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Nokia today announced officially the Nokia N8 that we have been seeing leaked pictures of for a while now. The new N8 is to run the Symbian^3 platform and also has an impressive 12 megapixel camera using Carl Zeiss optics.

We have known most of the features for a while now with all the leaks going around, so it’s good to hear that most of what we heard was correct.

The 12 megapixel camera sensor also allows the Nokia N8 to be able to capture HD videos. A smart built-in editing suite is included on the device for quick edits to movies captured. The screen measures 3.5 inches and is also HD and capacitive touch. A HDMI connector is included on the N8 allowing it to connect right up to a HDTV if needed. [Read more…]

Google [GOOG] are expected to launch Android 2.2 sometime in May. For this release there is very little information about the build as Google now takes the stance not to pre-publish what will be included.

What we have here though is what is believed to be a leak that indicates automatic app updates will be included in the next build. What we see in the image above is the Android Market Place with a check box option to allow automatic updates of the specific app being looked at.

Of course, images can be faked quite easily although it seems like quite a legit picture of Android 2.2 running a new Market. [Read more…]

Mobile-Review managed to get their hands on a Nokia N8 recently for review to see if it’s as good as expected, or if it will be a flop for the mobile phone company.

We first heard about the Nokia N8 back in March where a leaked picture of the phone was found. Since then the phone has been spotted a few times in XML files and another location. Mobile-Review now have a hands on with the device.

The Nokia N8 is set to be the first ever Symbian^3 phone launched with launch dates being scheduled for for Q3 (previously Q2) with an unknown announcement date although it is expected to be announced in May or June. [Read more…]

The iPhone ViperSmart system is an app that costs $30/year to use and an extra $500 to install kit in your car that allows you to remote start/stop and do other things to your car from anywhere in the world.

Right now the system only works one way in that you tell the car what to do and it does it. This is changing though as SmartStart will now be featuring push notifications that allows the car to feed back information to you regardless of the application being open or not. The push notification system can also let you know if a command failed to execute. [Read more…]

Cypress today announced the development of a new finger tracking system called Hover Detection that works in conjunction with TrueTouch. The system allows users to hover their finger over the screen of a phone whereby the phone can track where the finger is hovering and provide information back to the user on the screen. The system will work similar to mouse-over where you can move a mouse over an object on a PC and a status pops up in some cases explaining what the mouse is looking at.

The system is compatible with any TrueTouch capacitive touchscreen built by Cypress. The system aims to give the user an extra degree of control allowing users to scroll around a screen and see what they want to look at before tapping the screen. Another use described by Cypress is a zoom bubble that follows the finger around allowing you to zoom in to information you are pointing at. [Read more…]

Patently Apple have found a patent by Apple [AAPL] that runs through a new application called iTravel. iTravel is said to be a system that focuses on matters such as Airport check-in and baggage identification as well as dealing with car rentals, hotels, travel booking and anything else travel related.

The system relies on near field communication (NFC) that seems to be in a few patents recently including the new Apple concert ticket patent.

It appears that NFC could be used in the iPhone 4G / HD that is expected to launch in a few months although it could also indicate that the iPhone that will launch 2011 might have NFC with all these patents getting ready to fully utilise the capabilities of the technology when it arrives in the hardware. [Read more…]