Malware found on another HTC Magic smartphone
Mikael Ricknäs, ComputerWorld, 3/17/2010 Traces of the now defunct Mariposa botnet has been found on another HTC Magic from Vodafone in Spain, security company Panda wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. The malware was once again found on the SD card that shipped with the Android-based smartphone. At the time of the original report, [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HTC, Malware, Vodafone
Vodafone axes paid GPS following Nokia, Google apps
Electronista Staff, Electronista, 3/12/2010 Nokia Maps and Google Maps kill Wayfinder Vodafone today said it has shut down Wayfinder, the company providing its subscription GPS service. The move has cost 90 jobs and is characterized as a direct reaction to the availability of free Ovi Maps on Nokia phones and, to a lesser degree, Google [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, GPS, Nokia, Vodafone
Malware discovered on HTC Magic phone
Jeremy Kirk, ComputerWorld, 3/9/2010 An employee of a software security firm discovered three malware programs on a recently purchased HTC Magic phone when it was plugged into a Windows computer. Upon further investigation, Panda found that the employee’s phone contained three malware programs: a client for the now-defunct Mariposa botnet, the Conficker worm as well [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HTC, Malware, Vodafone
AT&T CEO sees iPad mostly used on Wi-Fi
Sinead Carew, Reuters, 3/3/2010 AT&T Inc expects users of Apple Inc’s iPad to connect to the Internet mostly using short-range Wi-Fi networks rather than AT&T’s cellular network, the chief executive of AT&T said on Tuesday. While AT&T has agreed to provide wireless connections to the iPad tablet computer, Randall Stephenson said he does not expect [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, FCC, Verizon, Vodafone, WiFi
Windows Phone 7 Series: everything you ever wanted to know
Joshua Topolsky, Engadget, 2/18/2010 Microsoft just planted a massive flag in the ground with the debut of Windows Phone 7 Series. The company’s new mobile operating system is a radical and potent departure from the past, and there’s a lot to take in — so we’ve gathered together all our knowledge and impressions of the [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Ericsson, HTC, MMS, Samsung, SMS, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone, WiFi
Mobile Offload: It’s So Hot Right Now
Colin Gibbs, GigaOM, 2/18/2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week has produced some eye-catching developments, from Microsoft’s unveiling of its new mobile OS to the Skype/Verizon partnership to increasing tension between Google and network operators. But the show’s overriding theme has been the ever-increasing data consumption across mobile networks — and the crush of [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, Femtocell, Skype, Verizon, Vodafone, WiFi
HTC improves on Google’s Nexus One
Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service, 2/16/2010 The HTC Desire offers improvements over the Google phone in areas such as social networking, Internet browsing, email, and contact management One of the two new smartphones with Google’s Android mobile operating system that High Tech Computer (HTC) plans to start selling in March isn’t officially billed as an [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: HTC, Vodafone
Mobile firms unite to offer single apps platform
Yahoo! News, 2/14/2010 A group of mobile phone operators launched Monday an alliance to build a single platform for the hugely popular applications that allow users to play games and read news on their handsets. The goal of the 24 operators is to unite a “fragmented marketplace” and give developers of applications a single route [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Ericsson, Nokia, Vodafone
The Mobile Internet is Changing Everything!
Kittur Nagesh, Cisco Blog, 2/9/2010 A year ago at Mobile World Congress we boldly declared our commitment to Mobility when we stated that 4G=IP=Cisco. And this year has truly been pivotal with the mobile Internet taking off and Cisco’s acquisition of Starent further demonstrating our commitment to this market. I expect this year’s Mobile World [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, Cisco, Vodafone
Mobile Apps Flood the Market: Will Hackers Notice?
Sven Appel, Mobile Tech Today, 2/2/2010 With Apple and its App Store leading the way, smartphone users are dialed in to a huge selection of apps ranging from virtual whoopee cushions to highly refined video games. But experts fear that smartphones will become more vulnerable as they grow closer to PCs in functionality, and the [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: Malware, MMS, Nokia, SMS, Vodafone