Striking Smart phones of 2015Taking Huawei to another Level

Year 2015 has proved to be extremely fortunate for the swiftly developing ICT solutions providing company, Huawei. Over the past few years, Huawei has achieved a strong position in the international market with the help of its incredibly innovative smart phones, tablets and other smart devices. The rich research involved in the manufacturing of Huawei smart devices is extensive and involves experts’ stationed in 16 R&D departments established across the world.

In 2015, the sales growth of Huawei has increased tremendously. This year Huawei has attained the highest sales target in comparison to the last five years. According to the forecasts announced by the officials at Huawei CBG, a sales mark of USD 20 billion would be achieved in 2015 whereas this figure was USD 16 billion, in 2014.

“The speed with which Huawei is progressing, it can undoubtedly said that the future market would belong to us. The major reason being our strong relation with our customers, we do not only deliver a supreme quality product but we also keep an effective after sales relation with them.’ said Mr. Fanhong Bruce, Director Device Marketing of Huawei.

Huawei has achieved tremendous success and a great contribution in this success has been made by the striking smart phones released this year. These smart phones are from the Mate series, Honor series and the amazingly popular P8 from the P series. Huawei’s high-end smart phone P8 sold 1Million units in first two months following its launch.

Huawei has followed its consumer-centered approach to achieve remarkable success in the market. The pioneering and innovative ideas incubated at the R&D departments of Huawei have made its smart phones fully equipped with modern and futuristic features.

With the quality products consistently being delivered from Huawei, one can certainly hope for a future, where people would be living in “a better connected world”.

Pakistan’s best real estate website hosts a meet and greet session with bloggers in Karachi

Lamudi.pk (http://www.lamudi.pk/) organized a bloggers meet up in Karachi on 20th August, 2015 at Neco’s Cafe. It was a general meet and greet session of the bloggers with Lamudi’s Country Director, Saad Arshed.

The main aim of the event was to brief the bloggers about Lamudi’s phenomenal success over its two years of operations in Pakistan and introduce them to its Google inspired work culture. Saad gave a presentation to the bloggers about Lamudi’s achievements and its happy productive work environment.

The accomplishments included Lamudi’s launch of Android and iOS apps in June 2014, which have been downloaded over 535,000 times since. Other milestones achieved, included its launch of a property magazine, conducting real estate empowerment programs and lastly the launch of its new developments section on the website.

Saad also shed light on Lamudi’s employee-centric work culture, which according to him is the ingredient behind Lamudi’s growth and makes it different from more traditional work places. Lamudi has a flat management structure, where all employees from the CEO to the sales, marketing, finance, human resources and customer services departments sit together in an open-plan office.

Other perks of working at Lamudi include being entitled to unlimited snacks, access to TV while working, monthly entertainment dinners and lots more.

This presentation was followed by a networking session where bloggers could ask Saad anything about the property portal, its journey from a startup to a full grown business and the future of tech industry in Pakistan. The hashtag for the meet up was #asklamudi.

It ended with a scrumptious a la carte dinner and a photo session of the bloggers with the Lamudi team. Overall, it was a fun-filled evening and was thoroughly enjoyed by the bloggers and Lamudi team alike.

APBF and Nigerian Embassy sign MOU for trade promotion

During a ceremony held recently, the Embassy of Nigeria in Pakistan entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ‘All Pakistan Business Forum’ (APBF), aimed at the establishment and promotion of trade-links through mutual collaboration in the areas of common interests. The Nigerian Ambassador to Pakistan - His Excellency Mr. Dauda Danlavi and the APBF President -Mr. Ibrahim Qureshi signed the MOU.

According to this MOU, APBF and Nigerian Embassy have reached an understanding to cooperate in key developmental areas like; promotion of mutual Trade links, facilitation of closer understanding between the Business Community of Nigeria and Pakistan, facilitation of B2B meetings and visits of Business delegates, Development of Women Entrepreneurs in Nigeria and Pakistan, promotion of Cultural Exchange programs, increasing Educational Ties and working in collaboration for Social Development. The signing ceremony was attended by high-profiled members of the business community, media personnel, political figures, government officials and Academia as well.

On this event, President APBF - Mr. Ibrahim Qureshi expressed his gratitude to the Nigerian Ambassador and acknowledged the valuable collaboration of Nigeria in a wide range of programs including; Trade, health, education, public diplomacy, culture, gender equity, and development in Pakistan. Mr. Ibrahim Qureshi reiterated that; “APBF will continue to put its best efforts in establishing and promoting the most favorable business environment in Pakistan, and will identify and engage resourceful organizations and vital entrepreneurs to create and seize new opportunities for mutual development and growth.”

The Nigerian Ambassador to Pakistan, his Excellency Dauda Danlavi, while addressing the ceremony, thanked the APBF President - Mr. Ibrahim Qureshi for supporting in his vision for mutual development of both countries. The Nigerian Ambassador also highlighted great opportunities for Pakistan Businesses to Invest in Nigeria. He admired the dynamic role of APBF - a business association comprising of more than 2000 enterprising members, towards creating an enabling environment for businesses to perform well and invest confidently in Pakistan. He also appreciated APBF for supporting the diplomatic community in Pakistan, which is engaged in various efforts to strengthen international trade and harmony.

PMN and Ziauddin University ink MoU to establish academic linkages

The Pakistan Microfinance Network and Ziauddin University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, initiating the PMN Academic Linkages Program at the prestigious university. In the MoU, PMN agrees to share microfinance data and opportunities with Ziauddin University students, where they will be informed of projects, internships and job vacancies at all PMN member organizations. ZU will reciprocate by informing PMN of applicants for jobs and projects and allow microfinance material to be displayed and distributed on the campus.

The MoU was signed by Syed Mohsin Ahmed, CEO of PMN and Muhammad Yousaf, Registrar of ZU, marking the beginning of a collaborative relationship between the two organizations. The Academic Linkages Initiative by PMN is part of the Network’s capacity building objective. Since its inception, capacity building has been one of the Network’s primary concerns, taking into account both the training and non-training needs of its members. Building academic linkages will allow PMN to draw quality human resource and build knowledge platforms through contributions from both the practitioner and academic realms.

The two organizations will also encourage an exchange of dialogue and information by facilitating research forums and participating at lectures and conferences arranged by others. ZU will coordinate with PMN in inviting guest speakers on microfinance related subjects to the campus. PMN collaborates with practitioners to collate and compile discourse on microfinance, adaptable across business programs in the country. Inserting a body of knowledge at the level of the academic institution will translate into a healthier turn out of interns, employees, researchers and instructors for the industry in the future while increasing options for the students and faculty.

PMN is an association of 50 retail microfinance providers (MFPs) and represent over 99% of the microfinance market in Pakistan. It is positioned to engage with and facilitate the stakeholders in the industry and focuses on serving as an information hub, promoting an enabling environment and building capacity of stakeholders. 

The Ziauddin University, Karachi, was given the Charter as Ziauddin University vide 'The Ziauddin University' (Amendment ACT 2003) on December 13th, 2005. It initially started growing in the field of medical sciences but as time went by the university proved itself to be one of the most diverse institutions. ZU is currently offering degrees in Medicine, Pharmacy, Bio-Medical Engineering, Allied Health Sciences, Media and Communications, Physical Therapy, Nursing, Dentistry and Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. The University plans to introduce programmes in Audiology, Law, Business Administration and Fine Arts in near future to become a full-fledged institution that educates the youth of Pakistan and promotes the vision of Sir Dr. Ziauddin Ahmad.

Huawei Media Pad T 1 7.0 & Q Tab-Q800- A Thorough Comparison

The age of fast paced technological modernization and innovation is upon us and it most certainly requires the technology producing companies to bring to the customers, consistently, such smart devices which would bring the ultimate tech experience within their access in an economical packaging. In this regard it can be said verily that Huawei is playing the major role of satisfying the diversified needs of the technology seekers through exclusively affordable smart products.

Along with the ever growing and flourishing field of smart phones, the likeness of customers for Tabs is also experiencing a constant rise, especially for those Tabs which also serve as phone, thereby phablets, which are beautifully designed and aptly equipped with latest apps and features. Huawei, Media Pad T 1 7.0, recently launched in the Pakistan market has taken the sales of Huawei phablets to the next level and has given the users an ultimate fun-filled experience in an extremely affordable price.

Given the price range, this Huawei phablet has proved to be an excellent 3G supported smart device competent to give tough competition to the local Q mobile phablet, Q800. Below is given the detailed comparison of these smart devices.   

Structure & Design:

Huawei Media Pad has an attractive Aluminum Metallic Unibody housing, which gives phablet and exclusively amazing façade. With most of the companies launching their devices with either patterned or generic designs, this phablet of Huawei gives a fresh feel to the eye because of its excellently fine exterior. Whereas the design of QTab is quite generic, smooth back with camera at the top with flashlight. Both these phablets are round edged; carry their power on/off and volume keys on the right side, the rear camera on the upper left corner and the speakers on the bottom. If, one is to give points on the appearance, then surely Media Pad would take the lead because change is the basic factor of growth and particularly when one is bound in a specific price range than a pleasant looking, freshly designed device appeals the most to the customers.                            

Display Screen:

Talking about the display, Huawei’s Media Pad T1 7.0 possesses a 7inches large 169 PPI screen whereas the QTab has 7.86 inches, 163PPI screen. The 7 inch display screen of the media pad, although slightly smaller in comparison to the QTab, is more aptly manufactured o give detailed images, pictures and movie viewing experience. The finely crafted design enables the Media Pad to exhibit a more enhanced viewing experience, because the screen looks bigger to the eye facilitated the modern TOD technology.

The Capacitive soft keys (Home, Back and Menu) are placed in the bottom of the full touch screens of these phablets. Huawei Media Pad carries its latest EMUI 3.0, which makes the management system of this smart phablet extremely smooth and easily comprehensible.

OS & Processor:

The brain of the smart devices i.e. the processor plays the major role in delivering an excellent performance. Here, Media Pad has been loaded with 1.2 GHz Quad core processor and the latest Android 4.4 KitKat operation system whereas the QTab carries 1.3GHZ Dual core processor the Android 4.2 Jelly bean operating system.

It is quite evident from the aforementioned specs that the performance of the Media pad would be certainly more smooth and efficient than the QTab because of the Quad core processor and latest Android KitKat operating system. Huawei has undoubtedly manufactured an utterly amazing phablet for those tech seekers, who like to remain within their budget but they wouldn’t want to miss the modern technology features.

Storage:

Now let’s discuss storage capacity of both these phablets, they carry 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM, memory extendable up to 32GB.

This certainly shows that both the companies have keen importance to the fact that the storage capacity matters a lot when it comes to such devices, which are excessively used in daily lives. As through the term, phablet, it is quite evident that these smart devices have been manufactured to serve the purpose of both, a tablet and a phone and this would definitely require large storage area, so that no necessary data is ever lost, may it be pictures, videos or official files etc.

Camera:

The camera quality is also another important feature of smart phones and tablets and it is that factor which changes the device preferences of certain customers. Huawei’s Media Pad T1 7.0 and QTab both carry a 2MP front camera but the rear camera of QTab is 5MP with LED and that of Media Pad is only 2MP.

Although, one might not take into notice this feature that much because of the other attractive features of Media Pad, as photography is not the primary function of a Phablet but still here, Media Pad has surely lost some points to the QTab because of the rear camera quality and also because of the LED feature with the cam.

Battery:

Talking about the life force of a smart device, the battery capacity has got a pivotal position for the smooth functioning of a device. The power house of Huawei Media Pad is all loaded with 4100 mAh power whereas the QTab is loaded with quite less 3000 mAh battery power. Now this surely is a big difference, because repeated charging can be a bit annoying during a work loaded day. With the super power battery of Media Pad along the efficient Smart Power Consumption control technology, the Huawei Phablet, is surely going to last longer and deliver seamless extraordinary user experience.

Pricing:

Well, last but not at all the least the pricing of these phablets is quite close with Media Pad available for Rs. 14,699/- and the Q mobile’s QTab Q800 for Rs. 14, 500/-. Both these phablets have been quite reasonably priced considering the general market condition with regards to the sales of the phablets. Both these devices are 3G supporting and Dual SIM but if you are to pick one of these two then surely the choice would be Huawei’s Media Pad T1 7.0 because of its exclusively attractive design, super efficient processor and operating system and heavy powered battery.

TALEEMI JIDDAT KI TALAASH – A COMPETITION FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHERS IN PAKISTAN

Teach For Pakistan and Ilm Ideas introduced ‘Taleemi Jiddat Ki Talaash’ (TJKT) throughout Pakistan in 2015, which was a first of its kind education related competition that aimed to identify the best in-class, teacher-led low/no-cost innovations from schools across the country. The contest received an enthusiastic response from all stakeholders within the education sector and almost 1200 teachers sent in their applications between 27 January and 27 February 2015.

Shortlisted innovations were put through a rigorous on-site validation process before the best 20 entries were carefully selected by the Steering Committee that comprised leading educationists and researchers. Winning candidates and schools received cash prizes and book supplies, and their innovative teaching methodologies have been compiled into a guidebook more than 8000 copies of which are being distributed to teachers across Pakistan as a free resource. It is also available online at http://iteachforpakistan.org/tfp/taleemi-jiddat-ki-talaash/  for downloading at no cost. A series of supporting mini-documentaries for select innovations are also available for viewing on the website.

To celebrate the successful completion this unique exercise, Teach For Pakistan and Ilm Ideas are holding a showcasing and launch event of the guidebook at the Pearl Continental Hotel Karachi on August 18, 2015 from 9AM to 2PM, to which all the winning candidates have been invited. Also in attendance will be leading educational experts, officials from the Ministry of Education, prominent members of civil society, representatives of NGOs, UNDP, and leading school systems.

In addition, mini video documentaries of the innovations which have been painstakingly prepared will be shown at the showcasing event and which will be also be available for viewing on the TJKT website. The event will be covered live on radio and there will be a TV show to highlight and share the knowledge gathered over the course of the competition.

Ilm Ideas is a four year, DFID funded, £11 million program to award grants nationwide for increasing access to quality education in Pakistan for children in Classes 1 – 10. Ilm Ideas sought to increase public demand for greater transparency and accountability and promoted innovative solutions to improve Pakistan’s schools.

EISA’s Best Consumer Smartphone Award secured by Huawei

 Huawei has won the “European Consumer Smart phone” award for the third time in a row, for its latest flagship smart phone, Huawei P8, previously Huawei had won this award for Ascend P7. P8 is the recent prodigy of Huawei which has established itself in the market because of its prolific ancestry based upon elegance and perfection of the P Series. EISA has acknowledged the tremendously enhanced quality of the camera performance and the high-end amazingly attractive craftsmanship, which has given P8 a commendably enriched and sophisticated appearance.

EISA, European Imaging and Sound Association, is a globally known and unique association, which deeply analyses the latest products such as Mobile Devices, Electronics, and Home Theatre Audio etc. At EISA, the expert team of 50 special interest magazines, from 22 European countries Awards the best manufactured products after thorough assessments. The Awards are independently given and the winners are solely decided after fair and meticulous assessment. EISA has been giving awards from the past 33 years, through a process of fair analysis and the results are very well based and internationally acknowledged.

Huawei’s Ascend P7 also received this award last year and now P8 has successfully managed to grasp it again because of its enhanced and improved camera performance and exclusively modernized craftsmanship. This practically economical high-end smart phone, P8 possesses an extremely elegant appearance with highly efficient internal features, the Octa-core Kirin 930 processor, 3GB RAM/16GB or 64GB ROM, a heavy loaded 2680mAh battery, super quality 8MP Selfie and 13 MP rear camera with optical image stabilization and many other exclusive and exuberant feature.  If one is comparing on the basis of price to performance ratio, then surely Huawei’s ultra cool P8 outshines the rest.