**SMART PHONES - UPDATES & MALWARE**

[Jesant13]

I didn't think about that. I have no plans to get those glasses (I don't own a smartphone) plus I already wear glasses. I know that here in Maine, it is illegal to text while driving, so I wonder if eventually it will be illegal to use smartphone glasses while driving.

[Pondus]

2 in 3 Android anti-malware scanners not up to the job - Threat test: Droid malware grows 450% in 4 months
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/07/android_anti_malware_tests/

Packages that detected more than 90 per cent of the Android malware thrown at them included Droid security software from Avast, Dr Web, F-Secure, Ikarus, Kaspersky, Zoner and Lookout.

Test
http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/android

[bob3160]

It's nice to see that the avast! Free Mobil Security App. is in the top list.

[CharleyO]

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Dell Discontinues U.S. Smartphones, Plans On New Mobile Devices This Year

Dell  has discontinued its Venue and Venue Pro smartphone lines in the U.S., eliminating the last of its U.S. mobile device offerings. The phones, which launched starting in late 2010, had been available running either Google’s Android or Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS.

Despite the elimination of its last-standing U.S. tablet and smartphone lines, Murphy said Dell does not plan on exiting the mobile market entirely. Sometime later this year, she said, the company will launch new tablet and smartphone lines in the U.S.

http://www.crn.com/news/client-devices/232700530/dell-discontinues-u-s-smartphones-plans-on-new-mobile-devices-this-year.htm;jsessionid=V74RB0om6WtRDCn3nyA-pA**.ecappj03?cid=nl_crn


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[CharleyO]

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Android Security Is a Major Threat: 10 Reasons Why

Unfortunately for today’s Android users, they’re facing more threats because there are more of them using the operating system. As in the PC space, mobile hackers want to target the operating system that’s most likely to deliver a major financial return. For now, that’s Android.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Android-Security-Is-a-Major-Threat-10-Reasons-Why-148798/?kc=EWKNLEDP04052012A


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[CharleyO]

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BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9981 Review

With a price tag of $2,000, the exclusive Porsche Design P'9981 Smartphone from BlackBerry is a Bold 9900 in an expensive new skin. It's a collaboration between Porsche Design and BlackBerry that you'll either love the look or hate it. The unibody stainless steel frame gives the P'9981 some heft and a sturdy feel.

http://crackberry.com/blackberry-porsche-design-p9981-review


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[CharleyO]

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10 Fun And Useful Mobile Apps From The Daily App

For those in the tech industry, it's easy to forget that mobile devices are not strictly for business. There are countless mobile apps available to help you organize your social life, ease the pain of travel, improve your exercise routine or enhance your television time. Here's a look at 10 mobile apps that are either entertaining, useful, or both.

http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/client-devices/232900378/the-10-most-fun-and-useful-mobile-apps-from-the-daily-app.htm


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[CharleyO]

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Malware Masquerading as Angry Birds Game

Malware authors are using the popularity of the Angry Birds series of games as a way to infect the smartphones of users who download the exploit from unofficial Android app stores, according to a security software firm.

This is why you should always use official home sites for apps and other software for both smartphones and all other computers.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Malware-Masquerading-as-Angry-Birds-Game-574517/?kc=EWKNLEDP04172012E


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[CharleyO]

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Intel-Powered Smartphone Coming This Week: Otellini

The first smartphone running on an Intel processor will hit the market later this week, reportedly in India.

Speaking to reporters and analysts in a conference call to announce the giant chip maker's first-quarter financial results, Intel CEO Paul Otellini outlined the key points the company expects to hit as 2012 wears on—particularly in the mobile space—from more than 100 new Ultrabook designs to more devices powered by next-generation "Ivy Bridge" processors.

"We expect to see another important milestone for our business later this week: the launch of the world's first Intel architecture-based smartphone," Otellini said.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/IntelPowered-Smartphone-Coming-This-Week-Otellini-418307/?kc=EWKNLEDP04192012B


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[CharleyO]

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The Daily App: Avast! Mobile Security

With Android threats popping up faster than weeds in the springtime, it's probably a good idea to recommend a strong security tool to mobile-device buyers. One particularly tough customer is Avast! Mobile Security, a free virus and security app by Avast Software.

The Avast installation process requires the host device to go against Android's default setting and permit downloads from non-Android Market sources. Ironic perhaps for a security tool, but necessary so it can receive updates to threat and virus definitions. After downloading the latest updates, the app scans for viruses and if none are found, presents a settings screen where further scans can be performed.

http://www.crn.com/blogs-op-ed/the-daily-app/232900480/the-daily-app-avast-mobile-security.htm;jsessionid=XPPM3EZjSQlCnB9FJEsmng**.ecappj01?cid=nl_sec


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[Pondus]

warning: Fake Biophilla app on android is malware

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/warning-fake-biophilla-app-on-android-is-malware/11715?tag=mantle_skin;content

[CharleyO]

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BlackBerry 10 Smartphones

ORLANDO, Fla.—Imagine if you will a BlackBerry with no physical keyboard, but with an improved keyboard none the less. Or imagine a BlackBerry that has a suspicious resemblance to Windows Phone 7 software, but doesn’t run Windows. Then consider a BlackBerry that multitasks and, while it’s at it, remembers your typing style and word usage. Sounds a little frightening, doesn’t it?

But that active tiled interface, the ability to have multiple apps open at the same time and a keyboard that knows what you might type next are all part of the new BlackBerry 10 OS demonstrated by Thorsten Heins, CEO of Research In Motion, at the BlackBerry World conference here.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/BlackBerry-10-Smartphones-Must-Hit-Home-Run-for-RIM-Team-824756/?kc=EWKNLEDP05032012B


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[CharleyO]

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Apple, Samsung Dominate the Smartphone Market: 10 Reasons Why

When evaluating the smartphone market today, it’s hard to get excited about products from any other company than Apple or Samsung. It seems that countless vendors are trying their hardest to make a mark in the mobile space, but devices like the iPhone 4S and Galaxy S II continue to hold center stage. What’s worse, the chances of that changing anytime soon seem slim.

In a recent study, Canaccord Genuity technology analyst Mike Walkley reported that Samsung and Apple have “captured a remarkable 99 percent of first-quarter 2012 handset industry profits.” If that’s not impressive enough, consider that between them, Apple and Samsung own the majority of the smartphone space, leaving only scraps for the others. Simply put, Apple and Samsung have cornered the smartphone market.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apple-Samsung-Dominate-the-Smartphone-Market-10-Reasons-Why-719280/?kc=EWKNLEDP05042012B


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[DavidR]

Now Samsung are about to unleash the Galaxy SIII 1.4Ghz quad core processor with a 4.8" OLED screen, some reviews report this a better screen than the iPhone 4s retina display.

My Samsung Galaxy Nexus with 1.2Ghz dual core processor and 4.6" OLED screen with the same 1280 x 720 resolution, is a brilliant (excuse the pun) screen as the Galaxy SIII.

Yes Samsung and iPhone may be a hard act to follow, but HTC are in the same ball park snapping at their heels with their latest HTC One X, 1.5 GHz, quad-core, 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 resolution) screen.

[bob3160]

I can't help but notice that they keep making computers smaller and,
Smart phones bigger. Eventually we'll find a happy medium which will be both
your Computer and your Smartphone.