Naija Techs Wishes You A Prosperous Year Ahead

Finally, The year has come to an end, I hope we all enjoyed it while it lasted. Hope you kept to the resolutions you made at the beginning of the year.

I want to say a big, fat, heart felt thank you to everyone in here, without you guys Naija Techs would be nothing(literally) .

To all those that commented, Farouk Oshodi, Peatar, BenKafor and all others, I love you guys.
To those that read without commenting(Team silent readers) , you guys rock. I wish you guys would start commenting next year tho'
To those that shared our posts, you are the bomb.

Greater things lie ahead! I love you all. You guys have been awesome.... and I can't wait to see y'all Next year... HAPPY LAST DAY OF THE YEAR.

When I started out Naija Techs back in May, I never expected to have people as awesome as you all, you are the reason I wake up every morning thinking of what to write, you keep the ink in my pen.

In conclusion, you guys are the best there is.
And for those of you that don't have a new year resolutions yet, start making them, write them down, and try your best to follow through.
If your resolutions aren't too personal, you could share them with us using the comment section below.
Mine is to keep updating Naijatechs.com and make it as better as it can be.

Let's go to 2016 and do it better!

#Peace

This App Differentiates A Baby's Crying Sounds - Tells You Why Your Baby Is Crying

Not every-time tweaking and mobile tech talks, today's post is 'mainly' targeted at the ladies(do we have females here?)
You know that moment when your baby starts crying furiously and you have no idea why she is crying, it can be frustrating.
You try feeding her but that doesn't seem to stop her, try putting her to bed and no luck either!
According to Reuters, Taiwanese researchers have developed an app that can differentiate different baby crying sounds.

The 'baby cry translator' was developed at the National Taiwan University Hospital and it can differentiate four separate baby crying sounds by recording the sound of the baby's cry and comparing it against the database.

The researchers collected around 200,000 crying sounds from approximately 100 new borns and saved it in an online database. Analysis of these individual cries made it possible for the developers to differentiate them into four - Hunger, Sleepy, Pain or wet diaper.
Researchers say that the app is 92% accurate for babies below two weeks old and its accuracy reduces as the baby gets older.
After downloading the app, you only need to set the date and nationality of the baby, once the baby starts crying you press the record button for about ten seconds then the sound would be uploaded onto the online database then after an analysis, you'll receive a notification telling you why your baby is crying.

According to a forty-one year old new father,
For the new parent like us, we are most afraid of seeing the baby crying and then not knowing what we should do. When we don't know what we should do, this app can make some simple judgments for us, so we are able to know what our next step is.

The app is available on the apple store and google playstore at a price of $2.99

Priest Suspended For Riding Hoverboard During Mass

Without a doubt, hoverboards are one of this year's must-have gadgets. However, as quickly as they rose to fame, they are also 'quickly' getting banned in major cities around the world such as New york, around Australia and also in london.

As it would appear, even the church is not a big fan of the hyped 'toys' either as they suspended a priest for riding a hoverboard up and down the aisle while celebrating mass.
The diocese of San Pablo, Laguna confirmed this in a statement released on facebook.

According to the statement, The Eucharist demands utmost respect and reverence. It is the Memorial of the Lord’s Sacrifice. It is the source and summit of Christian life. It is the Church’s highest form of worship. Consequently, it is not a personal celebration where one can capriciously introduce something to get the attention of the people.

Read also: Amazon Pulls Out Hoverboards Over Safety Fears

The statement added that, he will be out of parish for a while and during that time he would reflect on his past actions.

If you want to watch the video of the priest riding his hoverboard, click here to watch it on facebook.

Get 750MB On MTN For Free

It's been quite a while since we tweaked imeis, I hope you all still know how to do it because you'll be needing it.

Today, I will be showing you how you can get 750MB On your Android devices for free.

I won't be talking much today, if you don't how to change your phone's imei, read this post here.

Now that you know how to change your phone's imei number, tweak this imei 35562605207 and send Samsung to 131

Which Device Really Has The Best Camera? Iphone Or Samsung

Even though there has been a lot of devices with amazing cameras that are just out of this world, two of these major devices have always been regarded as being the best of them all. These are Samsung annual Flagships And IPhones.
Over the years, there has always been competition between these two major mobile brands and today, I will be comparing their cameras.

Don't get me wrong, I won't be taking photos of things with both phones, all I will be doing is this; I will the best iPhone photography and I will also get the best that Samsung cameras has to offer and put them against each other.

Best Of iPhone Photography

The iPhone camera is one of its major selling points. When you see some photos taken with an iPhone, you have no choice but to marvel at how 'neat' and amazing they come out. According to a post by MissTechy over 800 engineers work on the iPhone's camera so basically, there is no reason why the iphone camera shouldn't be awesome.

Earlier this year, the winners of the annual IPhone Photography award were announced and as is with every competition, there were some 'not-so-good' photos and some of the entries were so awesome, they left me in awe!

Best Of Samsung Photography

After seeing the pictures taken with the iPhone camera above, I'm sure you might thinking 'there's nothing better than the iPhone's camera. However, I urge you to wait and see what samsung has in store.

The above video was taken EXCLUSIVELY by a Samsung S6 Edge. However, it was shot by a professional director so there are lights, scenery and a touch of experience while taking it and also editings and a few touches here and there after.

Finally, some comparisons between the two devices.

If after reading this and seeing the pictures and video above you still use your phone's camera for just taking selfies then you have to think again before putting those amazing cameras to waste.

Now, you be the judge which has a better camera, Iphone or Samsung S6 Edge?

Android Marshmallow 6.0 Update Coming To Xiaomi Devices

It's no news that the popularity and number of Xiaomi users in Nigeria is steadily increasing by the day this is due to the durability and 'somewhat' affordability of their devices.
Initially, you had to buy them from foreign online stores like Gearbeat until last month when Xiaomi was officially launched in Nigeria.
Xiaomi users can start celebrating as the company has announced that some of their devices would be receiving Android 6.0 Marshmallow update soon.

Most Xiaomi devices currently run on MiUi 7 which is based on Android Lollipop features.  A screen shot on gizmochina suggests that the new android marshmallow for Xiaomi devices will 'weigh' 518MB.

According to the MIUI operations manager, the Android Marshmallow for Xiaomi devices is in its beta stage after which it will be released to users via OTA.

Xiaomi Mi 4 launched in 2014 running on Android 4.4 Kitkat, it was later updated to Android 5.1 Lollipop which has a colourful interface and better performance and battery saving options in October 2015.

There is currently no list of the Xiaomi devices that will run android marshmallow but according to Indian Express, Xiaomi Mi 4, Xiaomi Mi 3 and Xiaomi Mi Note will be among the first Xiaomi devices to receive Marshmallow updates

Blackberry Plans To Make A Middle-end Android Phone

Since the release of the Android powered Blackberry Priv the Canadian company appears to have a better chance at returning to its past, lost glory than they did last year.

Before the release of the Blackberry Priv, Blackberry had a market share of less than 1% and was really struggling to make sales.
Blackberry had to make an android device since their BB10 devices didn't sell as expected.

The Blackberry Priv is the first ever Android device from blackberry and according to a video interview on Bloomberg, there is probably another android blackberry device coming soon.
In the interview, Blackberry's CEO John Chen announced that the company might be making another Android powered Blackberry device in 2016. According to him, if the sales for the Blackberry Priv are favorable in the first quarter of 2016 the company would likely add another Android device to the lineup.

According to CrackBerry, the device will be called Vienna.
The Blackberry Vienna will not have a 'slider' as previously seen on the Blackberry Priv, instead it will feature a fixed keyboard like the Blackberry Q5 and Q10.

There is no fixed release date for the Blackberry Vienna but as said earlier, it all depends on the success of the Blackberry Priv.

The rumored specs of the Blackberry Vienna includes a full Metal body, An SD CARD slot and an 8 or 13-megapixels camera.

John Chen hinted that the Blackberry Vienna will be a mid range device but he also went on to say that the Company's main focus remains high-end - The expensive kind.

Glo Introduces 3GB For N500 Weekend Plan

Recently, there's been a sort of competition amongst Nigerian telecom providers, a battle for who provides the cheapest data plan.
Generally, it is said that a healthy competition is good for business but in this case it seems we data plan users are the ones that majorly benefits from the competition.

It all started when Airtel introduced their N100 for 1GB Weekend data plan that shattered every other data plan in existence. Mtn joined the trend and introduced their own 3GB for N300 Weekend plan unfortunately though after a few days the plan was removed and when I asked MTN's customer service their attendant said there was never any MTN 3GB weekend plan

Now, Glo is coming in to steal the show with their newly introduced 3GB For N500 weekend and 1GB For N200 daily data plans.
Glo has always been known for offering cheap data plans and these are one of the best of them all.

To subscribe for the new Glo 3GB For N500 Weekend plan and 1Gb for N200 daily plan dail *777# and follow the command prompt data services - buy data - night and weekend plan or just simply dail *777*1*1*7# for the weekend plan and for the daily plan, Dail *777*1*1*1# for the 1GB daily plan.

It works on all devices be it iOS, Java, Symbian, android and even on your PC

MTN Drags NCC To Court Over 1.04 Trillion Naira Fine

Months ago, NCC imposed a huge $5.2 billion fine on MTN for failing to disconnect 5.1 million unregistered SIMs. The fine was later cut down by 25% to $3.9 billion and a deadline of 31st of December was set for the payment of the imposed fine.
However, the South Africa-based Telecom giant has filed a lawsuit challenging the fine imposed the NCC saying they want the court to dismiss the outrageous fine.

In its defense, MTN has a team of elite lawyers which includes - Dr. Gbolahan Elias, A.B Mahmoud, Chief Wole Olanipekun, Tanimola Molajo, Oladipo Okpeseyi, Dr. Oladapo Olanipekun, Prof. Fabian Ajogwu - All of whom are all Senior Advocates (SAN).
Also named as a defendant in the case is the Attorney General Of The Federation (AGF) and Minister Of Justice.

MTN believes that since the NCC is just a regulatory body, it can't assume the powers of the state, especially since it made the regulation, laid down the penalty and also imposed the fined which is to be paid to the commission and NOT the Federal Government.

The company also stated that a deadline of seven days to disconnect over 5.2 million Sim cards was inadequate and impossible to do.

Finally, the company accused the NCC of acting as the legislator, Executor, prosecutor, Accuser, Judge and Beneficiary of the fine imposed on it.
It also stated that the fine of N200,000 for each Sim that wasn't disconnected was simply outrageous and excessive.

Check Out The Price Of The New Infinix Zero 3

Since the super, premium Infinix Device launched on Dec. 15, the official price of the Infinix zero 3 has been kept as a secret, the price wasn't even mentioned at the official launch.

Due to the absence of an official statement concerning the price of the Infinix zero 3, there have been a lot of speculations as people keep guessing how much the Infinix zero 3 would cost but according to an official tweet by @infinixMobility the device would cost N46,000.

                              

And here's what people had to say;

Judging by the tweets above, most people think the N46,000 is on the high side.
What do you think, is the price of the Infinix zero 3 worth it or is it too high?