Nokia has announced availability of the first Lumia smartphone in East Africa, the Nokia Lumia 510. This Nokia Lumia 510 is the most affordable smartphone in Lumia family.

One of the most exciting features of new Windows Phone OS is the live tiles which allows you to know what is going on with your phone at a glance. This phone, a Windows Phone device, is different to other smartphone platforms thanks to features like:

• Live Tiles – make it easier to see incoming messages and updates
• People Hub – brings together contacts and updates from across social networks into one location
• Microsoft Office – for word and document processing suites
• Internet Explorer 9 on the mobile
• SkyDrive storage with Windows Account – This is coupled with the Microsoft input in the OS software Read more »

HP has launched their long-awaited tablet, the TouchPad.

The TouchPad will run the company’s WebOS 3.0 (the exclusive operating system that is expected to take over most of HP devices), which it acquired alongside the acquisition of Palm and their products back in April 2010.

The tablet features a super fast 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, 1024×768 pixel display (basically 9.7 inch screen), weighing in at a measly 1.5 pounds, 13mm thick, front-facing cameras for video enabled-calls, comes in two choices of either the 16GB or 32GB of built-in memory, supports Adobe’s Flash and Beats by Dre speakers.

The device shall come as a WiFi only option but will very soon be offered on 3G or 4G by about the 2^nd Quarter of 2011. Read more »