All About Smartphones

As soon as my friend like other 1.1 million people loaded BBM for Android on his Android phone, he knew it was what he wanted and not Whatsapp. He was able to ping his other phone for about 5 minutes before it stopped working. It was the leaked version after all and that has caused troubles for BlackBerry and consequently no BBM for Android yet.   Their is a New update from the BlackBerry company  talking about the release of BBM for both android and iPhone. They said that on the day of the release their was an older version of BBM for andriod that was released on the same day that the BBM should have been officially released and that older version had caused an overload on the system that eventually made them to pause BBM for both iPhone and android.  Andrew Bocking said in a statement that ' this "fixing"will take time and I don't anticipate launching this week' sorry guys but it looks your gonna have to wait'. According to Andrew, the problem cau...

Looks like the wait for BBM to totally go cross platform will take longer than anyone expected. This was the case when Andrew Bocking, Head of BBM at BlackBerry released a statement on the Inside BlackBerry Blog which explains the problems that occurred on Saturday's launch date, and steps that are currently being taken to fix it. See his statement below "Last week, an unreleased, older version of the BBM for Android app was posted on numerous file sharing sites. We were aware of an issue with this unreleased version of the BBM for Android app. This older version resulted in volumes of data traffic orders of magnitude higher than normal for each active user and impacted the system in abnormal ways. The version we were planning to release on Saturday addressed these issues, however we could not block users of the unreleased version if we went ahead with the launch. We attempted to address the problems caused by the unreleased version throughout the day on Sa...

Most of the media was busy bashing and writing about the 4500 job cut  and the almost $1 billion loss being the last nail in the coffin for BlackBerry.  Not to even talk about the failed launch of BBM for Android and iPhone last week, today the company shook things up yet again when it officially announced that its going private and it's shares would be sold for $9 each.  The rumours of Prem Watsa and his firm, Fairfax Financial, leading a bid to take BlackBerry private have proven to be true and confirmed especially after a statement that was released by Wasta below. "We believe this transaction will open an exciting new private chapter for BlackBerry, its customers, carriers and employees. We can deliver immediate value to shareholders, while we continue the execution of a long-term strategy in a private company with a focus on delivering superior and secure enterprise solutions to BlackBerry customers around the world" . The board of directors at ...

When it comes to new Apple products, massive sales are always recorded during for first week of release of these new products so its usually expected that sales will go above the charts.. However with the launch of iPhone 5S/5C last week, sales didn't just go above charts, it entered a new chart of its own. iPhone 4 when it was launched sold out 4 million within 3 days of launch, iPhone 5 sold out 5 million during the first 3 days of launch but the iPhone 5S/5C sold out a massive 9 million devices. This figure is just outstanding compared to other iPhone releases. Not only was the selling of iPhone 5s/5c outstanding but also was the download of iOS 7 into supported devices. According to Apple, more than 200 million iOS 7 downloads were recorded within the days iOS 7 was released publicly to the world. In the words of Tim Cook, “This is our best iPhone launch yet―more than nine million new iPhones sold―a new record for first weekend sales,” said Tim Cook, Apple...

Laptop computers just like Desktop computers are nearing their inevitable end. Some years back, Laptops gave a dashing blow to the Desktop computers that made them look inferior and weak after so many years of trust and love by consumers. Even though, Laptops were replacing desktop computers in a way, desktop computers still had a place in homes and offices and will still do for some years to come. The victory was to laptops but not for long as new set of devices known as Smartphones are becoming more rampant thereby forcing laptops to take the position of desktop computers. As already observed  by the consistent dwindling in the sales of popular laptop computers like HP, Dell, Acer etc,  soon enough Laptop computers would be pronounced dead and the cause of death is obviously the rise of Smartphones. When this happens, most laptops will sit on the tables at home and would be used indoors. Smartphones are the big boys in town. It can do a lot of things t...

Some great devices from Infinix are on the way and will land soon enough.  One of such devices is the rumoured Infinix Alpha Marvel which I remember tweeting about few days back but with limited information. Well,  more information reaching us suggest that it's going to be a smashing piece of device with great specs and features. According to info reaching us, there would be two versions of the Infinix Alpha Marvel. One with 2GB RAM and 32GB internal storage while the other version would have 1GB RAM with 16GB internal storage.  They would both be running Android Jelly Bean 4.2.1 with Quad core processor clocked at 1.5GHz. Also the camera would be a whooping 13mp back camera and 5mp front camera. Of course they would both be in full 5.0 HD screen. It will be a dual SIM smartphone with 2G/3G network capability. Also battery is at 2500mAh which is sound and powerful. in terms of connectivity, WiFi, WiFi Hotspot, GPS, USB, and Bluetooth 4.0  are al...

The release of Nokia first tablet in the Lumia series is near. This tablet with code name Nokia Sirius would officially be called Lumia 2520 according to @eavleak. What we do know is that the tablet is rumoured to have a full 10.1 inch HD resolution of 1920 x 1080, powered by a Snapdragon 800 SoC processor clocked at 2.15GHz. Furthermore, a RAM of 2GB and internal memory of 32GB is expected for this device. As you all know, camera is a must for all tablets and the Lumia 2520 will be bagging a 6.7mp rear camera with Carl Zeiss optics.  Also, connectivity is achieved by the help of USB port, micro HDMI port, WiFi and a detachable keyboard. The tablet will run Windows RT and may be available come 22nd October for $499. Like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter for more news and guides