is a list of the specifications of this new Tecno L7 smartphone. 2G/3G/3.75G network  Dual SIM and Dual standby features Dimensions 141.5 x 70 x 74.8mm Network Bands 850/900/1800 /1900MHz, WCDMA 850/2100MHz Resolution of 720 x 1280 5.0 inch IPS capacitive touchscreen (294PPI) Android KitKat 4.4.2 MediaTek 1.3GHz Quad Core processor 13.0 mega pi...

Today at the Protea Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, Infinix took the wraps off the Infinix Hot smartphone, model number X507 in patnership with Konga, the Nigerian online retail store. The smartphone as said by the head of marketing Mr Peter Zhou is a smartphone " designed  of luminous covers will make you stand out at night. It’s really good news for the young generations who love social and nightlife".   The specifications of the Infinix Hot smartphone is listed below which is exactly  as  described in one of our earlier posts. 2G/3G/3.75G network Network bands GSM: 850/900/1800 /1900 MHz Network bands WCDMA: 900/1200 MHz Dual SIM/Dual standby Dimensions 142.4 x 73.2 x 10.1 mm and weighs just 160g Android 4.4.2 operating system 5.0 inch FWVGA IPS capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colours Resolution of 480 x 854 pixels Quad Core MediaTek 1.3GHz processor MAli 400 GPU 5.0 mega pixel back AF camera with flashlight and a 2.0 mega pix...

With every release of a new Android Operating system comes a new Nexus smartphone and tablet and this year is no different.  Google earlier yesterday released the new Android 5.0 Lollipop to the world and the first set of the devices to come with the newly released Android OS is the new set of Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 tablet owned by Google and designed by Motorola. The Nexus 6 is a beautifully well crafted and designed smartphone which resembles to an extent the Moto X smartphone. Design The shape, feel and look is not so far from the same design we saw with the new 2nd generation Moto X smartphone. The only difference here is that it is bigger in terms of screen size. Hence, the Nexus 6 is a bigger but similar version of the Moto X in terms of physical design. Screen Displays can't not be overlooked when it comes to smartphones especially with the high resolution displays that Samsung and LG are packing in their smartphones these days. The Nexus 6 didn't...

Finally, Google have officially released the new and improved iteration of the Android operating system dubbed Android 5.0 Lollipop - A sweet new take on Android.   Of course, the Android 5.0 known by the beta name "Android L" had been available for testing for more than 2 months but seeing it officially released make us know that all necessary enhancements and features have been fully tested and more than ready for public use. Below is a list of what to expect from the new Android 5.0 Lollipop Operating System that will be on smartphones for the new 12 months.   Already, the new Google Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 tablet will be shipped with Android 5.0 and will be available for purchase by the end of the month in more than 29 countries while pre-order starts in the US by October 17th.  More on the Nexus 9 tablet and Nexus 6 smartphone can be found in one of our post. Like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter for more sma...

There are too m any apps in the Google Play Store and it will be very impossible to keep abreast them all and yet new ones are constantly being added on a daily basis. However, we try to point your attention to good apps that may interest you. Here are few new apps that you may like going by general review and completely free. 1. Street Fighter Hero 2014 This is a 2D game that follows the classic arcade style game and just as the name suggest, you fight your way through the streets. Popular user review gives the 13MB size game 4 stars. You should try it out since it's lightweight and free then give us a feedback. 2. CSR Racing When it comes to racing games on smartphones, the number of names you can call aren't too much however CSR racing is one of those names that's in the list of worthy names. The game is a racing game with powerful graphics and cars. Stability is also very good and it's completely free. If you are in the mood for a car...