Mobile

Windows Phone, Windows 8.x updates show Microsoft confident in platform

Forget any suggestions of retrenchments and screw anyone who thinks forking to Android would be a good idea. That seems to be the message…

Huawei’s sub-$70 smartphone shows MTN’s $50 Steppa gamble’s already paying off

If MTN needed any vindication that its gamble to launch a sub US$50 MTN-branded smartphone will pay off, here it is: Chinese manufacturer Huawei…

How Chinese New Year changed how people use their mobiles

Everything’s getting back to normal in China as the New Year festivities dwindle to a halt. The daily lives of Chinese people dramatically break…

After a clone onslaught, Google and Apple are rejecting ‘Flappy’ games

When Flappy Bird‘s creator decided to pull his hit game from the app stores, developers around the world sprang into action to fill the…

MTN answers #Neknomination by giving users free Wikipedia access

The pupils of Sinenjongo High School in Cape Town have been lobbying for South Africa’s mobile operators to provide the country with free Wikipedia…

5 things we now know about smartphones and the ‘second screen’

The smartphone has changed the way we do a lot of things, from consuming online content to communicating and taking photos on the fly….

At what point does HTC stop making phones, shut down and return money to shareholders?

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC believes the middle-market will help it return to profitability this year. But the signs aren’t pretty. Sales have fallen year-on-year…

Entrepreneurship is key to the future of Mobile Health

The use of mobile phones in providing health services is well documented. In countries like Kenya and South Africa, SMS reminders are used to…

The mobile phones landscape in Uganda [infographic]

The iHub Research team has been at work pulling together mobile phone stats for Uganda and collating them into an infographic. It’s good to…

NFC is the future of African mobile money

Mobile money has made more of an impact in Africa than a number of other emerging market regions. In fact, through services like Safricom’s…

Android devices fail more regularly than Apple, Windows, BlackBerry [Study]

A smartphone running Android software is more likely to suffer from faults than one running, Apple’s iOS, Windows Phone, or BlackBerry‘s OS, a study…

Why manufacturers should just leave Android alone

We’ve all read the comparisons, we know about the rivalry, but one thing that has recently started bugging me about the epic Android vs…

Top tips for deciding what level of phone to develop for

There are a number of very good reasons you should be developing for mobile. It’s an incredibly fast-growing medium. In fact, mobile web has…

When does a dumb phone become a smartphone?

The line is blurring. A year ago, perhaps even six months ago, it was pretty easy to define the difference between a smartphone and…

BlackBerry sued over global service failure

In the latest twist of the tale of BlackBerry’s woes, the smartphone’s maker Research In Motion (RIM), is now being sued in Canada and…

10 gems of wisdom for delivering service through mobile [Tech4Africa]

Gustav Praekelt and Sebastien Lacour show two very different solutions to the same problem – delivering services to people via mobile when the Web…

Seven rules for building a mobile campaign

So you’ve decided to build a mobile campaign. It makes sense. Everybody has a mobile phone right? And you know a few marketing basics…

Android triumphs over iPhone app store

The endless war between Apple and Android has seen a decisive victory, for the Android app store at least. In the second quarter of…

Angry Birds means Nokia will win in emerging markets

The headlines from Nokia World in London have centred around two things: Its new smartphones running Windows Phone (the new Nokia Lumia 800 and…

Nokia’s Asha phones target the ‘next billion’ internet users

While much of the attention from the opening keynote at Nokia World 2011 was focussed on the Lumia 800, the Finnish communications giant also…

So you think you know mobile in Africa? [Video]

We all know cellphones are vital to Africa. They’ve allowed large sections of the continent to entirely skip wired communication. This means that Africa…

BlackBerry is back

With hindsight huge issues, such as the recent BlackBerry service outage, may not have been as critical as they seemed at the time. If…

MTN Clinches SA’s Best Network Title Again – Backed by Data and R14bn Infrastructure Push

Xiaomi’s “Screens for Change” Powers Township Esports With Purpose and Mandela’s Legacy

SAVCA 2025 Industry Awards Spotlight Africa’s Most Ambitious Private Capital-Backed Innovators

Ecentric and MoneyBadger Partner to Bring Bitcoin Payments to South African Retailers

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves