Samsung, as promised, released a teaser video of its new Samsung Galaxy S 2 smartphone, due for launch on 13^th February at Mobile World Congress, 2011 in Barcelona, later this month.

The teaser is designed to offer users a glimpse of a glimmering and shimmering smartphone with bright light.

Details of what the new phone will feature are thin on the ground, but we can expect it to be packing similar specs to the Nexus S and the Android 2.3 OS when it eventually becomes official.

We are headed to Barcelona to get you a detailed specs on this brand-new handset until then enjoy the video.

Stereoscopic 3D is the fad in today’s world, with several new TV models using this technology. And, the bug has spread to smartphones as well. South Korean electronics giant LG announced, it’s unveiling of  LG Optimus 3D smartphone on Feb. 14 at the Mobile World Congress event in Europe.

Hollywood is pinning its hopes on 3D as a technology that will revive interest in watching studio fare in theatres. Likewise, smartphone makers like LG see it as an additional feature that might help differentiate their brand in a highly competitive marketplace. And, consumer interest in 3D outside the cineplex is far from proven.

In a statement made by the LG officials, “full 3D experience to consumers will be available right in the palm of their hands,”

The company says it addresses the lack of 3D content with a unique experience. The phone will also have a dual-lens camera that can record 3D images as well.

The LG phone will not require users to wear clunky 3D glasses to see images in 3D. The phone will also have high-definition multimedia interface connectors so that you can display the 3D images on a bigger screen.

So far, glasses-free 3D on a TV is a bust. It just doesn’t look that good. But it’s not as hard to make good-quality 3D imagery on a small smartphone screen. The question remains whether people really want to watch 3D on a tiny screen?

Think you’ve got enough Angry Birds? Think again. There’s going to be a brand new Angry Birds game released in March.
Angry Birds Rio takes the demolition physics gameplay of the original and mixes it up with characters and themes from Fox’s forthcoming animated movie Rio.

Rovio says the background to the game is that the Angry Birds have been kidnapped and taken to the Brazilian city of Rio, where they escape their captors and set out to save their friends, Blu and Jewel – two rare macaws and the stars of the film.

Presumably this means we’ll be fighting a different enemy to those dastardly pigs. You can gain some idea of the set up in the teaser trailer below.

As for other details, the game will be released on smartphones and tablets, so we’re assuming iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, and likely Nokia phones via the Ovi Store. Maybe even Windows Phone 7 will get its first taste of Angry Birds?

There’s no mention of price however. Certainly it will interesting to see whether the game will be a paid Android download or continue the free with ads approach Rovio has used to-date.

Rovio also says the game will launch with 45 levels and be regularly updated with new levels.

[via pocketgamer]