Nokia announces Lumia 1020
Nokia has established a new benchmark in smartphone imaging with the arrival of the Nokia Lumia 1020, boasting a second generation 41 megapixel sensor. Unlike any smartphone in the market today the Nokia Lumia 1020 reinvents zoom, enabling people to discover more...
Mobile communications to grow in 2013
2013 will see the growth of WiFi in the enterprise environment, mobile roaming on WiFi for cellular subscribers and WiFi becoming just another RAN technology. This is according to Derick Roberts, CEO of wireless specialist, TruTeq Devices. Roberts says as much as 57%...
Cheaper smartphones improve lives
While the South African mobile telecommunications sector continues to be one of the fastest growing sectors in the country, the market is still dominated by feature phones. “Over the next two to three years we hope to see cheaper smartphones coming to the market...
BlackBerry secures iOS, Android
BlackBerry has announced the availability of a new security solution that separates work and personal apps and data on iOS and Android devices. Secure Work Space for iOS and Android is a new option with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (version 10.1.1) that offers...
Toshiba launches STOR.E CANVIO
Toshiba Gulf FZE has introduced the STOR.E CANVIO, its first portable external hard disk drive (HDD) to offer both up to 2Tb of storage capacity and 10Gb of free subscription to Pogoplug PC cloud storage, enabling users to access their files on the HDD using mobile...
Huawei launches Ascend P6
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has unveiled the Huawei Ascend P6 - the world's slimmest smartphone, measuring just 6,18mm. The smartphone features a 1,5GHz quad-core processor and a sleek metallic body....
Mobile devices to outnumber humans
No technology has spread as rapidly – to become utterly ubiquitous – as the cell phone. It took television 30 years to penetrate 70% of households, but the cell phone achieved this level in less than a decade. On top of this, very soon there will be more mobile...
Riding the mobile payment wave
mPowa, the innovative mobile payment company, is positioned to benefit from unprecedented industry growth following a programme of international expansion. According to industry analysts Gartner, mobile payments are poised to become a half-trillion-dollar market...
TransUnion launches Car Value app
Selling or trading-in a car? How much can users expect to get for it? Wanting to buy a used car? How much should they offer for it? Going to a car auction? How will users know when they are bidding too much for a specific vehicle? How confident are users that the...
Using mobile devices for hotel bookings
While mobile device usage is no stranger to the hotel industry, the rate of proliferation in their usage is staggering – and is likely to become the primary way of connecting to hotels in the near future, says Nicolette Kruger, country manager of NFS Technology, the...
mapIT announces deCarta Xplorer V8
mapIT has announced the release of the deCarta Xplorer V8 navigation platform to the South African market. “This deCarta Xplorer V8 navigation platform offers a host of new features to the location application market,” says Etienne Louw, MD of mapIT. “These features...
BlackBerry launches Q5 smartphone
BlackBerry has introduced the BlackBerry Q5, a new youthful and fun BlackBerry 10 smartphone for selected markets. The BlackBerry Q5 smartphone features a QWERTY keyboard with discrete keys in a stunning youthful design that is confident, fun and bold. Every feature,...