Review: iOS 6

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple’s iOS 6 mobile operating system is the lifeblood of its ecosystem. It is the glue that holds together the popular iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads to thousands of applications that expand functionality and ease of use.

iOS 6 is the newest version of the oldest modern mobile operating system. iOS was a year ahead of the earliest dessert-themed mobile OS from Google and three years ahead of the tile happy Windows Phone.

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Review: Apple iPhone 5

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla 

Apple’s iPhone 5 is the sixth generation smartphone  from Cupertino since the first iPhone revolutionized the smartphone industry in 2007. 

Since then, it has evolved from “an iPod, a Phone and an Internet communicator” to a powerful and easy to use pocket computer with a thriving app and developer ecosystem. To date, over 250 million have been sold. 

The much awaited and incessantly leaked iPhone 5 seems to have covered all the “must-have” updates such as a larger screen, 4G-LTE data, a thinner and lighter enclosure as well as various performance improvements. 

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The Apple Beat: Why Passbook may be a better short-term option than NFC

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

A number of pundits grumbled that Apple missed out on an opportunity by not including Near Field Communications (NFC) in the iPhone 5 as a mobile wallet solution. But Apple's Passbook App, coming on September 19th via the free iOS 6 update, is likely a better option at least for the short term.

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First Impressions on the iPhone 5

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Francisco - I had the opportunity to check out the iPhone 5 following yesterday's Apple announcement. The attending visitors and press were ushered into the back room where Apple executives and even a few Foo Fighters were waiting while various tables were set up with the newly released products.

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