OlAround a Pakistani FourSquare APP

A new app locally made in Pakistan powering up different restaurants, cafe's, shops, brands and encouraging them to offer discount to every one who scan's the QR Code placed in their shop. So far they have powered 170+ restaurants, cafe's and brands in Karachi, Lahore and Isloo.

This app is developed by Bramerz in association with Google, Pasha and Ufone.

Its one hell of an app, I recently punched like 5 times already on Dominos and the plus point is that every time I punched it, I got 4 cinnamon sticks for free :)

How does it works?


 
Go to Google Play Store on your cell Phone

 Search for OlAround App and download it

Once its downloaded let's open it!

  

Once open, it will ask you to login into your account of OlAround via Facebook Connect, just click on the button and volla!

Go to the nearest OlAround powered outlet, click on the upper right corner of the app to see the below screen and ask the outlet for the QR Code

Bravo! Enjoy your self free Dominos Cinnamon Sticks, Free Coffee, 10% Discount on the first punch!

Currently they power brands like Dominos, Gloria Jeans, Kahva, McDonalds and many more... complete list OlAround Powered Brands!!!

So, what are you waiting for?

Nokia Lumia Smartphone Range Launch Event

Nokia launched much awaited Lumia 920, 820 and 620 based on Windows 8

Unfortunately; we were not able to go in person and cover the event but its always a good idea to cover it on blog for our audience

Mr. Arif Shafique, Country General Manager Nokia, Mr. Alessandro Lamanna VP Makerting Nokia, Mr. Salman Siddiqui, Country Lead Channel Microsoft Pakistan and Mr. Arsalan Zia Qureshi, Head of Corporate Sales (South) Mobilink were part of the event.

Such High profile people part of the event, shows the eagerness of NOKIA to market this phone in Pakistan. Not to mention; Pakistan was one of those markets for NOKIA where Nokia was in every other home. Launch of Lumia will give them a push again and all those people who prefer Android, IOS will hopefully will come back to NOKIA hopefully. I for one never imagined that there will be a time when Nokia will say Switch to Lumia :).

SPECS of windows 8 powered Lumia Series:

Lumia 620:

Display = 3.8- Inch TFT WVGA 800*480 ClearBlack

Battery = 1300 mAh

Processor = Qualcomm Snapdragon(™) S4 Processor with 1 GHz dual-core CPUs

Main Camera = 5MP Autofocus, LED cash

Front facing camera = VGA

Memory = 512MB RAM, 8GB Mass Memory (Micro SD support up to 64 GB), 7GB free Microsoft SkyDrive storage

Lumia 820:

Display = An amazing 4.3 inch ClearBlackOLED WVGA 800*400, Super Sensitive Toch, Nokia ClearBlack with high brightness mode and sunlight readability enhancements

Battery = 1650m AH with support for Qi wireless charging

Processor = 1.5 GHz Dual Core Snapdragon S4

Main Camera = 8MP Auto Focus with Carl Zeiss optics, Dial LED flash with full HD 1080p video Capture at 30fps

Front facing camera = VGA

Memory = 1 GB Ram, 8 GM mass memory with SD memory card support and 7 GB free SkyDrive storage

Lumia 920:

Display = 4.5 inch Nokia PureMotion HD+ EXGA IPS LCD

Battery = 2000mAh with integrated Qi wireless charging

Processor = 1.5 GHz Dual Core Snapdragon S4

Main Camera = 8.7 MP with Nokia PureView advanced optical imaging stabilisation and carl zeiss optics with Full 108-p HD video capture at 30 frames per second

Front facing camera = 1.2 MP with 720 HD video

Memory = 1 GB RaM, 32GB mass memory with 7GB free SkyDrive storage

Now coming back to event:

By the look at the event we can say Syntax Communication has done an amazing job!

We wish the best to Nokia for the Lumia series, it seems very powerful and personally I think I would give it a try as my 2nd Smart Phone soon