Anti-virus firm Panda Security is reporting that Adware accounted for the most malware infections in the first quarter of 2008 – and it predicts a rise in mobile phone viruses. Some other highlights include: viruses of note: SymbOS/Beselo and WinCE/InfoJack.A appearance of the first iPhone Trojan 90.34% of mobile malware targets the Symbian platform, 4.14%…
UK: vtap gives access to over 150m videos!
Now Dusan has mentioned vtap before (here), but Veveo has PR announcing what I assume must be the official launch of the service for UK users. It is apparently a “new web video experience for mobile users all over the UK and Europe. For the first time video lovers will be able to search through…
Hands-on with Samsung Access, Samsung Alias and Samsung Instinct from CTIA Las Vegas 2008
Samsung didn’t really have much to show at CTIA, which is pretty much in line with the lack of anything new from CTIA Las Vegas 2008, but they did have the new Samsung Access and the Samsung Alias on showcase. The Samsung Alias is an updated successor to the popular dual-hinge Samsung SCH-u740 clamshell handset…
Sprint prepping to launch iDEN BlackBerry with WiFi in 2008
Here’s some good news for die-hard Nextel iDEN network-fans. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced at CTIA that Sprint will be bringing the addictive smartphone goodness of the BlackBerry to Nextel customers still loyal to the iDEN network-based service. The new BlackBerry will apparently rock WiFi to help speed up the data-side of things when within…
BlackBerry finally coming to Russia on Vimpelcom
As expected, Research In Motion (RIM), makers of the addictive BlackBerry line of push-email enabled smartphones, has officially entered the Russian market. The largest country in the world has finally caught up with today’s technological wizz-bangery and will be offering RIM’s staid, business suit-friendly BlackBerry 8700g on Vimpelcom’s network. Following the Russian security agency’s (FSB)…
Oxygen Software releases Symbian SMS Manager
The folks behind the popular Oxygen Phone Manager and OxyCube applications, Oxygen Software, released a new piece of software called Symbian SMS Manager to allow users to manage SMS and other messages on PC as “easily and conveniently as they do it with email messages.” Symbian SMS Manager program represents all messages stored in a…
Panasonic to put plasma screens in mobile phones; No they won’t!
At a press conference on Tuesday, Panasonic revealed its plans to use plasma technology in mobile phones. Apparently, the Japanese giant is already in talks with AT&T to deliver devices — or at least the technology needed — for the carrier’s upcoming mobile TV service. The idea is to rival OLED, and be used for…
Motorola official with GPS-enabled Smart Rider phone
Back in February we saw Moto Smart Rider passing the FCC hurdle, and now, almost two months later it’s here. Of course, it was announced at the CTIA where we expected much more from America’s struggling handset makers, but “it is what it is,” as they say. Anyway, the Smart Rider is everything but an…
Kyocera jumps into GSM market; Announces 4 handsets
Kyocera announced its entry into the GSM handset market with four new GSM phones. The new devices will launch initially in Latin America, where a number of CDMA service providers recently switched to GSM networks. Four handsets are: E4600 – slider-shaped quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) device; features MP3 player, 2-megapixel camera with video record/playback, Bluetooth, expandable…
LG Vu gets official on AT&T; Coming in May
AT&T used all the glory of CTIA Wireless to officially announce what we already know. LG Vu is heading towards the carrier’s portfolio and it’s landing in May. Yap, folks you can’t buy the stylish today as AT&T seems to want to postpone the Vu release to coincide with the roll-out of their mobile TV…