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The masses need an affordable phablet; give them the Hisense Pure 1
The last time we had our hands on a Hisense phone, we were handling their claim to the elite 5 inch/big screen league that has become the battle ground for […]
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The Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge: Ready to redeem lost pride?
For all those hardcore Samsung fans, the wait is finally over. Last night, on the eve of the Mobile World Congress, the consumer electronics giant unveiled its new mobile devices that […]
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ZOL has disrupted the Zim internet space, is voice communication next?
Zimbabweans are very particular about the cost of a product or service and any adjustment made to that effect. This extends to anything that an entrepreneur might want to provide really. […]
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Fibre internet not a rich peoples’ thing anymore as ZOL introduces $39 package
ZOL today announced a new fibre internet packaged priced at $39 a month. It’s officially the lowest priced fibre based internet service in Zimbabwe. Before now, Zol’s cheapest fibre package […]
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How expensive is it to go online in Zim?: An overview of prices for internet services
2015 started off with mobile subscribers celebrating the good news that as had been promised, the voice tariffs for the country’s mobile network operators had been reduced. Unfortunately we didn’t see a tumble […]
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TelOne introduces ADSL prepaid scratch cards
TelOne, Zimbabwe’s sole fixed line operator, has just announced the introduction of physical prepaid recharge cards for their ADSL broadband service. The recharge cards come in $25, $45, $85 and $160 denominations which have data caps […]
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You could do with Ubuntu and Wine
On the eve of Independence Day, folks who believe in the right to control their own software and computers will be celebrating a different kind of independance; the release of the […]
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Everything you need to know about the new Telecel Go tariff plans
Earlier today Telecel Zimbabwe launched its new prepaid service brand called Telecel Go. The new brand comes with two subscriber plans that offer separate tariff structures. However, the highlight of […]
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Of irksome Bloatware
Defined as the excess and unwanted junk that chews up your RAM, memory, battery and most importantly for us on prepaid bundles; data, bloatware this is one of the most […]
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ZOL to launch a dongle based mobile WiMAX broadband service
Earlier this week, we received a tip in our inbox about a mobile broadband service about to be launched by ZOL, one of Zimbabwe’s largest ISPs. Here: ZOL has just […]
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Zimbabwe Internet statistics: 5.2 million subscriptions. 40% penetration
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe’s latest telecoms statistics show that the country’s total broadband subscriptions climbed 6.45 percentage points in 2013, going up from 33.4% in December […]
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Huawei Ascend P6 review: Brilliant, but pricey at $500
China’s leading smartphone maker Huawei, released its flagship Huawei Ascend P6 in June 2013 hyping it with phrases like “elegance with edge”, “impossibly slim”, “impossible beautiful” among other high sounding […]
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ICT for Agriculture: Technology tips for you and your “farm”
Now that the rain season is earnestly upon us the farmer in some of us has been awakened. There are all kinds of farms from the little spot you poach […]
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#TechTips: Privacy apps for your device
As we pointed out yesterday a lot of people have things to hide sitting in plain view on their smartphones and tablets. This includes intimate videos and pictures of themselves […]
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SSL Certificates for dummies: A primer.
This is an SSL certificate primer for dummies, it is not intended to be exhaustive or turn you into an expert, it is merely an initiation.Feel free to add tips you feel are important in the comments section however.
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Econet launches 4G LTE in Zimbabwe
We are coming from an event hosted by Econet Wireless where they launched 4G LTE in Zimbabwe. Econet’s fairly new Chief Commercial and Customer Services Officer, Stan Henning presented the […]
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Everything is changing again! uMAX becomes Zim’s lowest priced broadband
Not anymore. uMAX has slashed prices so much they’re now as mass market as your mobile operators. The company announced today the introduction of a monthly 20GB data bundle for just $75 which comes with the uMAX setup equipment free.
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Review: The Econet 3G mobile Wi-Fi device
Close to two weeks ago, we received a test unit of the Econet Huawei mobile Wi-Fi device for review. Being a small operation ourselves, we decided to start using it as our primary office connection since then so that we speak about the reliability, stability, speed and other things from a point of actually having…
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Music piracy vs DRM: Time we gave Digital Rights Management another chance?
During this Easter season, like with all holidays, people like to party and celebrate. Music is an invariable part of partying. Odds are that the music in your car, home theatre, PC, laptop, phone, portable player and of course that party was illegally copied onto that device or disk.
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Saving mobile phone data
In the previous installment several suggestions were made on how to reduce bandwidth consumption on a capped connection. Whilst this article focused solely on PCs the rise in the use of smartphones has led to headaches as people try to manage data bundles on their smartphones and tablets. This is not helped by the fact…
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The iPhone 5, a Zimbabwean review
The latest iteration of Apple’s highly successful Smartphone was announced on the 12th of September to mixed reviews. For the most part, a public that has grown accustomed to having their collective mind blown by revolutionary products from Apple was underwhelmed by what was essentially an evolutionary, rather than revolutionary upgrade.
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Google launches Google Drive, a cloud storage & file management solution
Yesterday, Google finally launched its much hyped cloud and document management system, Google Drive. The cloud storage service basically makes managing, sharing and backing up files an easier and seamless task as users switch from one device to another. Google Drive is launching with 5GB free storage. Users will need to pay for more storage;…
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Gizmo highlights from the 2012 Mobile World Congress #MWC12
The 2012 annual Mobile World Congress which kicked off in Spain, Barcelona doesn’t seem to all be about new unheard-of technologies but rather jaw dropping additions to product specifications.
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Telecel releases official mobile internet pricing. Introduces bundles
Since the launch of its mobile broadband internet services, Telecel has maintained that the pricing, US 10 cents per megabyte of data, was for pilot testing purposes only. Part of that is of course the fact that they commenced the commercial bit of rolling out their internet without seeking the regulator’s approval and they had…
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Review: The Huawei Ideos S7 Slim. Great entry level tablet
There’s only one way to start off this review, and that’s to tell you that if you’ve been wanting to get yourself your first tablet, you might want to sample this one first before you run off to get that $1,000 iPad or $700 Galaxy Tab. And here is why.
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Review: Brodacom mobile broadband internet
About two weeks ago, we received three mobile broadband (and one of them primarily a voice device as well) from the Spiritage Group company called Brodacom. We got the opportunity to test the three devices over about 6 days, which gave us a more or less clear picture of the performance. We tested the devices…
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Spiritage’s 4G Brodacom launch, a game changer?
Yesterday, Spiritage finally came out with huge adverts in the press claiming they have a modern 4G network. The “game’s just changed” shouts the advert! Has it?