The Apple Beat: A Mountain Lion Primer

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

We are a few days away from seeing Apple's OS X Mountain Lion released. As noted in this year's WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference), Mountain Lion will be unleashed in July which should be anytime now. Here's a primer on what to expect from Mountain Lion, which machines can run it and how to transition as smoothly as possible.

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Sony launches Xperia Ion smartphone and accessories

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Sony has just launched its first 4G LTE smartphone, the Xperia Ion which is coming to Rogers for  $49.99 on a three-year contract, $449.99 for two years and $499.99 for a one-year plan. The first pure Sony device developed sans Ericsson, the Xperia Ion boasts a Bravia 4.6" HD display, 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon  processor, 1GB of RAM. The Ion ties into a system of accessories including a Smart Watch, a wireless headset and NFC smart cards.

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SourceCode: RIM's Year of Living Dangerously

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

2011 has been Research In Motion’s annus horribilis. The past 12 months, the BlackBerry maker has often found itself in the news and on the defensive for a long list of truly unfortunate and often embarrassing reasons. But how serious is the situation at RIM?

The company was worth more than $70 billion a few years ago and today has a market value of around $8 billion. In 2004, RIM's stock value was $144 a share, when the markets closed Friday it was $13.44 a share.

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Windows Phone Mango update finally rolling out

The much awaited update to Windows Phone, version 7.5 codenamed Mango is starting to roll out. We tried our devices but the update was not yet available although Microsoft says it should be out soon. With hundreds of new features and improvements, Mango is a more competetive mobile os that Microsoft hopes will take some market share from Google's Android and the iPhone. Below is part of the press release on Mango.

Starting today, the next version of Windows Phone is en route to customers. Code named Mango, the update will gradually ramp so that it will be available for free to most existing Windows Phone customers by the end of October. For more information, please check check the Windows Phone blog and Microsoft News Center throughout the day for additional news and executive insight. For timing on when you can expect to see the update delivered via Canada carriers, please check out our “Where’s My Update” page as the update rolls out.

"Windows Phone launched last year with a new approach. Its unique user interface and Live Tiles put people front and center, making it easier to connect and share.  The Windows Phone 7.5 update includes: More modern communication with conversation threads, linked inboxes and deeper social integration; a smarter way to app, with App Connect, improved Live Tiles and multitasking; and Internet beyond the browser with Internet Explorer 9, Bing integration and more."