Mobile Web Africa is here and it is going to be big. With an impressive line up of speakers such as Mxit CEO Herman Heunis, Stepahne Boyera from W3C and Marc Smith there will be no shortage of great informative conversation especially with the roundtable format. This allows you to sit around a… round table (ok it might not be that round) and have conversation instead of sitting in the old class room style presentations.

It will be hosted at the Michelangelo in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 13th and 14th of October. Registrations are open and if you sign up today you can still get the “early bird” discount. Sign up for the event here.

Android Market

Finally, any person with their hands on an Android powered mobile phone will no doubt know that they have been missing out on the Android Market, Google’s mobile application directory. However the wait is over. From August 2009 it will be available to all South African Android users.

When HTC launched the HTC Magic and HTC Dream in South Africa, the local users did not have access to the Android Market which led to developing their own application directory which proved to be highly successful. This resulted in Google deciding to launch the Android Market in South Africa.

Now all HTC Magic and HTC Dream users will have access to a multitude of free and paid for applications which range from improved office and business functionality to fun and games.

To get access to the Android Market you will need to get a software upgrade by visiting a Leaf regional office, a Leaf retail store or visiting the Leaf website. All future HTC Android models will already contain the latest software giving you instant acces to the Android Market.

Nokia 7020 Grey

Nokia have made a bolder move into emerging markets with the Nokia 7020. The phone will most likely be retailing just north of R1000 which is not bad considering the features.

The mobile market is very big in Africa and a phone like this will the meet the growing demand of African internet users. Nokia have embraced the ever growing market and released a few mobile handsets with the main priority focused on affordability as well as internet abilities.

The 7020 is expected in either the last quarter of the year or the beginning of 2010, just in time for millions of Africans to follow the World Cup updates next year.

Features:

• System: Quadband EGSM EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• User interface: Connect UI Contemporary
• Dimensions: 91.2 mm x 46.7 mm x 17.3 mm (L x W x T)
• Volume: 64,5 cc
• Weight: 86.2 g
• Standby time: Up to 15 days
• Talk time: Up to 4.5 hours
• Main Display: 320 x 240 QVGA with up to 262k colors
• 2nd display: 160×128
• Camera: 2.0 megapixel camera
• Memory: up to 45MB internal + 16GB SD card support

Nokia 7020 Pink

Nokia 7020 Grey