First Impressions of BlackBerry 10 OS

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I got a sneak peek at BlackBerry 10 OS running on a developer smartphone earlier today. Expected to launch on January 30th, the all-new OS features a number of user-centered features as well as strong messaging and imaging features but are these enought to bring back BlackBerry from the brink? Hit jump for a video and some impressions of the newest mobile OS.

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Samsung Canada puts NFC in the service of free music

Near Field Communication (NFC) technology has long been heralded as the key ingredient for the mobile wallet. A feature that would magically enable smartphones to be used as a mode of payment, access and transaction. That's taken a while to happen, specially in Canada. Samsung Canada has decided to put NFC to good use by enabling the download of free music in Toronto’s underground walkway.

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Adobe announces major update to Creative Cloud

Adobe revealed a major update to its Adobe Creative Cloud offering over a dozen exclusive new features for Adobe Photoshop.  Creative Cloud now has  more than 1 million free and paid memberships, including approximately 326,000* paid individual members who have signed up through November 2012.

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Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1 now touch-optimized for Windows 8

Lenovo's ThinkPad Carbon X1 was one of the more impressive (and original looking) Ultrabooks we reviwed in the last year. The sleek, carbon-fibre laced ultralight had a lot of desirable features for a 3 pound, 14-inch notebook but it wasn't touch-enabled, until now. Lenovo has just revealed an updated US $1499 ThinkPad Carbon X1 that's ready to rock those Windows 8 tiles. Hit jump for the details.

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