Nokia’s teasing us with a snowy video designed to get viewers all hot under the collar about a new camera phone. The video gives nothing away, but shows eerie high-resolution panning shots of beautiful icy scenes, with references made to “pure detail,” “pure depth,” and “pure definition.” The 22-second clip ends with the text “Get …

Before iOS 5, the only way to snap a photo with your iPhone was to tap the onscreen shutter button–always a somewhat awkward maneuver. But with iOS 5, Apple transformed the volume-up button into a shutter release, thereby making iPhone photography feel a bit more natural. Just one problem: when you flip your phone around so the volume-up button is …

Both Motorola and Lenovo are expected to announce Android devices powered by Intel Medfield chips at next week’s Mobile World Congress. First disclosed all the way back in December 2008, the Intel processor has been making some noise lately with terrific benchmark scores. Motorola is reportedly set to unveil a Medfield smartphone that runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski wants Internet service providers to work with government and security experts to adopt voluntary standards to protect consumers from cyber attacks. FCC chairman Julius Genachowski FCC On Wednesday, the chairman gave a speech in Washington, D.C., in which he discussed voluntary measures that ISPs and other technology companies could take to help protect the …

It seems that 3D LG phone we brought you news of last month has been made official. But instead of being called the LG Optimus 3D 2, it’ll be known as the LG Optimus 3D Max. The 3D Max is the follow up to the LG Optimus 3D, and allows you to convert videos, photos and maps to 3D on …

In the future, your Google-powered computer could run the same apps you have on your Google-powered smartphone in a way that works with the hardware you have right now. At least that’s the vision laid out in a newly unearthed patent application picked up earlier today by Patently Apple. The patent filing, titled “Mapping trackpad operations to touch-screen events,” describes …

If you have news that you want to be vague about, Facebook is the perfect platform. Everything from passive-aggressive statuses about your significant other, to pictures of your hair on the floor with the caption, “New look…?” can get thousands of “likes” for no reason. Ambiguous postings like these do get people’s attention, but it’s borderline laz–oh man, did you …

Dying to know when the iPhone 5 will appear? Another date has emerged as a contender today, with reports suggesting the new Apple phone will fall to earth with the autumn leaves. Japanese blog Macotakara quotes an Asian source that puts the launch of the next generation of Apple smartphone in September or October. That’s a much longer wait than …

Rumor Has It host Karyne Levy joins us as we discuss Androids Jelly Bean possibly launching in Q2, the pen-friendly LG Vu which will be on display at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain, and a couple of crazy Android implementations including Google’s HUD Glasses and an Android Toothbrush. Now playing: Watch this: Android Atlas Ep. 86: Jelly beans, Android …

Are you curious about what Nokia is bringing to the Mobile World Congress (MWC) phone expo in Barcelona next week? Nokia thought you might be, so it’s put together a tiny taster of one of its major announcements in the form of the video above. It would seem that the rumour about Nokia launching a phone with its “largest image …

Mobile network operators lost an estimated £8.8bn last year thanks to free messaging apps, a report suggests. The research comes courtesy of Ovum, which reckons apps like Apple’s iMessage, BlackBerry Messenger, Facebook chat or Samsung’s ChatON have left the network industry, which is used to raking in cash from text messages, $13.9bn (about £8.8bn) poorer. Non-SMS messaging apps use a …

LG Electronics, a second-tier smartphone maker hoping Google’s Android operating system will lift its fortunes, today unveiled its new Optimus 3D Max. The phone, like its 2011 Optimus 3D predecessor, includes glasses-free 3D display technology on a 4.3-inch display and an ability to shoot 3D videos and photos with dual cameras. This year’s model is thinner, has faster 21Mbps HSPA+ …

Starting today, users of the Google Docs app for Android will get to collaborate in real time, while on the go. Just as on the desktop interface, collaborators will see the edits others are making, while they’re making them, regardless of what device anyone is using. Real-time collaboration has always been a huge selling point for the desktop Google Docs, …

Now playing: Watch this: OnLive Desktop Plus for iPad 2:30 During CES 2012, the surprise appearance of OnLive Desktop was an intriguing idea for Windows lovers: rent a Windows 7 computer remotely and stream the whole experience to your iPad. Helping the cause for the first iteration of OnLive Desktop was its price: free. That version had only 2GB of …

Sony is pushing the PlayStation Vita at serious gamers, but from its release tomorrow the Vita will have access to the Sony Entertainment Network. At the Vita’s launch on Sydney Harbour it was announced that both the Sony Entertainment Network’s Video Unlimited and Music Unlimited services will be available on the device, with video streaming and downloads available from day …