But you can’t just be any, run-of-the-mill hacker. In order to score one of the bigger prizes at the annual Pwn2Own 733t hacker competition in Vancouver, Canada, you’re going to have to prove your hacking fortitude by finding security exploits in the Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and iPhone mobile operating systems. With the flood…
Windows CE and Android Running in Tandem on N800
RIM’s been working hard to shoehorn a pseudo-BlackBerry-OS into Windows Mobile, but why settle for less when you can run both native operating systems at the same time with VMware? This demo shows a Nokia N800 running Windows CE and Android concurrently with no noticeable lag whatsoever. Why would you want to bother with this?…
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic NAM is available now in the US!
We told ya’ it’s coming! The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is now available for purchase in United States, in the company’s Flagship Stores in Chicago and New York City. Four hundred bucks ($399 to be more precise) buys you one of the best Symbian-powered smartphones ever made and certainly the first S60 touch-enabled device. Let’s quickly…
Windows 3.1 and Nokia N95, together at last!
It looks like the Nokia N95 and Windows 3.1 have finally been united! Wait… what? You read correctly, what you’re seeing here is good ‘ole Windows 3.1 installing itself on a Nokia N95. Polish developer Marcin-PRV devoted a good day’s worth of hacking to get the so-ancient-it’s-extinct Windows 3.1 OS up and running on his…
Sync your desktop browser to Firefox Mobile (Fennec) with Mozilla Weave!
Talk about a cool little feature. Mozilla’s own entry into the mobile browser war, fittingly known as Firefox Mobile (codename: Fennec), is shaping up to be quite a capable mobile browser. And, with today’s news that Fennec is now being developed with support for Mozilla’s Weave service, Firefox Mobile is looking like a great mobile…
Android and Symbian Duke it Out Over Open Source
“Android is not open, it’s a marketing label. It’s controlled by Google. … [It’s] just another Linux effort with a popular consumer brand attached to them,” said Symbian Foundation director Lee Williams in a recent interview. Yow. Dem’s fightin’ words. In retort, Google VP of mobile Rich Miner took a stab at the Symbian Foundation:…
Sony Ericsson Idou – Hands-on video and pictures!
The Sony Ericsson Idou is still riding the hype-wave generated by Sony Ericsson’s PR team, and with good reason – the Sony Ericsson Idou smartphone boasts a class-leading 12-megapixel autofocus camera, GPS, WiFi, and the Symbian Foundation OS. As a smartphone, the Symbian Foundation OS is expected to deliver all the functionality you could want,…
Sony Ericsson booth tour from the Fira Barcelona
Sony Ericsson’s booth at Mobile World Congress wasn’t as big as we remember it being last year, but was nevertheless impressively stocked with new hardware from the Japanese-Swedish cellphone maker. The newly unveiled Sony Ericsson Idou 12-megapixel smartphone was on-deck as the highlight Sony Ericsson’s Barcelona appearance was the. With an industry-leading 12 megapixel camera…
F-Secure announces mobile security software for Symbian S60 5th Edition smartphones
F-Secure is all proud to announce that they are the first anti-virus company to support Nokia’s new touch-enabled platform, S60 5th Edition. Even though there’s nothing special that could happen to you if you use your Symbian-powered smartphone carefully (i.e. read the screen alerts before actually pressing a button), some people prefer extra protection. And…
Hands-on with the Nokia N97 – Live from Mobile World Congress Barcelona!
The Nokia N97 is undoubtedly the new king of Nokia’s Nseries-hill. With a feature set that boasts a 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss camera (with dual-LED flash), GPS, WiFi, 3.5-inch touchscreen, and 32GB of on-board storage, it’s clear that the Nokia N97 reigns over its Nseries brethren with confidence. And, after putting hands on the device at…