Monthly Archives: July 2010

HTC Touch Pro2 Review

By virtue of running an “old school” OS, the HTC Touch Pro2 would be considered by many as no longer in contention. Though launched only February 2009, one and half years in the modern smartphone world can be a long time. Coming from a new-kid-on-the-block OS, the Nokia N900, I should be able to tell [...]

BlackBerry Browser Tips

The current BlackBerry browser may not be exactly a wonder, but that doesn’t mean that it has not got user-friendly features. Here are some BlackBerry browser tips for you BB users out there. While browsing, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts for faster (or easier) web browsing: Bring up the Enter Web Address field [...]

Etisalat goes live on Main One

Etisalat Nigeria says that new and existing customers on their network are sset to enjoy enhanced service as they are now live on the submarine fibre optic cable system run by Main One Cable Company. This makes Etisalat the first telecoms company to connect to Main One. In a related news item, Globacom has announced [...]

LG KP500 “Cookie” Auction Sale [Sold]

We have a unit of LG’s bestselling touchscreen budget phone, the KP500 “Cookie”, available for sale. The device is in very neat condition and has the following accesssories with it: Battery Charger Headset USB cable Specifications of the KP500 include: 3-inch TFT 240×400 pixel display 48mb internal memory plus microSD slot GPRS/EDGE data Bluetooth 2.1; [...]

HTC Touch Pro2 Camera Samples

“The Touch Pro2 has a 3.2 megapixel camera – and it looks like a poor one too.” From HTC Touch Pro2 Camera Samples, posted by Yomi Adegboye on 6/02/2010 (5 items) HTC Touch Pro2 Camera Samples HTC Touch Pro2 Camera Samples HTC Touch Pro2 Camera Samples HTC Touch Pro2 Camera Samples HTC Touch Pro2 Camera [...]

Battery Life on the HTC Touch Pro2

Back in May, I published my review of the N900′s battery life. While an awesome device, the N900 has been somewhat crippled by the smaller capacity battery (1320 mAh) that Nokia fitted it with. It is passable, but somewhere along the line, it will get to you. In my extreme test, the N900 shut down [...]

Social networking with Starcomms’ Hisense C1110

Starcomms now offers the Hisense C1110, a budget device that gives users access to the following online social networking services: Facebook Chat services Skype Twitter Google talk Yahoo messenger Hi5 Other specifications of the device include: Qwerty Keypad phone 2.4″ 320×240 TFT landscape LCD 1.3 mega pixel camera Bluetooth MP3/MP4 & FM radio 1000 phone [...]