high, low points of ict sector in 2012

Even in the face of  many challenges  including multiple taxation, ICT infrastructure vandalism, multiple regulations, poor quality of service, among others, the year 2012 has come and gone but not without success stories recorded.
While taking stock of the Nigerian ICT market in the year under review with stakeholders expressing mixed reactions, listings expectations for the year ahead, Nigeria did fairly well in 2012 with a lot of room for improvement in the current. Already, experts in the Nigerian ICT sector who spoke to Vanguard Hi-Tech with optimism believed that Nigeria has lots of potentials to achieve digital economy by 2015 if right policies and put in place.
Looking at the Ministry of Communications Technology created a year and five months ago to facilitate the transformation of Nigeria into a digital economy, a number of milestones have been achieved even as a number of initiatives that will fast track the development of the ICT sector have been put in motion.
While working to ensure that made/assembled in Nigeria brands are more favourably positioned to achieve the national objectives of job creation, domestic value added and growth in the ICT industry, the Ministry, according to report released recently has achieved remarkable progress in facilitating increased access to ICTs even as teledensity ratio increased in fixed line access from 0.51% in 2011 to 1.5% in 2012. The ratio, according to the Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson would increase to 10% by 2015.
Mobile subscriptions
“Ratio of mobile subscriptions increased from 68.49 in 2011 to 71.54% in 2012. Ratio will increase to 97.69% by 2015. Access of rural population to ICTs increased from 1.5% in 2011 to 1.65% in 2012. Mobile phone coverage in the rural areas stands at 40% in 2012 and is expected to hit 60% by 2015 and 100% by 2017.
“Speed of broadband access has increased from 1.0 in 2011 to 1.8 in 2012. It is expected to increase to 5.0 by 2015. While cost of broadband subscription (3GB package/yr) has reduced from N93, 000 to N72, 000 in 2012. It is expected to go down by 50% by 2015.
Device ownership penetration
“Device ownership penetration shows that ownership rate in personal computers currently stands at 4.5% and is expected to increase to 12% by 2015, while ownership of mobile devices rate in the country stands at 60% and is expected to increase to 80% by 2015” she added.
By 2015, all the MDAs , she informed would have effective websites, adding that verified Mobile Money Agents currently stand at 3000 and is expected to increase to 50,000 by 2015.
“Total value of Mobile Money transactions currently stands at N228m and is expected to increase to N151bn by 2015, while total volume of non-store shopping increased from N62bn in 2011 to N77.5bn in 2012. This figure will increase to N658bn by 2015” Johnson added.
Focus of CT ministry
Increase the contribution of the ICT industry to GDP, Connecting Nigeria by facilitating the provision of a ubiquitous and cost effective national ICT infrastructure, Software development, ICT entrepreneurship and innovation and the development of a strong and vibrant ICT industry, quality of service delivery, Local content and skills development to create jobs and sustain the industry and Cost reduction, transparency in governance and citizen engagement to promote efficiency in governance, Johnson assured would be her major focus between now and 2015.
Success stories and prospects for 2013:
SIM card registration
The stage for the SIM card registration exercise was set in February 2011 when the Nigerian Communications Commission signed contract with seven registration service providers to handle the registration process in different parts of the country along with telecommunications operators. The Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card registration exercise was meant to furnish the Commission with bio-data of telephone subscribers in the country thereby reducing the rate of crime committed with mobile phones.
New interconnect guidelines
Following negative effect of accumulated interconnection bills on telecommunications operations, which has reached over N20 billion over a period of 11 years, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun fresh move to address the situation. One of the moves, according to NCC, is the planned release of fresh guidelines in January 2013 that would facilitate the process of getting quick approval from NCC to disconnect operators that are heavily indebted to interconnect billings, especially those that are reluctant to settle such bills.
Number portability
Number Portability which allows a subscriber to switch networks while retaining his/her number is expected to begin this year. The idea of Number Portability is borne out of the need to level the playing ground, by driving competition which will in turn lead to fair pricing, network coverage expansion and quality of service improvements.
The biggest reason why a customer stays loyal to a network is because of all the contacts and connections that have been made with a particular phone number. The idea of number portability is to remove that advantage from the networks and put in the hands of the customer.
100% of the IT backbones are foreign procured
“Our financial system (banking, insurance, taxes, pensions etc) are all IT driven, the oil industry is IT driven, etc etc, unfortunately nearly 100% of the IT nervous system in terms of software and hardware are foreign procured. This is not good for Nigeria and must be triggered to change from 2013,” he said.
What to do
For the ISPON President, Chris Uwaje, predicting the future of global ICT landscape will be nearly impossible because, any country of the world is capable of mastering her ICT destiny, provided she concentrate on developing infrastructure and skilled capacities to promote her core competencies and domestic market requirements as a precondition for mastering the export market.
Within the context of this evaluation, Nigeria, Uwaje noted has a great chance to compete with the rest of the world – viewed from the perspective of her potential resources in high school and university graduates coupled with her ability to speak and communicate in English Language.
Nigeria’s core competence is in software knowledge industry
This also means that 2012 can be seen as a blessing for Nigeria to rethink her ICT development Strategy as an urgent, critical imperative. No nation succeeds in her ICT development without a central Focus on its core competence. Nigeria’s core competence is in software knowledge industry and not in heavy technology industry” he explained.
Speaking further on ICT in 2012, Lanre Ajayi, the President of ATCON said that the ICT industry in Nigeria did fairly well in 2012 but with a lot of room for improvement. The teledensity, according to him, continued to grow, the number of telephone lines in Nigeria exceeded a threshold of 100 million lines during the year.
“However, the internet bandwidth continue to witness appalling utilization with capacity utilization less than five per cent. Our capacity to develop software applications particularly for export has not been impressive but there are isolated success stories. Our desire to develop the outsource industry, remains unfulfilled” he added. According to Uwaje, Nigeria national ICT model and strategy must change from the 95% wireless model to fixed line priority equilibrium.
“We need to re-wire Nigeria in readiness for Cloud computing and total e-economy, e-knowledge society. 55% fixed line on broadband and 45% wireless is a better infrastructure strategy for the future survivability.”
Broadband penetration and sustainability
In the opinion of Lanre Ajayi, the ATCON President, a major way to fastrack Broadband penetration was to stimulate demand for broadband access by promoting the deployment of applications that were relevant to Nigerian users and add values to their life.
Such applications, he added may include ones that make commerce available online (e-Commerce), ones that make Government services available online (e-Government), ones that make health services delivery available online (e-Health), ones that make learning available online (e-Learning) and so on. Government should take a lead by making Government services available online, he added. But the industry regulator, NCC has made spirited efforts to develop the broadband sub-sector.
After developing a broadband plan, NCC also put in place a strategy to develop and actualize the plan, an initiative commended by Secretary-general of the International Telecommunications Union, Dr. Hamadoun Toure. In addition, the regulator has taken the Nigerian broadband vision to many local and international fora, including the ITU Telecom World 2012 which held in October in Dubai, UAE.
Strategy for the ministry and operators
Nigeria, Uwaje warned was undergoing a massive information crisis because our national content, from e-Government to National Database, to Digital Education, Digital Litigation process, Digital Transportation, Digital Urban planning and Residency Data/ National Identity Information system were in crisis, adding that the crisis can only be resolved by software.
“India has recognized that long ago and is woking to resolve the crises. If Nigeria does not accelerate her engagement to promote and develop Indigenous Software (Software Nigeria), our information crisis with multiple into what I had described many years back in my book “e-Knowledge – time is Running Out” as ‘Information Overload’
“The Ministry should therefore make software strategy, policy and legislation the highest priority. This will create an estimated three million jobs and fire the national economy. With over 100million mobile phones, we may have failed if we cannot fire the sector with Nigeria content/software,” the ISPON President explained.
Challenge for CT Ministry
The most robust way the CT Ministry can be more effective in the penetration of ICT in the country, Uwaje continued is to make software strategy, policy and legislation the highest priority. With over 100million Mobile Phones, we may have failed if we cannot fire the sector with Nigeria content/software.
In the opinion of Ajayi,“to increase PC usage, there must be a deliberate effort to facilitate Computer ownership for Nigerian students. I believe it is most appropriate for government to provide all Nigerian students from primary school university level with a mobile computer (e.g tablet) which could be used not only to access the internet but to store the electronics version of the books they need in schools. This should be a priority for government.
“The potential impact on the future of the students and by extension on the future of the country is enormous. I believe this is the fastest route to leapfroging Nigeria into a developed country. Our developmental growth rate is largely determined by the level of development of our human capacity. Contrary to what some people may think, funding may not be as difficult as it looks. There are a number of funding sources that could be re-directed to the project. These include funds from USPF, NITDEF, SURE-P, PTDF, among others,” he explained.
Controversy
As the year ended, a controversy engulfed the entire ICT sector. The cntroversy was ignited by a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to make NigComSat an independent corporation that would operate outside the purview of the communications regulator. What many saw as surprising was the fact that the bill had virtually been passed by the Housee of Representatives (it had passed the third reading), awaiting only the imprimatur of the Senate to become law. The Senate, has since held a hearing, at which the industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission opposed the bill. Further developments in this regard will unfold as the new year progresses.

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RIM finally launches The Blackberry Playbook

We've been hearing rumors non-stop for weeks now, and it looks like the 4G BlackBerry PlayBook is finally upon us. The new PlayBook supports 4G LTE networks and is available first in Canada with other regions including the US and Europe to follow.  While there is no mention of price, the 4G LTE PlayBook will be available in with 32GB of memory from Bell, Rogers and TELUS in Canada on August 9, 2012.

Press Release

WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - August 02, 2012) - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM)(TSX: RIM) today launched the new 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with built-in support for cellular networks. The new 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook maintains a sleek and ultra-portable form while delivering overall faster performance over the original BlackBerry PlayBook, as well as support for blazing fast 4G LTE networks. Launching in Canada first, the new 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook allows customers to work more productively and connect to the Internet, as well as access their email, on-line apps, media and content, from more places than ever.

"We're excited to bring customers the first BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with support for 4G LTE networks," said David J. Smith, Executive Vice President, Mobile Computing at Research In Motion. "The new 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook offers a broad range of premium features, including a stunning 7 inch display, front and rear facing HD video cameras, HDMI out and stereo speakers, and it also offers premium performance on high speed cellular networks, helping customers to be more productive than ever and to make the most of their time on the go."

Featuring the latest BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2 software, the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet gives customers access to high speed mobile networks around the world (LTE and HSPA+)(1) and offers an exceptional, high-fidelity, fast web experience that supports more HTML5 functionality than any other native tablet browser on the market(2). The powerful unified inbox allows users to easily manage multiple personal and work email accounts, as well as messages from Twitter®, Facebook® and LinkedIn, all in one place. The built-in Calendar and Contacts apps offer features to help customers better manage schedules and prepare for more effective meetings. Plus, the apps' unique integration with social networks can provide customers with a wealth of information about their contacts at their fingertips.

The 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is also enterprise ready. It can be easily managed with BlackBerry Mobile Fusion and includes BlackBerry® Balance technology, which allows a user to use a BlackBerry PlayBook for both work and personal purposes by keeping business information highly secure and separate from personal information.

Out of the box, the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet comes preloaded with the tools customers need to be productive as well as to have fun, whether in the office, at home or on the road. Thousands of apps for work and play are also available on the BlackBerry App World storefront, such as the recently launched BlackBerry Video Store for all PlayBook customers in Canada, bringing additional functionality and value to customers. The BlackBerry Video Store offers a catalog of thousands of movies and TV shows. Customers can begin watching media as soon as they start to download a file, so they won't have to wait for the entire file to transfer before they can begin enjoying great entertainment on the tablet's high resolution display or on an HDTV using the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet's HDMI output. Canadians can download the free Video Store app on BlackBerry App World.

The 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will come with 32GB of memory storage and will be available from Bell, Rogers and TELUS in Canada on August 9, 2012. Additional variants of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet supporting various high speed cellular networks are expected to be available in the coming months from carriers in the US, Europe, South Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

For more information about the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, please visit:http://ca.blackberry.com/playbook-tablet.html. Data plans are sold separately.(3)

(1) LTE connectivity is currently only available from a limited number of carriers in specific countries. Where LTE is not available, the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet can automatically adjust to connect on HSPA+.

(2) As measured by the independent HTML5 test site athttp://html5test.com/results/tablet.html

(3) Check with your wireless service provider for availability, terms and conditions.

Nokia lumia 900 95000NGN

 This machine has A big, quality screen, fluid and stylish OS and premium build are all sprinkled with Nokia's magic in a package that's made to impress. We've been there already - and we don't mean the review we have of the Lumia 900 for AT&T. After all, it's a Lumia 800 all over again, only the screen got bigger. And yet, we are delighted to meet this smartphone again - and we'll give it that, it looks stunning in white.

You'll also be happy to know that this time around we're putting the Lumia 900 to all our usual tests. AT&T's Lumia 900 was reviewed away from the office but this one will not simply walk in and out of our labs without getting a taste of our torture routine.

Key features

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
• Quad-band 3G with 42 Mbps HSDPA and 5.7 Mbps HSUPA support
• 4.3" 16M-color AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of 480 x 800 pixel resolution
• Scratch resistant Gorilla glass display with anti-glare polarizer
• 8 megapixel autofocus camera with dual LED flash, 720p@27fps video recording and fast f/2.2 lens
• 1MP front camera
• Windows Phone 7.5 OS (Mango), upgradeable to WP 7.8
• 1.4GHz Scorpion CPU, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 chipset, 512MB of RAM
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Non-painted polycarbonate unibody
• GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free lifetime voice-guided navigation
• Digital compass
• 16GB of on-board storage
• Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
• Built-in accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack; FM Radio with RDS
• microUSB port
• Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and EDR
• Impressively deep and coherent SNS integration throughout the interface

Main disadvantages

• Won't get WP 8
• No USB mass storage (Zune only file management and sync)
• No native video calls
• Non-user-replaceable battery
• No memory card slot (and no 64GB version like the N9)
• microSIM card slot
• No native DivX/XviD support, videos have to be transcoded by Zune

The newly announced Windows Phone 8 has given us plenty to look forward to, but a WP8 upgrade is not on the cards for the Nokia Lumia 900. WP 7.8 is coming later this year to all compatible single-core devices and it will be the last update they are about to get. Both Nokia and Microsoft promise to continue the support though they will most likely be focusing their efforts on multiple-core WP8 smartphones.

BLACKBERRY PORSCHE 9981

PORSCHE9981

PORSCHE 9981 320,000NGN

some new devices from blackberry

curve 6 9320  45,000NGN  

blackberry curve 9320

Curve 9380  51000NGN

Curve 9220

Curve 7 9220 39000NGN

Bold 9790

Bold 9790 69000NGN

TORCH 9860

TORCH 3 9860 62000NGN

BOLD 9900

BOLD 9900 82000NGN

BLACKBERRY TORCH 9810

TORCH 9810 70000NGN

                                                     

Research In Motion ready to release the new playbook

With rumors of the BlackBerry PlayBook 4G launching on July 31st, it's looking like RIM is getting things lined up for a full on BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 rollout as well. As we know from the beta build, BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 will bring quite a few changes with it but as noted in the above document, it has some changes and inclusions that weren't present in the beta build plus, some features that will be for the BlackBerry PlayBook 4G only. Some of the highlights include:

• Software updates are no longer mandatory during setup. The customer can choose the best time to update for them.
• Setting Up WiFi connection is no longer mandatory at setup
• Software updates can be done over a cellular network (4G models only)
• Portrait Mode can now be used with the Email, Calendar, and Contacts App
• Greater flexibility and control over which folders are wirelessly synced when using Active Sync
• Full access to IMAP Email folders
• The BlackBerry PlayBook now gives you the ability to conduct a video chat over 4G Cellular Networks (Some Carrier Restrictions May Apply)
• Print To Go - Now you can send content to your BlackBerry PlayBook even if it’s not connected to the same WiFi network.
• Android Apps will now run in individual windows rather than being lumped into one Android Player Window.
• Apps which require access to the camera are now supported
• In-App Payments can now be submitted. Buying that next power-up in your game is easier than ever!
• Video Store is now available in Canada. Thousands of movies and TV shows, new & old, available on demand to rent or buy New releases available same day as DVD
• Text Messaging is now supported with BlackBerry Bridge. When Bridged you can read, send and receive text messages on your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.
• When Bridged, and connected to WiFi, the BlackBerry PlayBook automatically sends and receives data over the WiFi network to decrease cellular data usage, and increase performance.

Looking over the information, while meant for the BlackBerry Playbook, it's pretty easy to see a few things that will make their way to BlackBerry 10 as well. Active Sync for email, Video Chat (BBM) working over LTE, possibly offering Video Store on smartphones and what of the Android App Player? Lots of things to look forward to.

Sadly, the documentation lacks any sort of release date but RIM internal builds of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 are getting up there and assuming the launch date of theBlackBerry PlayBook 4G is indeed correct, it would make a lot of sense for RIM to releaseBlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 alongside it

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BRAND NEW 
Nokia
N9.16gb. 77k

Blackberry

 Porsche 9981 300,000NGN
Bold 6 9790 59000NGN
Bold Torch 9900 77,000 NGN
BRANDED 69000NGN
WHITE 9900 80k

BOLD 2 9700 41,000 NGN
WHITE 50000 NGN
BOLD 4 9780 52000NGN 
WHITE 9780 54,000NGN
TORCH 9800 (BLACK) 54,000 NGN 
WHITE 57,000 NGN
RED 58,000 NGN
TORCH 9810 64,000NGN
WHITE 9810 66,000
BLACKBERRY CURVE 2 28,000NGN
WHITE CURVE 2 29K
CURVE 3 9330 33,000 NGN
CURVE 4 9360 45,000NGN
CURVE 5 9380 42,000NGN
CURVE 6 30,000NGN
CURVE 7 38000
STORM 3 9860 53,000NGN

HTC Smart Phones
ONE X 105,000NGN
DESIRE HD 76000NGN
DEISRE S 65,000NGN
WILD FIRE S 40,000NGN
SENSATION 70,000NGN 
HD 7 55,000NGN
SENSATION XL 100,000NGN
Incredible S. 75k
SAMSUNG GALAXY MODELS
GALAXY SIII 90,000NGN
GALAXY NOTE 87,000NGN
GALAXY NOTE 2 99,000
S2 80,000NGN
S. 16gb. 64k
8gb. 63k
Samsung galaxy nexus 85,000NGN
Pro B7510. 35k
Inception. 75k
Tab 7.0. 92k
7.1 16gb. 79k
32gb. 90k
TAB 8.9 85,000NGN
TAB 2 10.1 94,000NGN

Sony Erricson
X8 37000NGN
X10MINI 36,000NGN
X10 MINI PRO 40,000NGN
Aino. 50kAINO 50,000NGN
Arc. 83k
Play. 81k
X10. 60k
Iphone 4
32gb. 104k
Iphone 4S
16GB. 102k
32GB. 112k
64GB. 130k
Ipad3 4G 16gb. 104k
32gb. 120K
64gb. 135K
Ipad 4(4g)16gb. 104k
32gb 129k
64gb 135k
Playbook
PLAYBOOK 16GB 47000NGN
PLAYBOOK 64GB 60,000NGN

UK USED PHONES!!!
Bold 5. 55k
Bold 2(B) 27k
(W) 29k

Bold 4 (B) 33k
(W)34k 
Torch. (B).37k
(W) 39k
(R). 39k
Torch 2. 47k 
3. 38k. 
Curve. 2. 18k
3. 22k
4 34k
5 29k
6 21K
7 28K
Iphone 4. 16gb 68k 
32gb 84k
Iphone 3GS 16gb 46k
32gb 54k
HTC HD2 46k
Torch pro 40k
WildfireS 32k
HD7. 44k
Nokia
E5 24k
C6. 25k
E7. 45k

our latest price list

BRAND NEW!!!
Bold Touch  100k

Bold 2(black) 53k
          (White)58k
Bold 3.            49k
Bold 4 (black)68k
          (White)70k
Torch.  (black). 75k
            (white) 80k
            (Red).  80k
Tour.                  38k
Curve.  2.          32k
Curve.  3.          42


Storm 1.            30k
Storm 2.            50k
Storm 3             90k
HTC Smart Phones
Flier.                115k
Desire.            64k
Desire Hd7.    70k
Desire HD.        72k
Wild fire.          45k
Smart.              45k
Legend.              58k
Hd2.                  64k
Nexus 1.            78k
SAMSUNG DUAL SIM phones
C3212.          15k
C222.            17k
C5212.          18k
B5722.          25k
Champ 2652 20k
SAMSUNG GALAXY MODELS
S2.              105k
S.  16gb.    66k
        8gb.    63k
Pro B7510. 37k
Inception.  75k
Tab 16gb.  75k
      32gb.    90k
Tab 2 10.1  120k


Nokia
E7                80k
N8                70k
E5                 32k
E6                 63k
X7                  80k
C5.                 30k
C6.                 40k
 C5-03            32k
Sony Erricson
X8.                37k
X10mini.      36k
X10 mini pro 40k
Aino.              50k
Arc.                  83k
Play.                  81k
X10.                  60k
Iphone 4
16gb.              112k
16gb. (White) 120k
32gb.              135k
32gb. (White) 145k

Ipad 3g 16gb                      83k
              32gb                      100k
              64gb                       110k
Ipad 2(3g)16gb.                  120k
                  32gb                     135k
                  64gb                      150k
Playbook
16gb. 80k
32gb. 98k
64gb. 115k

UK USED PHONES!!!
Bold 3.          40k
Bold 2(black) 42k.Full pack 45k
          (White) 43k.Full Pack 46k
Bold 4 (black) 53k
            (White)56k         
Torch.  (black).60k
            (White) 66k
            (RED).  66k
Storm 1.          18k
          2.          35k
Tour.                23k
Curve.  2.        23k full pack24k
Curve.  3.        34k
Javelin.            23k
Iphone 4.    16gb 80k
                    32gb 90k
Iphone 3G.  8gb. 45k
                    16gb 50k
Iphone 3GS 8gb 50k
                    16gb 55k
                    32gb 62k
HTC HD2 53k
        Desire 44k
        Torch pro 340k
Nokia
E90 36k
N96 dstv 31k
N900.    45k
E7.          73k
N97mini 32k
N97.      31k


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Sometimes it is best to set your 3G BlackBerry Smartphone to 2G (EDGE) only

 whenever you experience network problems and your phone displays full bars,By switching to EDGE only mode and ignoring 3G connectivity, every issue  experienced wld go away and your devices would be back normal (with exceptional battery life I might add on EDGE). Apparently ypu were picking up the town's 3G tower still but were near the limit of its range, which means yoi were ignoring the much closer towers that offered EDGE only.

Long Story Short: If you find your 3G data connectivity appears to be ok but all of a sudden you're experiencing poor battery life, undelivered BBMs, delayed SMS messages and calls dropping, try switching to 2G only. It might save you save from a ton of aggrevation!

NEW BLACKBERRY DEVICES!!!

we can now authoritatively say that in this month of August, series of new phones are going to be released into the blackberry market Blackberry Torch 9810 / 9860 bold 9900 curve 9360

If you're looking for one carrier who will be covering all bases BlackBerry, then Telus has this one wrapped up. Their latest leaked roadmap shows they'll soon be launching the whole 2011 line up from RIM. Although the images are rather blurry up there, here is what we can expect for devices and release dates:

• BlackBerry Torch 2 / 9810 / Jennings - August 15th
• BlackBerry Bold 9900 / Dakota - August 15th
• BlackBerry Torch 9860 / Monza - August 22nd
• BlackBerry Curve Apollo / 9360 - August 29th
• BlackBerry Orlando / Curve Touch - October 1st
• BlackBerry Bellagio / Bold 9790 - October 1st

That's quite a bit of BlackBerry devices all within a short span -- looks like RIM will be making up for lost time assuming these dates don't sway far from what they are now. Of course, roadmaps are guidelines and not official but either way -- it's nice to see all those dates listed.

Blackberry 9900 live in naija

On monday the 25th of july 2011 we laid our hands on thr Blackberry Bold Touch 9900 and d new curve 9360 we imported 40 units of each and by tuesdsy the 26th it was old out, seems like RIM did a good work in makin their customers salivate for something new.

latest price list

BRAND NEW!!!
Bold 1 44k
Bold 2(black) 57k
           (White)64k
Bold 3 54k    
Bold 4 (black)67k
           (White)69k
Torch. (black). 76k
            (white) 80k
             (Red) 80k
Tour 40k
Curve 2 31k
Curve 3 43k
Storm 1 33k
Storm 2 47k
HTC Smart Phones
Desire 64k
Desire Hd 75k
Wild fire 45k
Smart 49k
Legend 58k
Hd7 73k
Ozone 27k
SAMSUNG DUAL SIM
C3212 15k
C222 17k
C5212 18k
B5722 25k
Champ 2652 20k
SAMSUNG GALAXY MODELS
S2 110k
S 16gb 66k
Pro B7510 37k
Inception 75k
Tab 16gb 75k
      32gb 90k
Nokia
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BlackBerry OS 7

The BlackBerry 7 OS is designed to power the new performance-driven BlackBerry Bold platform. It provides an easier and faster user experience with improved browsing, voice- activated searches, the ability to manage personal content separately from corporate content, as well as additional personal and productivity apps out of the box.

The BlackBerry Browser has been significantly enhanced in BlackBerry 7. In addition to the general performance gains of Liquid Graphics, which helps deliver faster rendering and seamless panning and zooming, the BlackBerry 7 browser includes a new JIT (just in time) JavaScript compiler to improve the load time speed of web pages. The new browser also includes support for additional HTML5 elements, such as HTML5 Video.

Building upon the Universal Search feature introduced in BlackBerry 6, BlackBerry 7 expands the capability to include voice-activated search. This new capability makes it even easier and more convenient to search for content on the smartphone or web.

BlackBerry 7 also integrates BlackBerry® BalanceTM, which separates personal content from corporate content on the smartphone, giving users the freedom and flexibility to use the handset for personal email, Facebook®, Twitter®, multimedia, games and other apps while satisfying the very real need for corporate data to be highly secure and manageable. BlackBerry Balance works in conjunction with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 5.0.3, which provides a number of unique IT policy controls such as wiping only corporate data from the handset or blocking work related content and apps from being copied or forwarded to personal contacts.

With BlackBerry 7 on the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones, users will also get the full version of Docs To Go® with all "premium" features enabled out-of-the-box so that users can easily work with Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly on the smartphone. Docs To Go also includes a native PDF viewer.

RIM Introduces New BlackBerry Bold Smartphones

Remember sometime ago we told u about the rumoured devices coming out around summer this year.

New BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 Smartphones are the Thinnest and Most Powerful BlackBerry Smartphones yet, Featuring the Renowned BlackBerry Keyboard Together with a Brilliant Touch Screen and the New BlackBerry 7 OS

Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today unveiled two new BlackBerry® BoldTM smartphones. The high-performance BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones feature a stunning and iconic design that integrates an incredibly easy-to-use BlackBerry keyboard with a brilliant, high resolution, capacitive touch screen. These exceptional smartphones are built on a new, performance-driven platform powered by the BlackBerry® 7 operating system and designed to deliver the ultimate in communications, multimedia and productivity for users around the world.

"The new BlackBerry Bold smartphones and BlackBerry 7 OS are inspired by millions of customers around the world who want the ultimate combination of performance, functionality and style," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion. "These fully-loaded and beautifully crafted smartphones offer a highly refined user experience with blazingly fast performance, a brilliant touch screen and an outstanding typing experience."

Thin, Sleek, Iconic Design

Distinguished by an iconic design and the industry's best keyboard, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones feature the premium materials and finishes that characterize the BlackBerry Bold line. Both models have a lustrous exterior with a brushed stainless steel frame and a high-gloss glass-weave backplate. They are also the thinnest BlackBerry smartphones yet, at only 10.5mm. The quality materials and optimized design of the new BlackBerry Bold smartphones are instantly evident when held in the hand.

Performance-Driven

These BlackBerry Bold smartphones are built on a new performance-driven platform featuring a 1.2 GHz processor, Liquid GraphicsTM touch screen, and support for high speed 4G/HSPA+ wide area wireless networks.
The Liquid Graphics touch screen, a key new feature powered by BlackBerry 7, delivers fast, smooth performance for highly responsive touch-based navigation, web browsing, pictures, video and graphics intensive games*. Offering up to 60 frames-per-second performance with instant UI action/response, Liquid Graphics gives customers a visually rich and immersive experience that's responsive to the touch. In addition, the smartphones feature brilliant displays with an eye- popping 287 dpi to deliver crisp, stunning visuals.

The new platform also provides support for 4G networks; the 9900 supports HSPA+ connectivity, and the 9930 supports CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and HSPA+ global roaming on GSM/UMTS networks.

NFC

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones include built-in support for NFC (Near Field Communications), a new technology that will enable many rich and exciting experiences. Through NFC, users will be able to, for example, pair the BlackBerry Bold to an accessory or read information such as a web link from smart tags by simply tapping their BlackBerry Bold to an NFC tag (eg. Smart Poster).

Augmented Reality

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones feature a built-in compass (magnetometer) to support location-based services and augmented reality. APIs will allow third party developers to take advantage of the new functionality within their applications. The new smartphones will also include Wikitude, the leader in mobile augmented reality, which overlays contextual information on what the user sees through the smartphone's camera viewfinder.

HD Video

The new BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones support up to 720p HD video recording and playback. Users can easily share their videos directly from the smartphone or sync videos, as well as music and photos, to their computer using Media Sync in the BlackBerry® Desktop Software.

The new BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones are expected to be available from carriers around the world beginning this summer.

For additional information please visit www.blackberry.com/touchbold

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