The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is promoting an electronic-wallet project among farmers, and farmers will receive their fertiliser and seed support through their mobile phones. The farmers will also receive information on farming seasons, prices of products, fertiliser delivery dates and scarcity periods. According to news reports, the federal government has concluded [...]
I am regularly asked by people for device recommendations and related advice. About a month ago, for example, I was asked to recommend a suitable Android smartphone for a friend of mine. My impulse was to recommend the unreleased LG Nexus 4, but ended up recommending the Samsung Galaxy S II instead. The incidence got [...]
If you have ever purchased a brand new mobile and then had issues with it, you will likely appreciate the importance of this subject. If your acquisition was a device from a manufacturer with local support available here, in all probability, you got the issue dealt with the easy way. If your device, however, had [...]
As we keep evolving round the world of mobile devices, we don’t seem to resist the newly spilled mobile phone devices as they get us wanting them with their catchy specifications. Who would want to stay stuck to a stale phone? Sure not me! Don’t know about you. In this Jet-Age, things are coming up [...]
There is a growing trend of the use of earphones and headphones by individuals in public in ways that are dangerous to themselves and to others. Here are a few examples. Some months ago, I watched an interstate bus that was full of passengers leave its station and get on the highway. No problem with [...]
I was involved in the New Media & Governance conference, a two-day event that took place at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. My role was that of social media surgeon, manning a booth where I attended to individuals who had questions or needed assistance with using mobile phones and apps for social media purposes. [...]
Many modern phones come with a Flight Mode option. In Flight Mode, the wireless radio of your device (the part that connects to a mobile network) is turned off while the device itself remains on. As such, access to your operator’s network (or any operator’s network at all) is cut off. This feature lets you [...]
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! to ANDROID OS and all current users and fans. As for those who are still waiting to accept that Android is the best OS, we’ll be ready to accept you as a fan once you decide. In a couple of “posts” from this, I will be reviewing some mobile phones and Tablets [...]
This is Nigeria. It is the year 2011 and we are counting 10 years of the introduction of the Global System of Media communication (GSM) into the country. Before the introduction of GSM technology, the number of connected phone lines in the country was 450,000 out of an estimated population of 120 million people. Like [...]
Nokia has changed – and for the beter too – the naming system of their mobile phones. No more silly dichotomy of uses i.e. business versus media. Goodbye N-series; goodbye E-series! See my recent article, Why Can’t a Business Device Have a Superb Camera? According to the Nokia Conversations blog, here’s how the new system [...]
