Review: Olympus E-Pl1 Micro Four Thirds camera

Updated on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 9:46AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Olympus is known to photo enthusiasts as being one company that makes excellent lenses and superb bodies, usually offering features in low end models that are only included in their competitor's high-end cameras (built-in stabilization, remote flash control). Its latest Digital PEN is less expensive but just as capable as other interchangeable lens non DSLR cameras.

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Virgin America is headed to Toronto this Summer

 

The airline known for its cool interior mood lighting, Wi-Fi access and delicious food options is headed to the Great White North. Virgin America announced late Tuesday that it would be debuting its first international route starting this summer with flights to Toronto.

 

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Nokia 5230 Brings Apps, Maps and Free Navigation to Canada First at WIND Mobile

Nokia and WIND Mobile  announced the availability of the Nokia 5230, a stylish new 3G Touch-Screen smartphone that offers free access to a wide variety of services. The Nokia 5230 operates on Symbian – the world’s most popular and open operating platform – allowing for multitasking and true personalization of the homescreen and menu screens.

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HTC Touch Viva

Windows Mobile loyalists, and we know there are still a lot of those, will be charmed by HTC’s Touch Viva mini smartphone. The only question is whether you can upgrade it to Windows Mobile Phone.

Size and specs may be slight but this mighty mite bring’s a 2.8-inch touch screen, Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, a 2 Megapixel camera for stills and video plus microSD connectivity.

A big feature is HTC’s TouchFLO user interface that exists above the requisite Windows 6.1 and brings finger swipe navigation and widgets for weather, time, messaging and social media.

 The HTC Touch Viva is a serious and utilitarian phone that is pretty no frills in its approach and appearance but offers a sensible array of features. What isn’t sensible is the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack. C’mon, no one uses the proprietary USB headphones on these devices so why is HTC so insistent on pushing USB as the only way to get audio out? Despite that head scratcher, this is a semi-smartphone that, while lacking 3G connectivity, should satisfy WinMo peeps.