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How did the Amazon Kindle Fire take over half of Android tablet market?

Five to six months in the market and the Amazon Kindle fire is king of Android tablets. A 54% marketshare in such a short period of time is simply outstanding. Samsung’s Galaxy Tabs come a distant second place with about 15% of the Android tablet marketshare. Consider that the Kindle Fire is less capable and [...]

Galaxy S2 and others to get ICS update

We recently witnessed the released of the latest android version; Ice Cream Sandwich.  After the post was published on Mobility Blog, several people began to ask if some previous android phones will receive the ICS update. About 3 days ago, Samsung Italy confirmed that the following Samsung devices will receive the ICS update asides the already [...]

Tablet Showdown

It is raining tablets these days, and the situation in Nigeria is no different. The tablet craze is catching on. The portability and the PC-like functionality for the average user make tablets a logical choice for a wide range of people. The Nigerian market is awash with tablets now, from the iPad/iPad2, Samsung Galaxy Tab, [...]

Don’t Have Android Market on your Galaxy Tab?

When I got my Samsung Galaxy Tab, one of the very first disappointments that I had was that the version I bought didn’t have Android Market pre-installled. Truth be told, the moment I found out that it didn’t have Android Market, I wanted to immediately return it to the dealer. What made it worse was [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab in the House

We took delivery of a Samsung Galaxy Tab late this afternoon. Of course, you can expect a review, which Dayo will be primarilly handling. In the meantime, a few appetising pictures. One thing is sure – this guy is huge. But then, it is a tablet, not exactly a smartphone. Expect Dayo’s review(s) of this [...]

The Galaxy Tab Comes to Etisalat Nigeria

Great things are happening in the Nigerian mobile space indeed. While we were all still waiting for the iPhone to come to a GSM network, Etisalat snuck up behind us all and brought us the Galaxy Tab. The Tab is a 7-inch Android-powered tablet with the following specs: 2G – GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE 3G (HSUPA [...]