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Motorola Milestone 2 Phone Review – The Milestone Moves To Google Trophy Case

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Motorola released its highly popular Droid in the United States last year, and followed it up with a GSM based version for the European market. This European model came with additional features such as Wi-Fi, and also received a name change – to the Motorola Milestone. Motorola has followed up its success in the US with the recent release of the Droid 2 which, as you may guess, will head to the UK as the Motorola Milestone 2.

 

 

The second Milestone has much in common with the original while offering much more into the deal. Running on the latest version of Google Android, the Milestone 2 features a better keyboard, faster processor and HD video support. The processor has seen an improvement from 600MHz to a much more modern 1GHz, putting it in line with the capabilities of top dogs like the HTC Desire. While the original Milestone was not exactly slow, you can certainly see an improvement when running games, or even just on the operating system´s animated backgrounds.

 

 

Internal memory has also seen an improvement from a rather lacklustre 133MB to a much more accommodating 8GB. This, combined with up to 32GB microSD cards, provides a very desirable amount of storage room for all your media, pictures, video and music alike.

 

 

Which is certainly a good thing considering the multimedia features found on board. The media player plays all manner of music and video formats and there is excellent support for streaming online videos from YouTube and other services. This storage also provides ample space for all the pictures you will end up taking on the 5 megapixel camera, which comes complete with autofocus, LED flash and HD video recording.

 

 

The Milestone 2 is also a great phone for messaging and keeping touch, with its improved slide-out QWERTY keyboard, threaded SMS, push email and support for numerous instant messaging services. On top of this the Milestone 2 comes with a number of social networking sites integrated into the interface, particularly the popular Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, providing you with quick access to your status feed or friend´s profile, without having to load the very pleasurable web browser (which comes with Adobe Flash 10.1 support).

All in all we can see the Milestone to be as big of a success, if not more so, than its predecessor. While offering much of the same functionality there are noticeable improvements, such as the processor and internal storage, and the Milestone 2 looks to be an excellent choice for Android fans or even people just looking for a superb messaging and entertainment phone.

Kenya’s Web And Mobile Apps Grant Applications End On Monday

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Call for proposals: July 21- Aug 22 2011

Grant amount: $ 10,000 per individuals; $ 50,000 per company; $ 150,000 matching grant for established companies

 

Number of grants to be awarded in 2011: at least 30

Eligibility: Kenyan citizen, companies registered in Kenya

Categories: Private Sector Innovation, Government Data Applications

 

The Ministry of Information and Communications, through the Kenya ICT Board is now accepting proposals for the Tandaa Digital Content Grant. The grant is offered to Kenyan citizens and companies registered in Kenya for the development of innovative web or mobile phone applications. Grants of up to $ 50,000 for companies and $ 10,000 for individuals and teams will be offered through the program.

 

The objective of the grant is to stimulate ICT innovation and creativity while promoting economic growth in the sector. For many companies that develop web and mobile solutions, access to funding to grow their company is a huge challenge. By supporting entrepreneurs with the funds they need to successfully take their products to market, the grant hopes to grow the number of relevant and local web and  mobile applications available to Kenyans.

 

The Kenya ICT Board awarded fifteen grants in 2010 and hopes to award at least 30 grants in 2011. The grant is available to individuals and companies in any sector and the Kenya ICT Board encourages any individual or company with ideas for web or mobile applications to apply.


Category 1: Private sector innovation 

The Tandaa Digital Content Grant is divided into two categories: Government Open Data and Private Sector Innovation.

 

In the Private Sector category, the Kenya ICT Board will select the most innovative proposals that demonstrate long term business viability. Proposal in this category must respond to a demonstrated market need and have a positive impact on the community it seeks to serve.

 

In 2010, the Kenya ICT Board awarded seven grants in this category including a diary farmer payment application and a social media marketing product.

 

Category 2: Government Data Applications

On July 8, the Government of Kenya made 290 datasets publicly available and accessible through an Open Data portal. Now, the Kenya ICT Board will support entrepreneurs to develop web and mobile applications that utilize the data to provide services or products for citizens.

 

Eduweb, an online school portal that use data from the Ministry of Education to provide a service for parents selecting schools for their children, was among seven grants awarded in 2010.

 

Eligibility

Kenyan citizens above 18 are eligible to apply for the grant. Companies officially registered in Kenya are eligible to apply for the grant.

 

 

Matching grant for established companies

A new feature of the second round of the Tandaa Digital Content Grant offers established companies an opportunity to participate in the program. Companies founded at least 10 year ago with  over 40 members of staff are invited to summit their proposals for a web or mobile application. The companies must match the grant in full. This categories allows otherwise profitable ICT companies to develop innovative projects within a short period of time.

 

 

Business Plan training

Another new feature of the Tandaa Digital Content Grant is a training component designed into the proposal process. Over 2,000 people participated in the first round of the Digital Content Grant. However, more than half of the applicants struggled with the business plan sections of the proposal. As such, the Kenya ICT Board will offer business plan training to the top 150 applicants. The training will equip the most innovative applicants with the tools to help them secure funding and grow the business–regardless of wether they are awarded the grant.

 

Application Forms:

Companies sample form online application form
Individuals/teams sample form online application form
 Matching grant sample form online application form

Africa In Mobile + Cloud Era – The Conversation At Tekedia REDESIGN, Aug 27th

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In the last few years, most parts of the world have morphed into an electronically interdependent economic unit where a disruption in one marketplace affects the others. New technologies have emerged, transforming the ways we do business and, consequently, redesigning the world. Innovation in disruptive technologies pushes new and more agile firms to set new benchmarks, and forces established companies to incorporate evolving breakthroughs into their models or re-invent themselves to stay competitive.

 

Innovation thus remains a key driver in wealth creation, but the way it happens is changing as a result of new technologies, processes and tools. As social media networks advance, outsourcing ideas to the crowd has become common, while inter-company R&D that pools resources together is a new normal. From agriculture to print media, finance to mortgage and across sectors, industries, and disciplines, the world is being redesigned.

 

Two technologies that are playing major roles in this redesigning process are mobile and cloud computing.They continue to shape how new companies operate. A business without a mobile strategy will fail in this age because the future is mobile, just as today is mobile.  Aligning with mobile in this emerging change is cloud computing. It opens the opportunity for companies, irrespective of size, to access huge computing power which traditionally they cannot afford. So, with cloud computing and mobile systems,  global business has moved into  a new era.

 

In this conference, we will be discussing these two important topics in the context of Africa.  Right here on Tekedia.com on August 27, 2011.

 

The theme of the Virtual Conference is

 

 

Africa In Mobile + Cloud Era

 

 

You will watch feeds from experts and pros as they discuss the future on mobility and cloud computing and how that will affect Africa. No ticket, no travel, it is all in the cloud. We guess the best way to experience mobile and cloud is to do a conference in the domains of mobile and cloud!

 

 

Date: August 27, 2011

Time: We will start 3pm Lagos time or 10am New York Time for the video feeds.  Exclusive mobile and cloud focused articles will begin to appear on Tekedia from 5am Lagos time the same day.

 

We are inviting people with experience in this area. Send us contents. If you want to contribute, please send your video or audio to tekedia@fasmicro.com. If you cannot make a video or audio, please send us an article on this topic. We will dedicate that date simply to share insights in these very important topics and their huge implications for Africa.

 

This is going to be huge,   and we promise to offer you a good time.

 

 

Tekedia REDESIGN Organizers

tekedia@fasmicro.com

Tekedia.com

Communications & Tech Ministry Swallows NigComSat, NIPOST, NITDA, NCC, And Others

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The minister of Communications and Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson,  has noted the agencies that would be under her new Communication and Technology Ministry. This announcement was made when she visited Nigeria Communication Satellite Limited (NigComSat) early this week.

 

The agencies include the following, among others:

  • Nigeria Communication Satellite Limited (NigComSat) (previously in the Ministry of Science and Technology)
  • Galaxy Backbone
  • Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST)
  • Nigeria Communications Commission,
  • National Information Technology Development Agency of Nigeria (NITDA).

Kenya ICT Board Commissions IDC For National ICT Market And Indicators Survey

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With the arrival of broadband connectivity through three (3) submarine cable systems, the Kenyan IT market and indeed many business sectors are to grow rapidly; allowing for the introduction of new and advanced services, further setting the stage for the development of ICT as a valid contributor to Kenya’s GDP. Kenya is retaining IDC,  a global market research firm to help them make sense of this evolving dynamics.

 

Developing ICT skills remains a constant issue to be addressed by end users, vendors, and even governments. Public?private partnerships between vendors and governments to set up facilities for technology and knowledge transfer continue to gain momentum, especially in view of the Government long-term plans to make ICT a key part of the Kenyan Economy.

 

Rationale for the Proposed Survey

Given the dynamic changes happening in the Kenyan IT market and its vision to become the hub for IT in the region; Kenya ICT Board plans to conduct a detailed analysis within the with the aim of understanding the following issues:

 

  •     Understanding the Kenyan ICT Ecosystem, its players, factors for growth and trends in the market;
  •     Sizing the ICT Market and its sub segments (hardware, software, services, etc.) in Kenya;
  •     Compiling a baseline of key ICT indicators (access, usage, penetration, etc.);
  •     Benchmarking key competitive ICT indicators against six countries in emerging markets; and
  •     Understanding the ICT Skills availability, demand and gaps among vendors, end users and residents.

 

Beneficiaries of the Proposed Survey

The key beneficiaries of this survey’s results include the following groups of stakeholders:

  •     ICT vendors and their channel partners;
  •     Education institutions (Kenya Education Network);
  •     Businesses as ICT end users;
  •     Residential consumers at large; and
  •     Other ICT Stakeholders (MoIC, CCK, e-government directorate, Kenya BPO Society, etc.)

 

Below click to download the presentations (these are samples for data)

Julisha launch ICT Board (.pdf 355Kb)

IDC Julisha(.pdf 923Kb)

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