Navigating the Big Smoke with Nokia Ovi Maps

Nokia's recent "Map it Out Challenge" saw members of the media armed with Nokia E71 smartphones running on Telus new HSPA+ network. Gadjo Sevilla was on hand to check it out.

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Telus launches HSPA+ service with new smartphones, Motorola Milestone imminent

Updated on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7:53AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Telus offered a media sneak peek earlier this week, showing off some new handsets to go along with a new and improved network. Gadjo Sevilla was there.

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Review: Forza Motorsport 3 for Xbox 360

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Forza Motorsport 3: The quintessential racing simulator

There's enough depth, variation and substance in Forza Motorsport 3 to keep every gearhead, tuner, painter, speed demon and online race nut busy and happy for a long, long while.

Packed with so much content that it's a two-disc affair, Forza Motorsport 3 (FM3) squeezes 10 times the polygons that the previous version offered. This means more itty-bitty shapes making up the shape of a car to go from car-shaped representation to photo realistic replica. The attention to detail and texture is evident everywhere, even as the game zooms along at 60 frames per second. When watching playback videos of races, you'll easily confuse them for race footage on your favorite sports channel.

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Apple melds trackpad and mouse with Magic Mouse

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple’s history of mouse making comes with a few hits and many misses. The company’s penchant for sleek and intelligent industrial design seems to fall short when developing such oddities as the hockey-puck mouse and the recently discarded Mighty Mouse, whose tiny scroll ball easily gooped up with dust and dirt. That, plus Apple’s stubborn refusal to add a right-click button, hasn’t made their mice very popular but this may likely change.

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