Lets take a closer look at the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W300 that you can win here on the South African fring blog.

The DSC-W300 comes with the following specs: BIONZ image processor, 13.6 Mega pixels, Full HD 1080, Carl Zeiss lense with 3 x optical zoom, 2.7” Clear Photo LCD, a titanium coating and battery able to deliver upto 300 pictures on a single charge.

We are giving away 2 of these cameras, to win one, click here and follow the instructions.

fringsters listen up: as you may have seen over the last few months I have posted a few times about the TV reality series Around The World For Free in which your local fring blogger (me) featured in Episode 6. I am now very excited to report that fring.com together with Sony Entertainment Television is giving fringsters in the following countries South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, Lesotho and Zimbabwe the opportunity to walk away with a few great prizes.

The prize is a sexy Sony Cybershot DSC-W300 camera valued at over R7000.00.

Follow these instructions to stand in line to win big.

1. Snap a picture of yourself or your buddy using fring in any great location in Africa.
2. Email your pictures to us by clicking here.
3. Get all your friends to view and comment on your pic’s over here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fringsa/

Note: When composing the email, please put your Name and Surname in the Subject line of the email and in the body of the email please cut and paste the text below and then just add the relevant details. Country: fring user ID: Add some text about the picture. The image below taken at Dune7 in Namibia, gives you an idea of the kind of content we are looking for.

There is no limit to the amount of times you can enter, the more the merrier.

fringsters remember to watch Around The World For Free on Sony Entertainment Television channel 113 DSTV.

The winner will be revealed here on November 1st.

Bloggers listen up!

You too have an opportunity to win! Spread the word about this competition via your blogs and stand in line to win 1 of these sexy Sony Cybershot camera’s. All you need to do is blog about this competition and then spread the word via Twitter. Your post should include all relevant details about the competition, including sponsors names, date, time and channel of the TV series, terms and link back to this post and Sony Entertainment Television website.

Terms:

The decision of fring in choosing winners will be final. All winners must be at least [eighteen] years of age. It is the responsibility of the winners to pay applicable taxes due on prizes and to complete any related forms. By participating, participant consents that its name, fring user ID, country, and submission may be used on the Internet. Prizes that are unclaimed within three months after the end of the contest shall be forfeited. Contest is void where prohibited. These rules are subject to change or modification, and contest may be discontinued, at any time.

Having recently returned from an amazing two week vacation in Namibia, I thought it good to update everyone on the state on 3G and WiFi access in Namibia.

While in Namibia I decided to thoroughly test the local networks and made use of both MTC and Cellone.

What I noticed from only a few days in the country is that the cellular rates are much much better than the local South Africa cellular providers! MTC for instance offers 100 free SMS’s a day while Cellone charges only 5c per SMS. Calls were also much cheaper with Cellone offering calls at only 49c per minute between Cellone customers.

The second thing I noticed that actually impressed me was that Namibia had 3G coverage in almost every town we passed through. MTC being the stronger network had the most 3G coverage with Cellone only having 3G in a few towns. On a positive note Cellone had GPRS coverage in some of the locations where MTC had nothing.

Another thing that impressed me about Namibia was the WiFi access. After searching and searching for good WiFi I finally found out that telecom Namibia offered a service called wi-space. All you do is purchase a wi-space voucher and then wherever you see the wi-space logo (more than 40 locations in Namibia) you can tune in for Wi-Fi access. The WiFi is sold at a rate of R20.00 for 45min usage.

Alternatively good WiFi access was also available at the Protea Hotel in Walvis Bay and a few other accommodation venue’s across the country.

Below are a few tips for fringsters planning to visit Namibia.

1. When in Namibia switch to either MTC or Cellone. Pre-paid simcards are relatively cheap (R30.00 and come with a few rands airtime). International data roaming rates are extremely high. Both MTC and Cellone charge only R1.00 per MB for data.
2. If your handset has the ability to switch dual mode off then do it. I found the network constantly switched between 3G and GPRS which caused issues when making calls. To switch dual mode on or off click > Menu > Tools > Settings > Network > Switch dual mode off. Don’t forget to switch it on again when you are not in 3G coverage.
3. Having a car charger handy is always a good idea and in Namibia, this is a must! If you get stuck on the open road somewhere, you will die, so always have enough water with you, 10L is enough and make sure your cellphone battery is always full? The network coverage on most roads is very poor so be prepared to walk for coverage if you get stuck.
4. Always stick to the main tar roads, unless you drive in convoy. The main tar roads are usually quite busy, however the dusty back roads are very quiet. On one of the days we traveled 400km and only saw 3 cars the entire day. At times this can be nerv recking (especially when the trust fringmobile gets stuck and you have no back up car.. oops
5. Very important, please make sure that whatever you do, you do it safely.

All in all Namibia is a great country with even better 3G access.