3D-capable smart phones such as the LG Optimus 3D will be one of the talking points of Mobile World Congress this year, but we’re wondering how easy and/or painless it will be to get 3D films on to your phone, given the likely size of the digital files. Streaming? Not on your nelly over 3G: …

Digital camera maker Altek is set to cause a stir at Mobile World Congress this week, with its A14 Leo ‘Pro Camera’ smart phone. Why? How does a 14-megapixel camera sensor with a 3x optical zoom grab you? Although Altek says it’s introducing the handset at MWC, we’ve actually seen it before, back in October last year. Its appearance in …

The HP Veer was unveiled last week at HP’s webOS launch, and impressed us with its dinky charms. It seems its tiny size comes with a few drawbacks, however, including the lack of a 3.5mm headphones port. If you want to plug in your cans, you’ll need a magnetic adaptor. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the adaptor wasn’t being shown off during HP’s …

Nokia is making Windows Phone 7 its primary smart-phone platform, but why did the company opt for Microsoft over Google’s Android? CEO Stephen Elop has just outlined some of the reasons at a press event in London, as he fielded questions alongside Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Elop admitted Nokia had conversations with Google over a possible deal, with “attractive elements” …

Nokia is to start making Windows Phone 7 handsets in an attempt to seize back the initiative from iPhone and Android. The company revealed its new “strategic partnership” with Microsoft early this morning, but confirmed it won’t be killing off the Symbian or MeeGo operating systems as a result. No actual device was announced this morning. Instead, Nokia confirmed that …

The BlackBerry PlayBook could come with an unexpected bonus later this year: more than 130,000 Android apps. No, not preloaded. Research In Motion is working on software that will run Android apps on its new tablet, although it is stopping short of using the full Android 3.0Honeycomb software for the device. The report on Bloomberg cites “three people familiar with …

Will Nokia announce tomorrow that it’s going to start making Windows Phone 7 mobiles? Speculation has been raging all week thanks to CEO Stephen Elop’s ‘Burning Platform’ memo, but WP7 isn’t the only option. Nokia Android phones are also a possibility. Or perhaps not. Google VP of engineering Vic Gundotra — a key member of the company’s Android efforts — …

Dell’s Venue Pro might not have been the sexiest handset in the Windows Phone 7 launch lineup — it may have the most boring name of any phone ever — but it was the most likely to appeal to heavy emailers. It’s still not on sale, however, and according to online retailer Expansys, has now been delayed indefinitely here in …

HTC’s Wildfire 2 may not need grainy blogosphere spy-shots to reveal itself to the world: the manufacturer appears to have done the job itself, in a video posted on its own YouTube channel. As Engadget points out, the glossy video shows a man holding a handset that doesn’t correspond to any existing smart phones in HTC’s range, but which bears …

LG’s Optimus 3D is one of the most hotly anticipated new smart phones for 2011, thanks to its glasses-free 3D screen and dual-lens camera. Now it has made a starring appearance in a new pre-Mobile World Congress video, showcasing its pair of cameras and promising “a smart phone that sees the world like we do”. The video, published by Pocket-lint, …