L-R: Womiloju Olabanji; Consumer Business Lead Sub -Saharan Africa, Intel Corporation; Yewande Oyebo, Device Specialist Microsoft Nigeria; Mark Ihimonya, Consumer Director, Microsoft Nigeria; and, Attai Oguche; Activation and Event Manager, Tecno Mobile at the official launch of the new Tecno WinPad 10 on Thursday, 25th June, 2015 at Westown Hotels, Ikeja, Lagos #ItsBoomTime @creeda

There are quite a number of low cost Windows 8/8.1 out in the market. These range from 7 inchers to 8 inchers and in some rare cases 10 inchers. Microsoft doesn’t charge those who are bundling Windows on devices below 9 inches so that has been an interesting proposition for most OEMs and other Microsoft partners. Like the first Windows 8.1 tablet from Lenovo we were drooling over some time back. What we have not seen however is an explosion of such budget Windows tablets in the African market or even their popularity surging. That could change when one of the biggest brands in mobile in Africa today, Tecno, unveils its new WinPad tablet running Windows 8.1.



Tecno has turned heads in the African market where it operates at the moment. With a factory to churn out its devices in Ethiopia, the company is widely popular in the Kenyan and Nigerian markets. It is in the latter market where the WinPad 10 is launching in the next two days with Kenya and a few other African countries being the next likely destinations.

Tecno Windows 8.1 tablet 1
Tecno Windows 8.1 tablet 2

We have few details about the tablet’s specifications. We were after all tipped by someone in the know who wishes to lie low for now. Besides the obvious 10.1 inch (1280x 800 pixels) IPS display that gives it its name there will also be a 2 megapixel camera for Skyping, a 5 megapixel camera at the back, an Intel Atom Z3735F processor clocked at 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 32 GB internal storage (expandable up to 64 GB), a hefty 7,000 mAh battery, a 3-in1 keyboard (i.e stand, case and of course, keyboard) and dual “BOOM” speakers. Of course you’ve heard of the Boom thing elsewhere. The Tecno WinPad 10 tablet will also come with built-in 3G connectivity and Bluetooth 4.0 for pairing with that keyboard.

The price? It will go for 57,000 Naira (that’s an equivalent of about Ksh 28,260 or $287).

While it will initially ship with Windows 8.1, an update to Windows 10 will be available for free immediately it goes live at the end of July.

Buyers of the Tecno WinPad 10 will also be getting one full year of Office 365 and of coure the 1 terabyte of OneDrive that comes with it for free. To top that will be the 60 minutes worth of free Skype talk-time anywhere in the world.

It’s going to be epic, unbeatable and unforgettable .Yes! It’s the most anticipated campus party of the year—the Tecno Boom Party!
Tecno is invading Abuja with the new Tecno Boom J7 and it’s going to be live at the University of Abuja Gwagwalada campus on Thursday 18th June, 2015, with lots of star prizes and freebies to be won!
And that’s not all!

Guess what! You won’t be leaving with whom you came with, because you would be leaving with your homeboy KISS DANIELS! Tecno invading Abuja live with the Tecno Boom Box #ItsBoomTime.
The Lagos boom party was awesome, but the Abuja boom party would be an EPIC invasion.

Don’t be told, be there to witness history!
You can share your thoughts, Comments and pictures with the harsh tag #ItsBoomTime to Win Tickets and Party Hard with @kissdaniels

BOOM J7: Best Music Phone ever
TECNO Mobile’s idea of a holistic mobile entertainment is captured on the BOOM J7 pre-installed music app jam-packed with local and international hit songs that users could either stream live or download directly into their smartphone library. Every component of the BOOM J7 is put together to compliment music including its Full Metal Hi-Fi headset with noise cancellation technology.

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Poised to give music enthusiasts the satisfaction they have been craving for, Tecno mobile, makers of Tecno mobile phones and androids, has unveiled BOOM J7, the number one music phone into the market.
This device is designed with an application called Boom Player, which helps you download all the latest songs of your choice. The device also has songs from famous Nigerian artistes like, 2face, Ice Prince among others.
In a chat recently, the Event and Application manager, Tecno Mobiles, Mr. Attai Oguche, said the idea was to make a mobile phone which is basically for music. “This device is mainly for music as we have Tecno Phantom made for entertainment.
We are into partnership with many record labels which I would not like to mention for now, they have been uploading their songs directly on this platform. If you go to our Boom Player, you will see a lot there and for your music to be there we must have agreement with your record label.
We have songs from the likes of 2face and Ice Prince as some of the songs on our Boom Player. At the moment we are also talking to so many artistes to partner with us.
Before we take your music into our application, your music must be good with potential to be accepted globally. This platform is to enable people download songs easily with little or no stress. And when they do that, there are some percentage that are sent to you.
So some of the artistes that know what we are doing came to us but some that do not really know what we are into, we go for them. This platform came into existence in April, this year, and since then, we have made quite a huge success” he said. ff @creeda on twitter #ItsBoomTime [color=#990000][/color]