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The beauty of this is OS invention(Ubuntu for Android) is that our Smart Mobile phone can also be used as a PC (that is, now multi-core Android phones can be PCs too). Ubuntu for Android enables high-end Android handsets to run Ubuntu, the world’s favourite free PC desktop operating system. So users get the Android they know on the move, but when they connect their phone to a monitor, mouse and keyboard, it becomes a PC.
http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android

Here is the news:
Samsung to partner with SES (http://www.ses.com/fleet-coverage) for free satellite TV in Africa
Rebecca Hawkes | 25-03-2012
Consumer electronics giant Samsung is to join forces with satellite operator SES to provide free to air digital satellite TV channels for six countries in Africa.
Announcing the Samsung LED TV Free Satellite initiative at its annual Africa Forum event in Cape Town, the Korean company said it would provide access to 60 free to air channels (30 in English and 30 in French) through a TV with built in satellite decoders.
Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Ghana will be the first countries to benefit from the partnership, intended to help drive digitisation across the African continent. One in three homes in Sub-Saharan Africa have a TV set, with less than 10 million homes having access to digital TV, the companies say.
The new free satellite service will commence in these first six nations by August 2012, with other channels and further countries coming online at a later date.
"Our cooperation will not only help to improve access to digital content for African consumers but it will also encourage African broadcasters to launch more content. In servicing more than 40 African countries, we are well aware of the huge demand for more and higher quality TV services. The opportunity lies in providing an increasingly sophisticated African viewership with a significantly increased number of TV channels - a first for many African countries," said Christoph Limmer, senior director of marketing development and marketing, Africa, SES.
"The opportunity lies in providing a growing sophisticated African viewership with a significantly increased number of TV channels – a first for many African countries."
Samsung's LED TV SurgeSafe+ technology will be used for the television sets, to protect against humidity, lightening and electricity surges suffered in Africa.
Dae Hee Kim, regional product manager, Samsung Africa, added: "The large investment by Samsung into the development of these products so that they remain affordable and competitive within the market, while not compromising quality and performance, is a key indicator of our commitment to meeting the demands of the African people."

It is amazing how we interpret God's words, God made gold and diamond and every other precious stones.
It is the worship of the creature (Human and things that God made) and not the CREATOR that is a SIN.
I pray the entrance of His WORDS will enlighten our path..........

kisibo: Na wah oo ..visaphone wey dere 3g netwok no dey ondo state nt to talk of osun or ekiti...abi hw dem want us to dey use edge on bb ?.........na wah ooo.

3G on GSM network is EVDO on CDMA network, 2.5G is 1x data which speed is still very reliable.

Hello Vben,

You have not given us more information, just define the scope of the project and the basic objectives. Define the functionality of which modules of E-Learning Portal. Then start the design.

The Report below is from Cellular News and its on how Mobile Apps development has created more than half a Million jobs in United states of America.

Where we missed in the PC software boom era, we can make up in the mobile app era. Alas, we remain a consumer economy: there are thousands of niche, Nigeria-centric, potentials apps that can be developed to tap the huge under-served population that we boast of as a Nation.

Mobile internet, powered by smart-phones is becoming ubiquitous, and with bourgeoning cheap Android powered smart phones such as the Huawei IDEOS Gaga and Samsung Galaxy Pocket, the potential for a lucrative Afro-centric app economy can only be imagined.

But, what are our young computer scientists and ‘developers’ doing about it? Queuing up for employment and jobs that remain a mirage. Are they to blame? Partly. Their confidence and competence are mostly severely hampered by the low quality, cash-and-carry University degrees churned out season after season…

To develop an Android app require only a little inventive thinking and mind-set, an Eclipse (or whatever) development environment, and some Java coding skills. Intellectual brilliance and intelligence are not in short supply........ Anthony E.


¬The USA's mobile app economy has created 519,000 jobs nationwide and is a significant economic driver for a number of states, according to a study released today by the CTIA and the Application Developers Alliance.
While app innovation is occurring across the country, particularly in renowned high-tech areas such as California and Washington, some unexpected states have emerged to the top app economy states. For example, Virginia and Maryland have close ties to government agencies and the military thus are developing apps for those sectors. Massachusetts' app developers are making higher education more accessible, while one Colorado app developer created the iTriage app, which helps people identify what could be wrong based on their medical symptoms.
The app economy is in its infancy, but is growing at an exponential rate. Apple iTunes and Android Market application stores first opened in 2008. According to CTIA's research, there are more than 2.4 million apps available on more than 11 different operating systems from more than 28 independent non-carrier stores. In 2011, the mobile app revenue was almost $10 billion , but by 2016, it's expected to be more than $46 billion.
The top 10 app economy states, ranked by economic impact (per million each year), are:
1. California = $8,241
2. Washington = $2,671
3. New York = $2,313
4. Texas = $1,183
5. Massachusetts = $1,143
6. New Jersey = $1,087
7. Georgia = $1,062
8. Illinois = $847
9. Virginia = $788
10. Pennsylvania = $632
The "app intensity" is determined by taking the percentage of app economy jobs in a state as a share of total jobs, which measures the importance of these jobs to a state. The national average is 1. The top 10 "app intensity" states and intensity figures are:
1. Washington = 4.47
2. California = 2.71
3. Massachusetts = 1.71
4. Oregon = 1.70
5. Georgia = 1.56
6. New Jersey = 1.29
7. New York = 1.16
8. Virginia = 1.04
9. Delaware = 0.93
10. Colorado = 0.90
Apps are increasingly a part of consumers' everyday lives. Consumers' insatiable demand for apps is driving the app innovation across the country. An example of the rapid growth of innovation, Applico, a New York-based app development firm and board member of the Application Developers Alliance, hired its first employee in May 2010 and expects to employ as many as 150 by the end of 2012.
"The app economy took off in 2008 and shows no signs of slowing down. It's a significant driver of great jobs that pay well while fostering and creating truly revolutionary and innovative ideas, products and services. Few could have known four years ago that we'd use our wireless devices to improve efficiency and effectiveness in industries such as health care, education, transportation and utilities. Precisely predicting what those capabilities will be four years from now is just as challenging, but I'm confident that the wireless industry's competitiveness and customer service-driven focus will lead to more awe-inspiring and innovative wireless devices and apps," said CTIA President and CEO Steve Largent.

Hello all,

9ja Tv and Kpakpando are temporary free to air........12.540

She said the relationship was too perfect

sammu: oga don aremu long time o. use the kk tv freq to tweak your lnb and i think u should be fine.

Thanks for the advise man. Yeah Longtime. How are you doing?

Hi,

I do not think so but some of their stations can be received on satellite digital receivers.
Kindly check the Satellite TV technology link for more information (especially the MyTv links)

Hello guys,

I need you assistance, my KKTV-Our TV, Adehyie TV and Elijah TV pictures are broken into frame. My signal is around 67%-69%.
I need advise on what I can do to address this issue.

John 1:4 In him there was life, and that life was a light for the people of the world.

@Poster,

I will buy some plots of land not far from Redeem Camp and start a real estate business.

@Poster, Nice one.

I can't stop laughing, I am trying to imagine what this person will do in this situation:

9.you are a hidden christian in the mist of boko haram and you phone starts ringing :let somebody shout HALLELUJAH

Both are smart phones, but of BB sales is reducing in the world, it is only booming in Nigeria where as Android phones sales are increasing globally day by day.
So, define your needs and let it guide you in selecting a phone

What are your business requirements for a SMART PHONE?
Requirements     Black Berry        Android
1 Push Email                                     Best Very         Good
2 Web browsing                                     Average        Very Good
3 Chatting using IM                             Very Good        Very Good
4 Business document processing apps    Very Good        Good
5 Battery power                                     Very Good        Good
6 App World                                     Few apps)        lots of apps
7 OS                                                     Good                Very Good
8 Software Flexibility                             Fair                Very Flexible
9 Popularity                                             Declining        Increase
10 Hardware                                             Good                Very Good (Various vendor offering)
11 Security                                             Good                Fair (without a good Antivirus)
12 Additional Ace                                     BB Messenger -
13 Gaming                                             Few games        Lots of Game from the App. Market

The Android is clearly a user friendly, multitasking and easily customizable device whereas BlackBerry is an unbeatable email platform that wirelessly synchronizes contacts, calendars and notes

Happy Birthday sir.
May the good Lord bless and protect you.

Most LED TV are Full HD while not all LCD has Full HD view.

Account details please

[quote author=Sky-walker link=topic=570725.msg10144612#msg10144612 date=1328641567]You can start with A+ at the and then move to Network +. By the time you understand this two,you should have figured out which aspect you want to go into[/quote]@Alpet, Both Ajanlekoko and Sky walker are right. Your priority should be your education because there you will learn some foundation IT fundamentals. During your Holidays you can read about A+ and N+.

Ten things you need to know to understand the value chains involved in mobile money services and what’s going on, with whom, where

By Annie Turner

1. Should mobile payments be regulated as part of banking?

Opinion is deeply divided on this issue. Mobile payments are treated as an inherent function of banking in the U.S., Australia, Canada, Japan and India, for example, but not in Kenya and the European Union (EU). Obtaining a license so you can offer mobile payment services (as Rogers Communications is doing in Canada) is an onerous undertaking. In the U.S. it would involve applying for 50 state licenses.

Canada and Australia are reviewing their regulatory options, and looking at the European Union model where organizations haven’t needed to be a bank to offer payments services since the introduction of the Directive on Payments Services in November 2009. The idea is to provide more competition in payments in the 30 countries of the EU and European Economic Area, plus Switzerland.

Those wishing to provide a payments service can apply for either Payments Institution (PI) and Electronic Money Institution (EMI) status – Orange has already applied for a license and Telefónica is in the process of doing so. Once a license has been obtained in one country, it can be ‘passported’ to other countries so license holders can offer payments services in other countries.

2. Could operators use their charging and billing systems for physical goods?

It’s hard to see how this would work in most places. Charging a ringtone company 30 percent for delivering its products to consumers is one thing – the consumer isn’t even aware of how the money is divided. Charging a merchant or consumer 30 percent extra for the privilege of accepting payment for a consumer buying a candy bar by mobile is a different matter.

Put another way, in the U.S. if you buy something for $5 by mobile, the bank gets between 2.75 and 2.8 percent of that in merchant service charges, which is fixed by the Durbin Amendment [the controversial addition to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010]. There simply isn’t enough margin to go round. As we have seen above, the U.S. model isn’t universal, but dividing a tiny margin for low value goods is unworkable in many places.

3. Will closed loop systems prosper in the long term?

M-PESA is a classic example of a closed loop payments service in which the service provider controls every stage of the process, only using the banks as depositories, in effect. In most other countries, though, as operators are finding, it's only possible to make money from payments if you are an established part of the payments ecosystem already (see question 2), which means involving partners, such as banks and the credit card schemes.

4. Who will own the mobile wallet?

It’s probably fair to say that where open loop systems (involving partnerships with banks and card payments networks, among others) predominate, which will probably be most places, communications service providers have mostly accepted that they will not be in control of the payment mechanisms – the established payments ecosystem already has the scale and expertise.

However, this does not mean that service providers have given up on owning the mobile wallet (see question 10). The next two years will be telling. Google Wallet was launched in the U.S. in September 2011 with Sprint, Citibank and MasterCard – the name tells you who owns what. Next year Isis will be rolled out in the U.S., which is the joint venture initiated by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, with partners MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express. 

ABI Research reckons mobile operators will own 75 percent of electronic wallets next year, but predicts this will fall to 63 per cent by 2016, if Google Wallet makes an impact and Apple joins the near field communications (NFC) fray next year (see question 9), as is widely expected.

5. Can mobile payments influence the pricing of physical goods?

Yes. A good example is that people in Hong Kong can now pay for items at the news stall and coffee stand, in convenience stores and leisure centers with their contactless travel card, Octopus. Since this innovation, all newspapers in Hong Kong cost the same in the interests of providing a fast, simple transaction for the consumer (for how important this is, see the next question).

Newspapers sellers only need cheap, basic, low maintenance payment stations without the complexity of presenting a list of titles and having to update the price of individual publications. A win-win situation, and one that is likely to occur elsewhere, for newspapers and other kinds of low value products as mobile payments gather pace.

6. Why do e-payments, including via mobile, seem to be falling in Japan?

Consult Hyperion* investigated this and found that mobile proximity payments in Japan apparently fell in 2010 (with about 10 percent of all mobile subscribers, or about 9.8 million users, making a mobile proximity payment during December 2010). It seems that consumers found they involve pressing too many buttons on their phone and having to wait for software to load – a poor customer experience.  This appears to explain why e-payments are dominated by proximity prepaid cards – except that this type of payment appears to be falling too.

It turns out that prepaid cards are generally only used for public transport and convenience stores. All the other shops also accept payments from the credit facility embedded in the card’s integrated circuit. Most of these stores offer more reward points for paying by credit than prepaid transactions, and usually don’t request a PIN, making them fast and easy.

Although payments are an essential step in transactions, it’s apparent that the other benefits that can be built around proximity payments are the real attraction. For instance, one out of every eight Japanese are members of the McDonald’s Club, drawn by weekly vouchers for free items when they place an order.

So good customer experience is key, and rewards, loyalty programs and promotions are of great benefit to customers and businesses alike. In addition, banks make far more money from providing credit than through prepaid. Valuable lessons the world over.

7. Can banks benefit from closed loop systems?

Despite initial attempts to stop M-PESA in Kenya, the banks realized they could benefit from it. In the first instance, the money passing through the person-to-person service had to be deposited somewhere, and originally, Safaricom had, in effect, one big aggregated account with the Commonwealth Bank of Kenya, from which it makes money. Since then, regulation introduced in 2010 paved the way for banks to start using M-PESA outlets as a channel.

For example, M-KESHO, provided by the Equity Bank, allows customers to deposit small amounts and access them at will. Previously, it would have been impossible for the banks to make money out of such retail accounts, but in aggregate, a very attractive wholesale business is emerging.

8. Which is the world's most cashless country and why?

In Iceland, 94 percent of retail transactions don't involve cash changing hands, according to David Birch, Director, Consult Hyperion, and the outstanding 6 percent is mostly accounted for by tourists. Iceland's population is only around 250,000 and compared with most countries, there aren't many shops, so it was relatively quick and cheap to equip them with point of sale (PoS) terminals that could accept cashless payments.

This compares with about 60 percent of all U.K. transactions being paid for in cash, which rises to 75 to 80 percent in the U.S. and an even higher proportion in Japan, despite its leadership in mobile payments.

Hence a key factor in the success of cashless transactions, including mobile, is the density of appropriately equipped PoS terminals in a market, not just the number of payment cards or phones in circulation with NFC or other proximity technologies.

9. Where is NFC deployed commercially?

In June 2011, Juniper Research forecast that global NFC mobile contactless payment transactions will reach nearly $50 billion worldwide by 2014. Following on from the Orange Mobile Payments service launch in the U.K., the research house expects 2011 and 2012 will be landmark years for NFC rollouts, after many years of pilots and trials all over the world.

Juniper concluded NFC's prospects have improved markedly in the first half of 2011 and that by the end of 2012, commercial NFC services will have been launched in up to 20 countries. It forecasts that by the end of 2014, the value of NFC transactions in North America and Western Europe combined will exceed that in the Far East region.

However, it warned that despite a number of announcements by handset makers, we need more NFC-enabled models on the market as quickly as possible. Another potentially serious inhibitor to the take-up of the technology is poor user experience (see question 6).

Commercial NFC services are already deployed in countries including Austria, Poland, South Korea, Tanzania, Turkey, the U.K. and the U.S. Australia has said it will launch commercial NFC services in 2012, and so will the Buyster consortium of mobile phone operators in France, along with the Telefónica group in Europe. Japan's NTT DoCoMo will begin its transition from using its domestic proximity technology to NFC towards the end of 2012, with New Zealand introducing full NFC services in 2013.

For a regularly updated list of NFC activity worldwide, please go to http://www.nfcworld.com/list-of-nfc-trials-pilots-tests-and-commercial-services-around-the-world/

10. Is NFC the end of SMS transactions?

Not anytime soon. SMS traffic in general is showing no signs of slowing down; findings published by Portio Research in May 2011 showed the worldwide market was worth $179.2 billion in 2010 and should reach $334.7 billion by the end of 2015. Some 6.9 trillion messages were sent in 2010. Payments via SMS and USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, a protocol used by GSM mobile phones to communicate with the service provider's computers) have millions of users all over the world, but perhaps most notably in Turkey, the Philippines, Kenya and other parts of Africa. There are also many over the top SMS-based payments services. They are all facing competition from app- and online-based payments via mobile and NFC, but will be with us for a long time to come, and not just where they are established already. For example, in M-Payments in M-BRIC, How best to leverage the upcoming opportunity, published at the end of 2010, Arthur D. Little recommended that China should use SMS-based payments systems in rural areas because it "could be quickly and cheaply deployed".

* http://www.consult-hyperion.com/media/blog-entry/the-reality-of-the-japanese-retail-payments-sector

Those early days of the network, I choose a network operator because of their Network Coverage but now it is because of their customercentric offerings. In terms of their tariff pricing, loyalty scheme and customer care respond time.

Hello all,

What are your Top ten android app?

Below is a list of my Top Ten:

1, YouVersion (Bible app)
2, Angry Birds (Game)
3, Jango (Online Radio)
4, Android Assistant (Widget)
5, Facebook (Social Network)
6, Google Plus (Social Network)
7, Google Goggles (Picture Search)
8, Mp3 Ringtone (Mp3 download)
9, Skype (IM, VoIP)
10, QQ Player (Media Player)

[quote author=Emeka 7. link=topic=850078.msg10022130#msg10022130 date=1327243002]Does Android require a different settings frm other phones¿[/quote]Nope, it is still the same Internet and WAP setting (or APN).

ELECTRICITY,
From it invention lot of other inventions relies on it.

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced it has been selected to deploy western Africa's first LTE TDD commercial network for ZODA FONES, Nigeria's leading telecoms operator. Adopting Huawei's end-to-end SingleRAN LTE TDD solution, this network will cover the capital of Nigeria and its surrounding areas to provide end-users with high-speed and abundant data services.

Based on a thorough analysis of the operator's requirements and the mobile market situation in western Africa, Huawei proposed that Nigeria employ its leading end-to-end SingleRAN LTE TDD solution, consisting of radio access network and core network solutions. The high spectrum efficiency and maximized spectrum asset value this solution is able to bring to ZODA FONES has provided Huawei with an ideal opportunity to deploy its first LTE TDD network.

Dr. A. Aliyu, President of ZODA FONES, said: "The deployment of Nigeria's first LTE TDD commercial network and western Africa's first LTE TDD commercial network is a milestone for mobile broadband development in western Africa. Huawei's leading solutions, rich experience, and fast delivery capabilities will allow ZODA FONES to achieve a strong market position and provide its subscribers with an excellent service experience."

Deng Taihua, President of WiMAX & TDS & LTE Networks, Huawei, said: "It is an honor for Huawei to deploy western Africa's first LTE TDD commercial network for ZODA FONES. Huawei's success in securing this contract demonstrates its extensive industry-leading capabilities in providing LTE TDD commercial network solutions. Huawei is proud of this important project for ZODA FONES, as it will greatly influence the development of LTE networks in Africa.

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Hello all,

Thanks for the support, I have upgrade my decode and all DSTV stations are working. Again, thanks to all gurus in house.

donaremu:
Hell Guys,

I have done the upgrade but only 10 stations are showing just as below. Help

Hello Gurus, I am awaiting any technical assistance on this issue?

Hell Guys,

I have done the upgrade but only 10 stations are showing just as below. Help