Microsoft Ghana has finally launched Windows 10 in Ghana.
Microsoft Ghana launched Windows 10 yesterday at the RS Amegashie Auditorium, University of Ghana Business School, Legon in Accra.
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The event saw Students from tertiary institutions around the country, Microsoft Student Partners Ghana members and the business community attending the event.
Microsoft Ghana country manager Derek Appiah giving the keynote said;
Following the global launch of Windows10 in July, Microsoft has launched a series of Windows 10 promotions in Ghana to help students. Microsoft in Ghana has trained over 15,000 teachers, impacted over one million students and created over 1,800 jobs.
Windows10 is in almost 95 languages. Windows 10 is our best Windows ever, taking the best of both Windows 7 and 8.
Access to content is changing pretty fast. That is what Windows 10 is all about. One experience, one platform, one store!
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Mark Pritchard OEM, Channels and Consumer Group Lead Microsoft WCA at the event speaking on Windows Insider program, Windows 10 devices and introducing the Techno Mobile Winpad 10 said;
Our vision is to empower everybody to do and be better. Our objective is to help people do more and become more productive.
In our work, office and home Windows 10 is one experience, one platform one store. All Windows 10 devices are using 1 platform. Windows 10 is the most secure platform and can protect people from Cyber criminality.
We are working with partners to ensure you get windows devices at an affordable price. Microsoft Ghana is partnering with Techno Mobile to launch the best mobile device for work, the Techno WinPad10.
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Warren La Fleure Education Lead, spoke on Transforming Education in Ghana with Windows 10 and Office 365.
Windows 10 leads us to a world of digital learning. Knowledge & Learning is changing and making access to information more purposeful through creative design.
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Also at the launch event there were Windows 10 demos by students of Ghana Technology university, University of Cape Coast, University of Ghana, Reagent University, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana Institute of Journalism with UCC, University of Cape Coast winning the best demo presentation.
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There were free windows 10 upgrade booths available at the event to help people upgrade their devices to windows 10.
Were you at the at the #Windows10Gh launch event, share your experience with us.
The much anticipated, talked about rendered and leaked flagship Lumia devices have finally been announced by Microsoft at the October 6th Windows 10 Devices briefing in New York City.
The Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL combine Windows 10 innovation with our most powerful hardware and top-of-the-line imaging to help you be more productive.
Not having had a main flagship Lumia released in a while and with Microsoft’s new vision for 3 sectors; Enterprise, Flagship and Budget devices, everyone has been looking forward to what the next Lumia Flagships will offer.
The Lumia 950 and 950XL as like much leaked, comes with Adaptive Antennas, Liquid Cooling Technology, Triple LED Natural flash, Rich Capture, 4K video capture, Windows Hello iris scanner.
Also Have the following specifications:
Lumia 950 :
*5.2″ Quad HD AMOLED, 2560 x 1440 (564 ppi)
*Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 1.8GHz hexa-core, 3GB RAM, 32 GB storage with 2TB micro SD card support.
*20 MP sensor with Tripple LED natural flash, ZEISS optics 5 MP front camera
*3000mAh removable battery / USB-C Fastcharging (get up to 50% capacity in just 30 minutes), Qi wireless charging
*weighs 150g.
Lumia 950XL :
*5.7″ Quad HD AMOLED, 2560 x 1440 (518 ppi), Gorilla Glass 4
*Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 2.0 GHz octa-core processor, 3GB RAM, 32 GB storage with 2TB micro SD card support.
*20 MP sensor with Tripple LED natural flash, ZEISS optics 5 MP front camera
*3340mAh removable battery / USB-C Fastcharging (get up to 50% capacity in just 30 minutes), Qi wireless charging
*weighs 165g.
One feature of the Microsoft Lumia 950 and 9650XL devices is the Windows Continuum feature, that allows you to connect the phones to a Microsoft display dock and use it as an external monitor with a keyboard and mouse. It opens and scales up apps optimized for an environment that makes you more productive.
It’s a PC-like experience that’s powered by your phone.
The Lumia 950 unlocked will be selling at $549, 950XL will be selling at $649 and they’ll be available in November.
What’s your take on the new Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950XL flagship devices.
Microsoft’s mobile devices have been gaining a lot of love and attention in Africa, Europe, South America and India and this shouldn’t come as a surprise as Microsoft is building device at all levels.
The introduction of the mid range level budget friendly and low cost devices like the Lumia 520, 530, 535, 630 and 635 have seen significant rise in usage of smartphones by consumers. The mid range devices such as the Lumia 730, 830 and 1320 also give flexibity in pricing to it’s targeted audience. The mobile penetration in Africa is on the rise and as more people seek to connect and share they find the Lumia brand attractive and within their budget range.
Microsoft Ghana’s mobile device business manager Mr. Kola Osinowo said recently in his expression of gratitude to Ghanaians that Ghana is among the top most 20 user countries of the Lumia devices in the world.
I believe recent campaigns and promotions such as the #Makeithappen promo increased awareness on the productivity and range of the Lumia handsets.
Microsoft has sent out an open Windows 10 invitation to the public to join in on an event at the Redmond campus dubbed The next chapter, scheduled for Wednesday, January 21st 2015 where all the yet to be mentioned and other updated or dropped features of the new OS, Windows 10 will be know.
This event will see Microsoft chief Satya Nadella and senior leaders from the Operating Systems Group Terry Myerson, Joe Belfiore and Phil Spencer talk about the Windows 10 consumer experience at the event.
There will be a live webcast of the event and we’ll have the links available so stay tuned.
Are you ready for what Microsoft will show you next in Windows 10, let us know in the comments?
