When you’ve forked out 500 notes on your iPhone, you want to keep that baby looking pristine — so Nissan has invented an iPhone case that heals itself. The Nissan Scratch Shield iPhone case is made from the self-healing Scratch Shield paint found on Nissan’s latest cars. In as little as an hour after suffering …

If tablets are really going to kick laptops to the curb, they’ll need some of the same important accessories road warriors rely on. Like, say, mobile scanners. Enter the Brookstone iConvert Scanner, which combines a sheet-fed document/photo reader with an iPad dock. It’s due to ship February 1 for a list price of $149.99. As shown in the above demo …

Editors’ note: This is a guest column. See Roger Entner’s bio below. Three musketeers: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, and AT&T mobility chief Ralph de la Vega at CES 2012. CNET This year’s CES was pretty dismal for anyone interested in wireless. Sure, AT&T had some good stuff and the Microsoft launched the LTE Windows Phone 7. …

Apple is keen on recycling. We’re not talking about the iPhone 4S looking exactly like the iPhone 4 — chortle — we’re talking about the new Reuse and Recycling scheme. You can trade in an old iPhone, iPad, Mac or iPod — or any old mobile, Windows laptop or desktop made by another manufacturer — for cash. Cold hard cash, …

Samsung says it’s not interested in buying ailing BlackBerry-maker RIM, pouring cold water on rumours that the Canadian company was looking to sell up to the South Korean tech giant. Samsung told Reuters, “We haven’t considered acquiring the firm,” further stating that it’s “not interested”. Ouch. Rumours starting circulating yesterday after BGR cited sources who reckoned RIM was moving towards …

The Dark Knight Rises prologue set many tongues wagging about what the caped crusader would be getting up to against the masked Bane and his gang of goons. To tie in with the movie, Nokia made 40 special-edition Batman Lumia 800 phones. We got one, and we wanted to see just what special bat-skills it has. Batman is known for …

LightSquared, the company seeking final FCC approval to build a nationwide 4G wireless wholesale network, said that a test showing interference between its service and GPS systems was rigged by manufacturers of GPS receivers and government workers to produce bogus results. On a conference call Wednesday with reporters, LightSquared executives Jeffrey Carlisle and Geoff Stearn, along with paid consultant Ed …

Amazon’s latest software update for the Kindle Fire tablet (version 6.2.2) is now officially available as a free, over-the-air update. Along with some general performance tweaks, the update gives users improved support for manually setting up e-mail providers in the tablet’s Email app, as well as a new full-screen mode for Amazon’s Silk Web browser. I recommend the update, and …

Apple’s iOS is the most popular mobile platform among corporate workers, at least according to a survey from mobile security provider Check Point Software. Among the more than 700 IT professionals polled for a Check Point study (PDF) released today, iOS accounted for 30 percent of the collective traffic on their networks. But RIM’s BlackBerry was right behind with 29 …

We’ve managed to enjoy some extended face time with the new Galaxy Nexus since it was launched in Australia in the weeks before Christmas last year, and we’ve grown quite attached to Google’s new Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. Here are our five favourite parts. The differences between Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) and Gingerbread (Google’s previous version of Android for …

Verizon may have competition in the 4G LTE space, but it’s still way out in front. Starting January 19, the nation’s largest LTE carrier added five new markets and built out three existing coverage zones. The lucky denizens of Glens Falls and Utica, N.Y.; Lawton, Okla.; and Brownsville and McAllen, Texas, will now start getting Verizon’s LTE speeds. In addition, …

AT&T today said it plans to hike the data plan rates that are required with the purchase of any smartphone–including the iPhone–a reflection of the growing bandwidth demands the carrier faces. The company’s previous bottom-tier $15 plan will go up to $20, although the amount of data allocated also goes up to 300 from 200 megabytes. Likewise, the $25, 2 …

Sony has plenty of Android in store for consumers in 2012, including at least a dozen products in the first nine months alone. According to a newly leaked road map, the company already has code names, launch dates, and pricing for the 12 Android handsets. Starting with last week’s Sony Xperia S and running through September, the leak–should it prove …

Phone manufacturers and the aftermarket wage war against crappy battery life and Google does battle with poor app design on this week’s episode of Android Atlas Weekly. Now playing: Watch this: Ep. 81: We need more power! 51:22 Podcast Your browser does not support the audio element. Subscribe: iTunes (MP3) | iTunes (320×180) | iTunes (640×360) | RSS (MP3) | RSS (320×180) | RSS (640×360) EPISODE …

Want to mount your iPhone on a tripod? There are lots of third-party accessories that can help, but few are as practical or affordable as the Kungl iPhone Tripod Mount. Lest you think it sounds crazy to connect a smartphone to a tripod, consider this: the iPhone 4 sports a 5-megapixel camera and can capture 720p video, while the 4S …