Hey now, hey Nokia, don’t dream it’s Ovi… Yes, our pun sense is a-tingling at the news that Ovi is over. Nokia is changing the name of its apps, media and software services, rebranding its app store, maps, email and more. The new name? Nokia. Ovi services such as Ovi Maps and Ovi Mail will …

LG has just taken delivery of the first shipment of Optimus 2X handsets in Australia, and they sent one over to us, fresh and hot out of the oven, for a chance to unbox it. In case you’ve forgotten this little beauty, the Optimus 2X is officially the world’s first dual-core smartphone (according to the Guinness Book of Records) and …

Samsung Galaxy S owners who’ve been impatiently waiting for the Android Gingerbread upgrade can rest a little easier now. The smart phone will be ready to accept Android 2.3 later this month. Funnily enough, Samsung has kept pretty quiet about last month’s failed upgrade attempt where Google pulled the plug on the Galaxy S update due to “an issue”. UK …

PBS KIDS Video for iPad. When the PBS for iPad app debuted last year, I bemoaned the lack of any PBS KIDS content (other than previews). Well, I will bemoan no more: PBS Kids Video for iPad is a brand new app that streams–you guessed it–video for kids. Specifically, it serves up over 1,000 clips from shows like “Arthur,” “The …

Talk about good news/bad news. Last week, the long-awaited Netflix app for Android finally arrived–but only for five phones. If you own, say, an HTC Thunderbolt, Motorola Droid 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab, or other incompatible device, the waiting game goes on. Or not, if you’re tech-savvy enough to root (that is, jailbreak) your device and fiddle with some settings. Over …

In five years, industry experts are predicting the death of physical media as we move towards digital downloads of movies, books and music. The WD TV Live Hub is one of our favourite media players, but it’s still not perfect. (Credit: Western Digital) While the digital download industry has yet to really hit in Australia, one of the main problems …

Samsung’s new 3D TV service allows UK viewers to stream free 3D content via the Smart Hub platform built-in to the latest Samsung TVs. The electronics giant’s new app — Explore 3D — gives owners of Internet-connected 3D TVs access to a variety of on-demand content including films, music videos, documentaries and 10 IMAX films. First announced in April, Explore …

A recent scientific study suggests that bees are significantly disturbed when mobile phones are used in close proximity to the furry critters. The study may shed light on why the bee population is in decline globally. As bees can communicate through sound, the experiment at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology observed any changes to the noises the insects made …

By the end of this year, users of Google Android smartphones should be able to sink their teeth into the next version of Android OS: Ice Cream Sandwich. But what does this upgrade really mean for smartphone users? I was at the Google I/O developer conference this week in San Francisco, where Google announced a brand new OS upgrade for …

When is an app store not an App Store? When it’s an Android Market, an Ovi Store or an Amazon Appstore. An alliance of companies that provide mobile apps is challenging Apple’s trademark of the term “app store” — and now they’ve brought their fight to Europe. Microsoft, Nokia, HTC and Sony Ericsson threw in their lot to challenge Apple’s …