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Huawei is piggy-banking on Microsoft’s 4Afrika initiative with plans to offer its Ascend W1 smartphone on the continent as Huawei 4Afrika. As you would imagine, this is the same phone as the original Ascend W1 though it will come with a slightly smaller battery with a capacity of 1,730mAh (instead of 1,950mAh). Rest of the specs are unchanged and include a 4-inch WVGA touchscreen, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 5-megapixel rear camera, front-facing one (for video calls), 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, 4GB of internal memory and a microSD expansion slot. In addition, it’s worth adding that pre-installed software will include some locally-made apps.
The Huawei 4Afrika will be available in few color options — including blue, red, black and white — in a number of countries like Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, the Ivory Coast, Angola, Morocco and South Africa by the end of March. Price was not mentioned, though I would say we’re talking about a rather affordable smartphone, one that should help Microsoft grow its market share on the continent.
[Via: Unwired View]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
