Following on the success of Afridoctor winning the Nokia innovations competition, the labrats have done some planning to take the application to the next level.

Below is an edited version (for we cannot reveal all :)) of a powerpoint presentation, by myself and Blueworld’s Bradley Voges, which describes our future strategy. The original idea for Afridoctor came from wizz-kid Werner Erasmus — his idea beating 12 others in an “ideas” competition we had internally in 20FourLabs.
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Google’s Nexus One has officially launched and while I haven’t yet been able to get my paws on one (still sadly unavailable  in South Africa), I have managed to gather some  reviews, comparisons and useful specs to help shed-light on the first official Google Phone. However, unlike most blogs, this will NOT be a Nexus vs iPhone type post. … Continue Reading

Last month at the Mobile Web Africa conference, Brett Loubser (Samsung Electronics SA product technical and support manager) did a presentation entitled: “Mobile Internet - The African Status. Device availability and Technology Considerations.”

In it he spoke about Open Mobile operating systems - such as Android and LiMo (Linux Mobile) as being key drivers for growth and innovation in 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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20fourLabs is excited to announce the launch of the News24 Android application.

Android users can now access breaking news, sport and lifestyle information from South Africa’s leading digital publisher, 24.com, quickly and easily on their Android handsets.
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Local HTC distributor Leaf International Communications have confirmed that the Android App Market will soon be available in South Africa.

Up to now the Android Market has not been available on the first two Android-powered handsets to hit South Africa – the HTC Dream (on MTN) and the HTC Magic (on Vodacom) – much to the frustration of local Android handset owners and Android app developers alike.
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