Over the last few months we’ve seen a huge increase in Blackberry devices visiting the News24 mobile website – m.news24.com. In fact - four Blackberry devices currently head the list of our most active devices - with the Blackberry 8520 Curve leading the pack. The 8520 is a popular choice due to the affordable packages currently offered by Vodacom and MTN which includes unlimited web browsing and data usage in apps (Via BIS) for less than R200 per month.

The QWERTY keyboard and dedicated Twitter, Facebook and Mxit apps also makes the 8520 a hit with digital natives who live their hyper-connected lives through their mobiles. It’s no wonder Vodacom have sold over a million Blackberry devices  in South Africa!
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With the Argus Cycle Tour around the corner and every avid cyclist frantically increasing their cadence to reach a fitness level that would possibly give them a chance of catching up to and getting a glimpse of the 7 time Tour De France winner, Lance Armstrong, it’s no surprise that SA roads will be dominated by cyclist during February and early March.

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It’s time for another update on the mobile applications we’ve been working on at 20fourLabs over the last few months.
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This morning the MMA SA were kind enough to send us the “latest research data extracted from Amps”.
It makes for very interesting reading!
The growth in the mobile market in South Africa is mind boggling, have a look at these facts and see for yourself…
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Just four weeks ago 20fourlabs and Blueworld Communities decided to enter into the Nokia Calling All Innovators Africa competition, obviously confident of the talent we have in our stable. This competition calls for innovators around the world to develop an application that can be utilised on a specific range of Nokia phones. The application is to have a specific African focus and make use of key Nokia phone features (maps, location based services, etc). For more information on the competition go to: www.callingallinnovators.com/africa
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It’s been over 6 months already since the launch of 20fourLabs so here is an update on the state of our mobile apps:
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