All About Smartphones

Apple have released a notification to developers telling them of a brief maintenance that would be carried out on the Developers website and Developer program services. The maintenance would be from today August 17th at 6pm PDT but Apple didn't specify when the maintenance would be finished and developer services back online.  We do know that a lot of work is being put in place by Apple to make sure that things go well as we wait for the iOS 7 Gold master to drop for further testing and finally the official unveiling of iPhone 5S and 5C.

TECNO Mobile have recorded outstanding increase in the volume of phones they have sold in 2013. As of this writing, TECNO has four product line which are targeted at various people with various pocket size. The product line are designated using numbers 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 which refer to the low-end phones to high end phones. See here for more info. Recently we saw  two new devices from the low-end namely L3 and M3 and two high end, F7 and N9 and are doing well too. However, the middle end "5" guys have been left behind but not for long though. TECNO will release new set of medium end smartphones and one with a physical keyboard too before the end of September. By September, we should be seeing a TECNO P5 and R1 TECNO phones.  These phones would  be running the latest Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 and would have dual core processors, 5mp - 8mp camera but may feature 512mb of RAM. Also, there is an indication of a Android 4.3 X7 TECNO phone and V9 p in...

It is amazing what our smartphones are capable off. Apart from the fact that they can be distractions to our daily lives with the numerous games, social media apps, they can also be a blessing to numerous people around the world. PEEK – a smart-phone based system for comprehensive eye examinations in even the remotest of settings. It is easy to use, affordable and portable. This application is a full eye test centre on your phone. In the comfort of your space, you can do an eye test. This is especially useful in areas where eye test centres are not within reach or even expensive to use. As of now, 285 million people worldwide are visually impaired 39 million of these people are blind 80% of blindness is avoidable 90% of blind people live in low-income countries PEEK seek to address the issue of early testing of eye defects to avoid blindness or other eye problems. PEEK is ale to do the following: Patient record with Geo-tagging Visual Acuity Visual fiel...

The speed at which Apple releases its beta version of iOS 7 can almost be compared to that of Usain Bolt when running. Barely a week ago, Apple released iOS 7 beta 5 and today beta 6 have been released to its developers.  Download and Install iOS 7 beta 6 here Naturally, there is always an interval of 2 weeks between beta releases of its firmware. However, this time around, the interval between beta 5 & 6 is less than 1 week due to slight  issues in beta 5 that had to be addressed in beta 6. The addressed issues are seen in iOS 7 beta 6 change log below: This update address an issue with iTunes in the Cloud, where some purchases may download or play unexpected items. If you have any devices running previous versions of iOS 7 beta, you must: - Install iOS 7 beta 6 - Install the ResetMusicAndVideosLibraries configuration profile - From Settings > Music, tap the Reset Media Library button - Restart the device However, This may suggest th...

KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has issued a new research note claiming that the iPhone 5S will be available in gold and have a 128GB storage option.  We also forecast the new model will add a new look, a golden casing, and a new option for larger 128GB storage, to offer greater differentiation from iPhone 5. If there's one thing that we know of KGI Securities Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, his predictions are always 90% true. To corroborate Kuo's claim, several gold parts of iPhone 5S have been seen. Of course, gold iPhone 5S would be very expensive and maybe an exclusive limited edition for the rich guys or Arab princes. Kuo also says the new iPhone will get 1GB DDR3 RAM. We reckon A7 will upgrade memory bandwidth spec to LPDDR3 from LPDDR2 adapted by A6, in an effort to improve system performance.  Since Apple is in charge of both hardware and OS design, it is capable of minimalizing memory capacity at an optimized state. Therefore, A7’s RAM will...

The popular cross platform Instant social messaging app Whatsapp for BlackBerry 10 just got an update. Various updates have been rolled out by Whatsapp over these past few months. This could be due to the announcement by BlackBerry to make BlackBerry Messenger a cross platform app to run on Android and iOS.  Of course, if BBM goes cross platform, Whatsapp usage will diminish significantly .  In other to stay useful and not lack any feature that the BlackBerry might have, Whatsapp have decided to release various recent updates that would give users better experience and more stability. The latest Whatsapp update to BlackBerry 10 comes with bugs fixes, enhancements and including the following: 1. Fixes and Improvements to voice message 2. Emoji input support for Messages 3. Default maps app opening when received. 4. Push notifications fixes 5. Media auto download settings As usual, this update can be downloaded from the BlackBerry World. Source: BlackBerryOS

Have you always wanted a Mac? Well there is not better time than now when Apple is giving you a discount of $200 on any Mac you buy plus a $100 gift card to go with it. Also, buying an iPhone, iPad qualifies you to get a $50 App Store gift card . The iPad and Mac must be purchased from Apple or participating Apple Authorized Campus store from July 2, 2013 to September 6, 2013. iPhone devices must be purchased from Apple to be eligible for App Store Gift Card promotion; Apple Authorized Campus Store iPhone purchases are not eligible.  Hurry now and get yours if you think you need a Mac or iPhone and you can meet  the requirements to be eligible for this offer.