Mobile Device Review: EDUP WiFi Disk

Have you ever tried to play a video, music, access a file or view your pictures on your storage device (e.g memory card, hard disk drive, memory stick et cetera) all at the same time. That sounds like too much to ask right?

Well not anymore, introducing a mobile device that makes all these possible and much more. the EDUP WiFi Disk!!!

EDUP WiFi Disk

This device is a multifunctional mobile storage conversion device that  allows you to share files, play videos, music and manage files  across multiple devices seamlessly at the same time via WiFi. This enables you to carry out all your daily tasks without fear of running out of storage on your mobile device.

This device is cross platform and supports Mac and Windows XP/Vista/7/8, Android and iOS platform and comes with an app for easy file management.

Once the WiFi Disk is powered up, you connect a storage device to the USB socket, and the storage becomes accessible via WiFi. Simply search and connect to the EDUP WiFi wireless network on you mobile device or PC.
You can then access your files via WiFi without stress. The WiFi disk can be setup in bridge mode so as not to interrupt your wireless internet connection, letting your surf the net and access your files at the same time. How cool is this.

This cool device is available in Nigeria on Konga

You can watch the DEMO video below 

Android App
iOS App

IT Competence required: Beginner/Intermediate 

Mobile Weekly Review!!!

This week, I'll be starting a weekly review of some cool must-have mobile devices that will make your digital life a bit easier.

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It's been a while!!! but I'm back

Funny, how time flies!!! but the sad thing is I wasn't having fun.

Been occupied that I could muster to scribble a few lines despite a lot of happenings in the tech world.

But we're back now for better :)

Digesting the Opera Mobile Web Report

Opera recently released the monthly Mobile web report showing the ten (10) most active Opera Mini countries. 

In November, the top-ten Opera Mini countries, counted in number of unique monthly users were India, Indonesia, Russia, Nigeria, China, Brazil, South Africa, Bangladesh, Mexico and Vietnam




The browsing habits of Opera Mini users in Nigeria showed an allegiance to local social media site such as nairaland.com; news sites such as vanguard, punch, information nigeria.

Opera Mini is continually growing in popularity due to its speed and data compression even in low speed data networks; hence its safe to say every Nigerian mobile web user has an Opera mini browser

For the full report, click here

BBM finally out on Android and iOS

BBM is now officially out on Android and iOS though its the launch is low key. The sad thing is that its not available to Nigeria on the Google Play Store.

I got a mail from Blackberry informing me of the availability of the BBM app shared below.

Unfortunately, the BBM app is not available in Nigeria which is surprising. The reason for this is still not clear but we'll get to the bottom of this.

......More to come

Report: Lenovo in talks to buy BlackBerry

Lenovo, the world's top PC vendor depending on which market research firm you trust most, is reportedly interested in taking a closer look at the beleaguered Canadian phone maker.
Limited details are available right now, but the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday that the Chinese PC company has signed a non-disclosure agreement to look at the smartphone maker's books.
However, the news (or at least the suspicion) shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone following the ongoing (albeit downhill) saga for BlackBerry.
Speculation arose earlier this year that Lenovo was interested in taking over the company formerly known as Research In Motion. Yet nothing concrete occurred beyond those reports.
Despite major marketing blitz for the BlackBerry Z10, a collapse seemed all but inevitable for BlackBerry in the face of Android and iOS (and slowly but surely, Windows Phone) conquering the global mobile market.
The Waterloo, Ontario-based operation put itself on the market in August, which was followed by a preliminary $4.7 billion buyout deal with Fairfax Financial Holdings in September.
Despite the possibility of being sold for parts, BlackBerry issued an open letter to customers and partners earlier this week, reassuring that it's "here to stay," asserting that the company has "substantial cash on hand and a balance sheet that is debt free."


(Culled from ZDnet)

Windows 8.1: The Start Button is back

The Start Button is Back!!! 

 One of the major features of the recently released Windows 8.1 is our beloved 'Start' button which has been the hallmark of navigation in all Windows based systems right from Windows 95. I bought a laptop for my dad some months ago, running on the Windows 8.0 and I literally needed a GPS to navigate through the laptop. I'm not an just average PC user, I work on different OSes on a daily basis but the new Windows was not it for me till I did some tweaking to get a third party Start button.

The notable changes are as follows

• The Start Button to classic desktop :):)
• Old apps, like Photos and Music, have been enhanced with new designs and features.
• improved help and tooltips functionality
• A more comprehensive seach
• Multiple application view
• improved help and tool tips functionality

However, the old problems such as limited Win 8 apps, navigation on non-touch PCs still exist. It might not seem like much of a change to a non-Windows 8 user at first glance, but this update is a welcome development.

Verdict: The Windows 8 was designed to work across smartphones, tablets and PCs hence, its more of a touch based OS. For the best user experience, a touchscreen laptop is recommended ( but they dont come cheap)