YouTube is the world’s most popular online video site, featuring billions of files from around the world ranging from clips from people’s weddings and births to, sadly, people dying in horrific manner. Somewhere in between you will find far more interesting and entertaining content such as amateur animations and WROCK not to mention material about various conspiracy theories, Lady Gaga’s latest perfume and pirated TV shows. Basically, if you can watch it, it’s somewhere on YouTube (unless some powerful copyright lawyers have said otherwise). But if it’s on YouTube,

A video of T-Mobile’s upcoming myTouch 4G handset, which was earlier known as the myTouch HD, has been leaked online. The device isn’t due out until sometime next month, but now the ROM has been leaked online and is now available to download from various locations on the internet. The unreleased promotional video, which comes courtesy of Android Central, appears to be designed for viewing directly from the handset itself, and allows us to take a peek at some of the device’s key features. The video highlights key features such as the genius button, HD camcorder, video chat

T-Mobile has announced a new addition to its exclusive line of Android-powered T-Mobile myTouch smartphones. The new myTouch will be taking advantage of T-Mobile’s super-fast HSPA+ network and will deliver high-definition video connections and lightning fast 4G speeds. The phone, which runs on Android 2.2, will be coming equipped with Qualcomm’s second-gen 1GHz MSM8255 Snapdragon processor and a 3.8 inch WVGA capacitive display. The device also features a 5 megapixel camera capable of 720p video recording, a front-facing camera for video calling (through Qik and yahoo

Samsung has announced the PN50C490 3D Plasma TV, the cheapest 3D HDTV in the market, along with two other 3D Plasmas which comes with a higher price tag. The company also showed off the first portable 3D Blu-ray Player and the largest 3D LED-backlit HDTV. The 50-inch PN50C490, which costs $1,099.99 (list price), has a 720p resolution and 2,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. It also comes equipped with a USB socket, three HDMI inputs, and a pair of component jacks, and of course support for 3D. However, there is no internet connectivity available. It also comes with 600Hz subfield

Update: This may have been a fake after all. According to BriefMobile, it was probably a mockup made by some Russian dudes on a forum, which later got picked up by the blogosphere as real news without checking its source. Well, read on below, as the phones specs are like a geek’s dream. Samsung Galaxy S has been having a good run even before it has officially launched. It has been snapped up by quite a few carriers, include tier-one carriers and renamed and rebranded into different formats. Now some rumors are out about the successor to the Galaxy S from

HTC have just announced that European owners of their Desire will be getting the Android 2.2 Froyo update some time during the weekend, and it will actually include some extras for them – one of which has been confirmed to be 720p video recording, as well as synchronizing music with iTunes. The update will contain all the other Android 2.2 features of course. Apart from the bonuses mentioned above, it will also bring HTC’s App Share widget, and the HTC Caller ID (which has been improved a bit). There’s also better support for a multi-language keyboard. The

Apple is rumored to be naming its Apple TV update iTV and it might come in with  less video capabilities. The rumor sparked off  following talk of a next generation Apple TV that was said to be moving from a Mac running Front Row software to an iOS device, and that it will be getting its former “iTV” codename. Apple is also going to limit iTV to 720p video, though 1080p video is the standard now. This might be due to the technical limits of the A4 processor, which may be too slow to handle the higher resolution. Apple sells HD content in iTunes as 720p. Higher

Canon has introduced three new Powershot Digital cameras: the S95, the SD4500 IS and SX130 IS. The Canon S95 digital camera, which is based upon Canon’s Hybrid IS technology, is an update to last year’s S90. It comes with Canon’s DIGIC 4 image processing, a 10-megapixel high-sensitivity CCD sensor, and 28 mm wide f/2.0 lens with Optical image stabilization. It has 3.8x optical zoom. It also comes with 720p HD video, a new HDR (high dynamic range) scene mode and a mini HDMI. The Canon S95 camera is scheduled to become available in late August at estimated pricing of

Samsung introduces a new stylish compact camera, the PL200 with a 7x optical zoom lens. The new 14.2 Megapixel PL200 comes with a 3-inch LCD display and features dual image stabilization (optical+digitak), Smart Auto mode for both still image and video capturing, Blink detection, face detection, beauty shot and smile shot functions. The Samsung PL200 can record 720p HD video at 30fps in H.264 format. It will be released in September for $179.99. [businesswire]

Just like clockwork, here’s Ricoh — six months after its last CX series refresh — with a new superzoom point-and-shooter to tempt us into breaking open those piggy banks. The package on offer is compelling: there’s a new 10 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor, an enhanced noise reduction algorithm borrowed from the GR Digital III, and a 3-inch 920k-dot LCD, while the 10.7x optical zoom lens (28-300mm in 35mm equivalence) is carried over from the CX2. 720p video recording — fast becoming a standard feature in compact cameras — is present and