Sony has announced that its new line-up of Blu-ray products will go 3D with a firmware update this year. Sony announced a line-up of 3D home cinema products at CES in January, including the Bravia LX and HX 3D TVs. The range of products to go 3D includes the BDV-E670W, BDV-E870, and BDV-IZ1000W. We’ve contacted …

Acer has well and truly thrown its hat into the smartphone ring, with a slew of Android phones announced Monday. The most affordable is the BeTouch E110, which is designed to offer Web-connected smartphone-style features to the masses. Unfortunately, it has one glaring omission: Wi-Fi. However it does have 3G, so you could use data instead. It only has Android …

Any plans for the weekend? Few sherbets with the lads, or getting your hair did with the girls, perhaps. Or you could watch Six Nations rugby, Champions League football and the Winter Olympics in your own home, in glorious high definition — for free. Yes, Freeview HD finally hits living rooms as the Humax HD-Fox T2 goes on sale this …

Another new Android phone has been outed as the mobile world gears up for its annual Barcelona bunfight at trade show Mobile World Congress. This time we’re getting a peek under Acer’s skirts with the E110. It’s a 3G candybar phone with GSM quad band, GPRS, Edge and HSDPA. It packs assisted GPS too. We don’t yet know which version …

Toshiba has announced the first line-up of televisions that include built-in Freeview HD. The new RV, SL and WL series could be the first TVs to hit the shelves offering high-definition Freeview without needing a set-top box, thanks to DVB-T2 tuners inside the tellies. The RV series will boast 32-inch, 37-inch and 40-inch screen sizes, at a refresh rate of …

Samsung’s first phone to run Android 2.1 has been spotted in the wild. Samsung Hub has pictures of the SHW-M100S being shown off in Korea. It packs a giant 94mm (3.7-inch) AMOLED touchscreen, displaying Samsung’s TouchWiz (giggle) user interface. Inside is an 800MHz processor, 802.11n Wi-Fi and GPS. The 5-megapixel camera also shoots 720p high-definition video, and plays back DivX …

Pinch, punch, first of the month — no returnsies. It’s February and the pre-Mobile World Congress phone rumours are kicking into high gear. Today we’ve heard whispers of the HTC Bravo and Supersonic, big-screen smartphones potentially running Android 2.1. Our CNET US colleagues over at the Android Atlas blog have had their ears to the ground and dug up some …

Samsung is in talks with 3 about adding built-in 3G Web connection to devices other than phones. A member of 3’s mobile broadband team told us the team had met with Samsung to discuss the possible applications of 3G in assorted devices. Cameras were discussed as a case study, and that’s all the excuse we need to fire up Photoshop …

Nokia is to offer free turn-by-turn navigation on all its mobile phones. Whether you’re walking or driving, download the latest Ovi Maps software from nokia.com/maps and your Nokia phone becomes a pocket sat-nav — and you won’t shell out a penny for the privilege. Nokia is offering turn-by-turn voice guidance for 74 countries in 46 languages, as well as detailed …

Ofcom is set to deliver a scything tackle to the pricing of Sky channels, including Sky Sports, for broadcasters. BT Vision and Virgin Media are poised to pass these savings to you, the lucky British consumer, in a consumer victory of Premier League proportions. BSkyB has both a content side — channels such as Sky Sports and Sky Movies — …