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MTN Goody Bag Is Amazing: Features, Plans & Codes Inside

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Subscribe For MTN Goody Bag

I’m one of those folks that detest those unsolicited  promotional messages that our conniving telecom networks are fond of sending our way and thus 1 month and a few weeks later, I’m really glad I didn’t delete the MTN Goody Bag sms.
Available to only prepaid customers, MTN Nigeria’s Goody Bags …

BlackBerry Q5 Smartphone Coming In July + Specs (UPDATED)

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Red, Black and White versions of the BlackBerry Q5

After weeks of speculations and image leaks, what appears to be the Curve series of the BlackBerry 10 platform has been officially unveiled as the BlackBerry Q5.
According to a recent press release, Thorsten says “The BlackBerry Q5 gives you the best of everything with its cutting-edge BlackBerry 10 functionality and …

WTF! BlackBerry Messenger Coming To iOS & Android! (RANT)

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BlackBerry Messenger For Android and iOS

Come summer of 2013, consumers on the iOS 6 and Android ICS mobile platform will now be able to keep in contact with their friends on the BlackBerry platform via BBM.
During BlackBerry Live, Thorsten is reported to have said "We are making the BBM platform more powerful than ever. …

Beware of Ponzi Schemes in Nigeria. Download Ishaya Bako’s Easy Money Short Film

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Ponzi Schemes In Nigeria

Hi, guys. I know this blog is dedicated to mainly internet and mobile technology tips but today I’d like to share a financial tip with regards to get rich quick schemes that seem harmless on the surface and have suddenly started spreading fast in the country.
As some of you may …

Arthurwales.net ~ Affordable Hostgator Supported Web Hosting For Nigerians

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As a blogger-web business owner, jumping into bed with the wrong host could get you in troubled waters down the line and that’s why most folks prefer hosting with the top web hosts of the world. Unfortunately not everyone can afford the hosting fees depending on how much startup capital …

Opera Mini Finally Gets It Right: Resume Download Function Added

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Before the default BlackBerry browser became so fab to use, quite a number of us relied on Opera Mini for our web surfing activities though we weren’t quite satisfied with it given that it cut off blackberry downloads around 4MB and it resulted in a waste of precious bandwidth when …

Introducing BlackBerry Messenger 7 With Voice Calls

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For months now, hardcore BlackBerry users have been clamoring for Skype on BlackBerry and RIM is yet to offer any word with regards to if the coming messiah (BlackBerry 10) is going to support it or not. Instead RIM has decided to wet our appetites by unleashing a BlackBerry Messenger …

BlackBerry Protect Now Works On BlackBerry Complete Plans In Nigeria

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Many months ago when BlackBerry complete plans were unleashed on us, they made blackberry internet access even more affordable to the average user but with a few minuses in tow. Multiple personal emails and BlackBerry protect weren’t supported at all. To get these features you had to subscribe for the …

Please Vote PatchworkOfTips.com For Best Tutorial Blog 2012

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About a month ago, I announced to you guys the launch of the Nigerian Blog Awards 2012. For fun I decided to enter the race and I *begged* you guys to nominate me as well.
Well, today I’m happy to let you all know that I was lucky to be selected …

Please Nominate PatchworkOfTips.com For The Nigerian Blog Awards

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It’s been almost 2 years of sharing my mobile technology tips and tutorials with you guys and I’m immensely grateful for the love and support.
The Nigerian Blog Awards is here again and for some reason it totally skipped my mind and nominations end Monday morning by 5am.
Anyway, I’d love you …

Is RIM BlackBerry Leaving Nigeria?

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It’s been almost 4 hours since I got back from Slot Limited Ikeja and I’m still pissed as hell. After braving the rain and muddy streets of Lagos, I was told the 32GB BlackBerry PlayBook which I wanted to buy had experienced a sudden price increase from N50,000 ($315) to …

Beware Of Used/Second Hand BlackBerry Phones

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So some of us woke up to the news yesterday that Miss Cynthia Udoka Osokogu’s BlackBerry 9900 had been traced to a business man in Port Harcourt and he has been been taken into custody for *questioning*.
When you are taken in for questioning in Nigeria and you’re not *well-connected*, be …

Dual SIM Samsung Galaxy Pocket S5302 Released

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Barely a year after Samsung released the cheap Samsung Galaxy Pocket, a dual SIM version of the phone is set to hit the market in select countries.
Specs wise it’s still the same old hardware in the previous version with just the Dual SIM function thrown in together with Android Gingerbread …

Migrating To MTN Nigeria’s Smooth Talk Prepaid Package

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About 2 weeks ago, we heavy internet users woke up to the sad news that MTN Nigeria had silently revamped/shrunk their data plan offerings with a few price cuts and increases to select data plans. That move didn’t last 24 hrs as they were soon to revert to their previous …

Increasing Download Speed On Rooted Android Phones & Computers

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The XDA Developers forum has always been a source of cool android apps as well as hacks and one of the top developers over there by the name Elban has released a *free* app simply tagged Super Download which aims at increasing download speeds on Android devices by using both …

Three Ways The Nigerian Communications Commission Can Actually Serve Nigerians

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Nigeria is fast becoming known worldwide as a cesspool of corruption thus the first thing that popped up in my mind when the NCC fined the four major telecommunication outfits in Nigeria a whooping N1,17billion (over $7 million) for poor service delivery to the populace, was AWON OLOSHI (Bloody Thieves). …

Dropbox Adds File and Folder Link Sharing Functionality

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My first foray into the world of cloud storage was with DropBox. That was over 1 year ago but for the past 2 months now, I’ve switched allegiance to its new competitor SugarSync.
Using the Send to Dropbox app, my use of DropBox was tailored towards aggregating all my email attachments …

Motorola XT390 Dual SIM Android Heads For China

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Somewhere along the line I think I missed the memo that said Africa was no longer a hotspot for dual SIM mobile phones ’cause I sincerely can’t understand the moves of the likes of Motorola launching their flagship dual-sim handsets in far away Brazil and now China.
With the price pegged …

Mark ZuckerBerg Wants President Goodluck Jonathan To Get Off Facebook STAT!

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Just got this animated parody video via BlackBerry Messenger (BBM).
In the video President Goodluck Jonathan is amassing quite a number of curses on his Facebook profile and now Mark ZuckerBerg wants him off Facebook ‘cause the curses seem to be melting FB servers already.
The funniest part is when Mark ZuckerBerg …

RIM BlackBerry Needs To Pay More Attention To Africa

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With a $125 million loss in sales for the 4th quarter of 2011 and Apple’s iPhone beating it hands down in its home country of Canada, Research In Motion is undeniably facing tough times.
Unfortunately they are slow in waking up from their slumber and focusing on markets where the demand …