Like the D10, the PowerShot D20 features a sealed body that’s dustproof and waterproof down to 33 feet deep, and temperature resistant from 14-104F, but gets a slightly improved shock protection (it’s listed to survive 5-foot drops now). Under the shell, the D20 is improved with a 12-megapixel CMOS sensor that offers better low-light shooting, a 5x optical zoom and 28mm wide-angle lens, support for 1080p video recording, and GPS for geotagging.

For ease of use in the wild (or underwater), the D20 also features a new dedicated video recording button, as well as a redesigned button layout to make it easy to use with gloves on. The cam also features an Intelligent IS feature that chooses from 6 different image stabilization modes, and special presets for underwater shooting.

Like what Canon did with the D10, it’s going to take a while before the D20 hits the store shelves. It’s set to ship in May for $350.

If you’re a guitarist, you own an iOS device, and you’re down with using digital tech, DigiTech (by Harman) has put out what could be the last stompbox you’ll ever need. Or at least the last one until you need a wah-wah pedal. Anyway, the iStomp basically works like every other guitar effects pedal, but this one can hook up with an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch for downloading new pedal sounds, tweaking settings, or creating entirely new effects using a matching free app.

Like typical analog stompboxes, the iStomp plugs between the guitar and your amp, but adds an extra connector for hooking up with an iOS device running the Digitech Stomp Shop App. It also features four physical knobs for tuning, as well as a customizable LED light that can be set to show different color depending on the effect being used.

The iStomp costs $230 and comes with two standard effects – Total Recall Digital Delay and Redline Overdrive. One more effect can be bought from the DigiTech Stomp Shop App can be bought for $0.99 after buying the kit, but downloads after that will cost “as little as” $4.99. The Stomp Shop lists more than 20 different pedals (check out the list of available effects with audio samples here), with more coming soon.

The Galaxy S III will reportedly rock the same eight-megapixel camera as its predecessor, which would cause a bit of cheating regarding the claimed dimensions since the camera’s components would be housed in a thicker bump at the back.

Other tipped details include a quad-core processor, 4G LTE support  and Android 4.0, as well as the possibility of it becoming available in different variants, like the Galaxy S II. The rumored variants include models with upgraded cameras and a possible 3D-capable version. If it’s anything like the HTC Evo 3D and LG Optimus 3D, we expect it to come with dual lens and a glasses-free screen. We doubt the demand though… mobile 3D just didn’t turn out to be that big a deal.

If the rumor proves to be true, assembly will start in March in time for a possible May release.

[via Electronista]

The white Galaxy Nexus – or the “Galaxy Nexus White” – has been officially announced in London, bringing the same Android 4-based feature set but with a white finish covering the phone’s edges and textured back plate. It’s set to launch in the UK on February 13th with no word on international availability, but since it doesn’t seem to be a carrier exclusive, we expect it to be out everywhere else soon enough. With the Windows Phone-based Nokia Lumia 800, you’ve always had a number of color options since it comes in cyan, black and magenta right from the get-go. If you wanted something a little more “pure,” then this is right up your alley. The white Lumia 800 will also rock the usual feature set, but with a slightly different finish on the exterior. Instead of the matte finish on the current colors, the white version’s polycarbonate plastic frame will be covered in a smooth, glossy finish.

Nokia didn’t mention any specific dates, but the white Lumia 800 is set to launch in Europe later this month.

If you caught Samsung’s Super Bowl ad and got excited by Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note, then here’s your chance to be one of the first to rock it in North America. The Galaxy Note is now up for pre-orders through AT&T and Best Buy stores for $299 with a two-year contract in the US, and is set to start shipping on Saturday, February 19th.

In Canada, Best Buy has put up a pre-order page for the three carriers with varied pricing ($200 from Bell, $250 from Telus and $300 from Rogers). It’s set for an earlier release in the country, and is due out on February 14th.

Wherever you choose to get it, it’s basically the same device. The Galaxy Note is an LTE-based 4G phone with a feature set that makes it a hybrid between a phone and a tablet, featuring a 5.3-inch, 1280 x 800 screen and an S Pen stylus, a dual-core 1.4GHz processor, eight-megapixel snapper, and 16GB of built-in storage.

We have no idea how many people own a Mac and an Android-based Xperia smartphone (and not an iPhone), but in case you’re one of them, then this is for you. Sony has released a new Mac OS application called Sony Ericsson Bridge for Mac, which will let you connect and sync your Xperia phone with your Mac. Sounds like a simple task, but if you’re a Mac-and-Xperia user, then you’re already aware that Sony’s syncing software has been limited to Windows PCs in the past.

Using the app, you can use iTunes to load your Xperia phone with your stored media files, including music, movies, TV shows, podcasts and playlists. The app will also let users free up the Xperia’s memory by allowing them to drag and drop files to their Macs.

Bridge for Mac version 1.2 is currently available now for users running Intel Macs with OS 10.5 and up and iiTunes 7.0/ iPhoto 08 and later. Sony also promises a 2.0 release that supports software update functions on the Mac.

Download Bridge for Mac here.

Sony has filed a trademark application for ‘Xperia Sola’ (meaning ‘alone’ or ‘only’ in English) with the US Patent and Trademark office. The filing alone doesn’t reveal the phone that the name is going to be used on, but there it could mean one of two things. It could either be the US name for the Xperia S smartphone that they introduced at CES 2012, or it could be an entirely new phone.

If it turns out to be the Sony Xperia S, it’s going to be packing a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen with a 1280 x 720 resolution that features Sony’s Bravia TV tech and 720p playback. The phone is also known to rock a 12.1-megapixel camera with 1280p recording, a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor, and 1GB of RAM for performance.

The Sony Xperia S will also be the first phone to drop the “Ericsson” from its name after Sony bought them out, and is also one of the first phones to feature support for GPS and Russia’s GLONAS positioning tech.

[via Fusible]

Glass maker corning has published a new video that shows their concept of the future, filled with glass tablets, touchscreen walls, and other trippy virtual technologies. The video basically covers what could be possible in the future – or at least what’s possible with glass, mobile, and touchscreen technologies – in education, the medical industry, transportation, energy, domestic life, plus an awesome concept on what could be done in a nature park using  augmented reality (spoiler: it has dinosaurs!). If you only had the time to watch just one future concept video this week, watch this one. It’ll make you wish you were born in the future, or at least make you hope you could live long enough to see it happen. Amazing video after the break.

Interested in looking at how it all could work? Corning also published an “unpacked” version of the video that breaks down the tech behind the concepts, explaining what’s possible and what’s not – or at least not right now:

Samsung has put out the full Super Bowl ad they teased last week, starting with the usual scenes of “bored” Apple fans waiting in line to get an iPhone. Again, someone pulls out a Samsung Galaxy Note, and… things just get weird from here on out. The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins suddenly appears, a guitar drops into his hands and sings the main lick from “I Believe in a Thing Called Love,” Galaxy Notes start falling from the sky, and everyone – including the Apple fans in line – joins in an impromptu street party that includes a marching band, the cute girl from their earlier ad, stunt bikers and skateboarders, and a dude who shoots out of a cannon.

Never mind all the activity going on – the whole “party” scene revolves around the Galaxy Note. Throughout the video, people were shown making use of the device’s main features, including the stylus pen, video chatting, and photo and video-taking. While it’s certainly not realistic (are people still waiting in line for iPhones? Last time we checked, you can get an iPhone just about anywhere now), we imagine we’d be joining a street party too if Galaxy Notes just fell from the sky and into our grubby hands. Because that thing’s expensive, set to go for $300 with a contract. Ouch.

Did you catch the unintentional comedy at the end? We laughed a little when Samsung’s tagline “The next big thing is already here… again” was followed by “Coming soon.”

It looks like the Motorola Droid 4 – the phone that Moto labeled as “the thinnest and lightest LTE QWERTY phone” – could be available next week. According to this report at Droid Life, sources said that Verizon will be launching the Droid 4 on February 9.

The Droid 4 is basically the Droid RAZR’s twin, coming with the same 1.2GHz processor, LTE-based 4G, 8-megapixel camera and a front cam but with the addition of a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It also comes with a different screen, rocking a 4-inch LCD instead of the RAZR’s 4.3-inch Super AMOLED.

Definitely a premium package if you’re looking for a QWERTY slider, but here’s the best part: it’s going to be priced at $199 with a two-year contract, which is surprisingly cheaper compared to Verizon’s other high-end LTE smartphones.