Preview! Windows Phone OS

Windows Phone will be available in North America in October 2010, Canada will be getting the first devices the same time as the US. Here's a preview of the interface as well as some of the features. Canadianreviewer.com got a preview during the XBox 2010 preview event. We list down our observations.

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What to expect from Apple iOS4

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

We've been following the developments of the iPhone OS 4, now renamed iOS4, since the early betas were released for developer testing. This new iteration of the iPhone operating system is said to bring 100 new features, the biggest of which is multitasking or the ability to run third party applications in the background efficiently. We loaded iOS4's GM (Golden Master) and tested it, here are some of the things that we found.

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Countdown to Palm Pre in Canada

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Bell's big play in the smartphone space, the Palm Pre is days away from shipping in Canada and it will be very interesting to see how this will play out. For Palm, its their major move to reclaim space in the smartphone arena they defined and at one point ruled with their Treo series which ended up running Windows Mobile as an OS because Palm's own OS was sadly lacking. Now with the new WebOS, its possible that Palm will rise from the ashes and once more dominate the smartphone market. Bell's a Ringing For Bell, the Palm Pre, represents its first major non-BlackBerry smartphone OS and direct competitor to Apple's iPhone and Google's Android handsets which have been visible since their respective launches from rival Rogers. We are awaiting the arrival of our Palm Pre and will put it through its paces. We look forward to reviewing WebOS, the Pre apps and and how the device works the day to day environment.

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