Monday 25 February 2013

How do HD TVs Work ?

How do HD TVs Work ?
Most of us have come across the big flat screen “plasma” TV’s with the words “HD ready” stamped on them . What does HD mean and how do they differ from the old TV’s ?

OUR EXPLANATION
 HD stands for High Definition .To try and understand the difference between the old TV’s and the plasma TV let us picture a maths exercise book.

Thursday 21 February 2013

CHECKING DATA BUNDLE BALANCE ON ECONET PRE-PAID ACCOUNT (BUDDIE)

We will be looking at how to check your data bundle  balance on Econet Prepaid account

Dial *140#
 

A screen showing your request being processed will appear

Wednesday 20 February 2013

MOBILE MONEY: OneWallet and TextaCash

I failed to get hold of a OneWallet agent. I visited the main branch of my town’s Post office and they couldn’t help me .The Netone website claims all post office branches are agents , it seems that’s a bit far from the truth.

BUYING DATA BUNDLES ON ECONET PRE-PAID ACCOUNT

We will look at purchasing Internet Bundles . Bundles offer discounted rates for Data on the Econet network
Dial *140#
 
A screen showing your request being processed will appear

Tuesday 19 February 2013

RECHARGING AND CHECKING BALANCE ECONET PRE-PAID ACCOUNT

We will be looking at recharging your pre-paid Econet account

                                                                              Dial *121*

Enter the number found at the back of Econet recharge cards followed by # and press the dial key

Monday 18 February 2013

OPENING BRAND NEW ECONET SIM CARD ECONET ZIMBABWE NETWORK

We will be looking at Opening an Econet SIM card

The Sim card is packaged in a plastic casing

WHAT IS A TABLET COMPUTER ?


A tablet PC is a wireless, portable personal computer with a touch screen interface. The tablet form factor is typically smaller than a laptop computer but larger than a smartphone. The most well known being Apples iPad . They range in size from roughly the size of  the A5 exercise books used by grade ones to the size and thickness of a Glamour magazine(for the ladies). The front of the "book" would entirely covered by a huge display screen which can be used to view content and enter data at the same instance

WHAT CAN IT BE USED FOR?

Friday 15 February 2013

Review Friday: HTC Desire C (Unboxing)

The Desire C is a mid-range smartphone manufactured by HTC. It was designed to be a phone used by first time smartphone buyers. We will be looking at what to expect inside the retail
packaging and a have quick look around the phone.

The Desire C comes in a white rectangular Box

Wednesday 13 February 2013

MOBILE MONEY : NetOne’s OneWallet and EcoCash cont.

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After last week's article was published i began to wonder if the sign up experience was the same with all EcoCash agents. I had seen EcoCash agents at my local shopping centre so i convinced a friend to go sign up for the service.

INDIRECT RECHARGE ON NETONE EASYCALL

Indirect recharge is a feature that allows you credit another NetOne line using your own phone. This is different from credit transfer in that it does not reduce your credit balance but rather uses a recharge pin to increase the credit balance of intended recipient

To begin open your messaging application to create a new message 
 

Enter the recharge pin followed by #


Type in the number of NetOne Easycall account you want to credit 

Send the message to 133


You will receive a confirmation from 133


The message will confirm account has been credited 



Tuesday 12 February 2013

RECHARGE AND BALANCE ON NETONE EASYCALL

RECHARGE AND BALANCE ON NETONE EASYCALL
We will be looking at recharging a NetOne easycall account . We will also take a look at checking the credit balance on NetOne's Easycall .

Dial *133*

Monday 11 February 2013

How Blackberry Phones Connect to the Internet

If you live in Zimbabwe and have owned a blackberry phone chances are you have faced the frustration of trying to connect to the internet.A visit to the your local Blackberry guru is usually necessary. There he will hack your phone outfit you with opera mini and whatsapp and send you on your way. Why wont blackberry phones work straight out of the box?.It all has to do with how they connect to the internet

OPENING BRAND NEW NETONE EASYCALL SIM CARD

 The easy call sim card comes in a cardboard packaging , you can by one from your local vendor or nearest NetOne shop

Turning to the back of the Sim card package , there are staples .

Removing these will give you access to the inside of the package

Friday 8 February 2013

Review Friday : What is a Smart Phone ?


 
A smart phone is a phone which has functions similar to a computer .It has many more features than Feature phones and Dumb phones .

There are three types of phones; Smart phones , Feature phones and Dumb phones . To compare the phones we shall liken them to tools