By Ted Kritsonis

Two key smartphones, one which made headlines at CES in January, and another that has been unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, have been confirmed to come to Canada in a short time, though no official launch dates have been announced.

Text and Photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
 
Microsoft’s Windows Phone has been around for ten months now and is primed for a huge update. Codenamed Mango, looks to meet Apple and Google’s mobile offerings head on.

By Ted Kritsonis

It’s not often that a gadget or gizmo can turn three years old and still be cool without having a single hardware upgrade. The Slingbox’s Pro-HD model first came out in 2008, and though it hasn’t changed at all since, it still proves to be a nice addition to anyone’s tech lineup.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

How companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and HP engage and compensate developers on their mobile platforms will eventually determine their long term success.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

At the Windows Phone VIP preview today, Microsoft revealed a number of new handset makers building Windows Phone 7 devices and highlighted some of the newer features coming to their smartphone OS though the new Mango revision.

By Ted Kritsonis

The Nokia C7 is a smartphone that arguably looks and feels better than some of the highly-acclaimed handsets out there, but the operating system it runs on just continues to lose its lustre, which makes this phone a bit of a conflicted device to consider.

By Lee Rickwood

Crazy for all things mobile, several events look at the fun and games behind successful application development.

by Lee Rickwood

Just saying ‘glasses free mobile 3D imagery’ is fun, much less watching it.

by Lee Rickwood

Like great games, hackathons, game jams and appathons are engaging and somewhat addictive on their own.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Designed around a High Definition experience, the HTC HD7 sports a capable 5 megapixel camera as well as the ability to shoot video in 720p HD resolution. This Windows Phone can compete with the dedicated video camera as well as many of the cheaper standalone point-and-shoot cameras in the market.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Nokia and Microsoft are more alike than just being the dominant players in their respective markets. Both companies create products but more importantly, they create ecosystems. Nokia, like Microsoft, has wanted to participate in the portable gaming space and even backed its own failed N-Gage initiative a few years ago. With Microsoft’s thriving Xbox community and the power and resources of both companies, this can now be a reality.

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The HTC Surround is one of the new Windows Mobile smartphones ushering in Microsoft’s new OS and is built to maximize all the features of this exciting new operating system but offers something its competing handsets don’t have, its very own boombox.