by Arthur Goldstuck. While cutting edge 5” devices drain wallets and batteries, a range of great non-smartphone handsets can be had for less than a tenth of the cost of the flagships.
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Media Future: Wi-Fi rides in to save mobile
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) The next big thing in mobile data growth is good old Wi-Fi, but in a new guise called “Wi-Fi offload.”
Media Future: HTC comes back to the party
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) It makes some of the best phones in the world. Yet HTC imploded as a brand this year. Now it’s back in South Africa.
Grubstreet: Developing the Eyewitness News app
by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) What should you be thinking about when you’re looking at a news app for mobile? Should the primary concern be simplicity and ease of use or should it have plenty of bells and whistles? It this about design or it chiefly about development?
Media Future: BlackBerry’s corporate battery dies
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) If you like rollercoaster rides, you should ask BlackBerry for a job. Not that it’s hiring off the streets right now, but the CEO job is available, for one.
Thorsten Heins was fired on Monday after presiding over the collapse of BlackBerry’s customer base during the past two years. His interim replacement, John Chen, is best known for turning Sybase from a failing business into a leading enterprise systems company by taking a massive bet on mobile at a time when it was dismissed by most.
Media Future: Console gaming is having a healthy second career. So is Nintendo.
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) Far from mobile gaming killing the console, the fun has just begun as the Nintendo 2DS enters the South African market.
Grubstreet: Social Media Landscape 2014 study
by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) Social networking is truly on the rise in South Africa, the recent “Social Media Landscape 2014” study tells us, and the top brands of South Africa are intensifying their social-media activity.
Media Future: Mobile money transforming Africa
A new study reveals just how different e-commerce is in Africa compared to global trends, writes Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee).
Media Future: Acer opens new front in tech wars
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) A partnership with Intel may help give Acer an edge in bringing educational technology to Africa.
Media Future: MicroNokia — who is saving whom?
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) Microsoft’s US$7-billion dollar purchase of Nokia should come as no surprise. However, there may be a twist in this tale of high-tech romance.