by Sylvester Addo | Feb 14, 2016 | 4Afrika, Events, General, Lumia, Windows, WIndows Phone
Nigeria has officially seen the launch of Microsoft mobile’s latest flagship the Lumia 950 XL and Lumia 950.
The two flagships devices were announced sometime back and have been making their way to various markets around the world. The new devices run Windows 10 mobile and shares the same code base as Windows 10 PC.
Microsoft mobile Nigeria unveiled the Lumia 950 and 950 XL devices at a media roundtable held February 4th, 2016 at the Civic Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Joseph Umunakwe, Microsoft Mobile Devices and Services General Manager West, East and Central Africa, at the event spoke about Microsoft’s commitment to empowering every individual and organization on the planet to achieve more.
“The Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL deliver a familiar and consistent experience that extends across your Windows devices from key apps like Office built-in to provide access to all your stuff via OneDrive and the cloud.”
Olumide Balogun, Head of Marketing Microsoft Mobile Devices and Services Nigeria and Ghana, stated the Lumia 950/950XL drives seamless experiences from productivity, security, usability and availability. He said,
“Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL provide stunning displays, the latest in processing power, and improved battery life and quick charging. The Continuum for phones feature combined with the Microsoft Display Dock enables you to connect the phones to a monitor, mouse and keyboard and work like a PC.”
The Lumia 950 and 950 XL are currently selling at authorized Microsoft devices partner retail outlets and available on leading online stores.
Source : Talk Media Africa
by Sylvester Addo | Feb 5, 2016 | General, How-tos, Internet, Questions And Answers, Windows, WIndows Phone
WhatsApp Web is finally available to Microsoft Edge browser users.
Microsoft Edge is the official browser that comes pre-installed in Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile operating system. It’s also the browser that officially replaced Internet Explorer (still available in windows 10).
WhatsApp Web was introduced sometime in January 2015 as a web client that mirrors a persons chat account from your phone to your personal computer. This was introduced to provide a richer communication experience to users of WhatsApp. WhatsApp Web isn’t a different chat account or platform. It’s the same WhatsApp account setup on your phone that gets synchronized and mirrored to the PC, so you have the same information.
But up until now it wasn’t usable on Microsoft Edge browsers and still doesn’t support any Internet Explorer version.
How do you go about this?
Minimum requirements to enjoy WhatsApp Web
- You need to have an active WhatsApp account on your phone.
- You need to have a stable internet connection on both your phone and your computer.
- You need to use the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Opera or Safari as your web browser on your computer.
Once you meet the browser specifications;
To get started with WhatsApp Web
- Visit web.whatsapp.com on your computer.
- Open WhatsApp on your phone.
- On Windows Phone: under Chats go to Menu > WhatsApp Web.
- On Android: in the Chats screen > Menu > WhatsApp Web.
- On iPhone: go to Settings > WhatsApp Web.
- On BlackBerry: go to Chats > Menu > WhatsApp Web. (On BlackBerry 10: Swipe down from top of the screen )
- Scan the QR Code on your computer screen from your phone with your camera.
From your phone, navigate to WhatsApp Web to view your logged in computers or to logout from an active chat session.
Is this an added bonus to you?, because honestly I’ve been looking forward to this as I’ve decided to try out only Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer on a PC as only browsers. There have been some limitations as expected but with more extensions expected to be available in the next major Update aka “RedStone”, I guess I wouldn’t have much to worry about.
With WhatsApp being used by people in doing several things like sharing vital information during natural disasters or health emergencies, finding a date, growing a small business, buying an engagement ring, or seeking a better life etc. it comes in handy.
by Sylvester Addo | Jan 8, 2016 | Deals-In-Gh, General, Lumia, WIndows Phone
If you’ve been waiting endlessly to get your hands on one of Microsoft’s latest handsets, the Lumia 950 and 950XL, well you are in luck. Telefonika Ghana has them available for sale.
UPDATE!!!
UPDATE: Find latest prices of devices here
So we checked and these aren’t the GH country variant’s. Also it looks like the price for the Lumia 950 XL have been reduced from GHS 2,990 to GHS 2,890 but that of the Lumia 950 remains same GHS 2,790.
The Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950XL devices were announced in October 2015 and became available sometime in November 2015 in the US markets and thereafter some European markets. They are widely expected to become available in many more countries in early 2016.
Good news maybe? You’ll need to be ready to buy at Telefonika’s usually extra high charges (includes 1 year warranty coverage price). The Lumia 950 and 950XL are Microsoft’s new fan flagship phones and have high end specifications as such value for money. Telefonika Ghana has the phones up for sale at GHS 2,790 for the Lumia 950 and GHS 2,990 for the Lumia 950XL. You can make the purchase at all Telefonika outlets and their online store.
If the price is a throw off then, you’ll need to hold off to get them from the Microsoft Care shop or from other authorized partner stores in the country and should be very soon. Also we are yet to have a confirmation if these are the Ghana country variants. If these aren’t then you should be prepared not to participate in any promotion offers that might come up like the Lumia Rock and Roll promotion
The Lumia 950 and 950XL come pre installed with Microsoft’s new mobile operating system windows 10 and you’ll get more quicker updates as they become available and released by Microsoft without carrier delays. They are available in white and black colors.
Source: Telefonika
