Mariposa Botnet Comes Standard on HTC Magic
A hacker working under the moniker “tlns” is making headlines after HTC Magic handsets sold and distributed by Vodafone have been found to be infected with botnet software known as Mariposa along with the code necessary to create and launch the Conficker worm and password-stealing trojans aimed at players of the online game Lineage.
A quick [...]
American FCC to Increase Wireless Broadband Spectrum
The American Federal Communications Commission has announced that, in an effort to improve wireless broadband in the United States, it will be seeking an additional 500MHz of spectrum over the next ten years. Doubling the currently available spectrum in those ten years will give mobile broadband in that country “the nourishments it needs to thrive” [...]
ITC Reports More Phones in Developing Countries
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has released numbers in its latest report that indicate a continued sharp rise in mobile phone subscriptions while prices of mobile phones themselves continue to fall around the world.
By the end of 2009 there were already 4.6 billion mobile subscribers representing 67 of Earth’s population and the ITC expects that [...]
PUMA Unveils Eco-Friendly Phone
Phone-makers PUMA and Sagem Wireless today unveiled the PUMA Phone, eco-friendly phone that can be charged from the energy of the Sun.
Sporting a 2.8 inch touchscreen with 320×350 resolution, the PUMA is officially labelled a smartphone but does not ship with any of the mainstream mobile operating systems most smartphones are known for. This fact [...]
Marvell Unveils Pantheon, Aims For $99 Smartphones
Hardware manufacturer Marvell announced today that it will be releasing a new inexpensive platform for smartphones with the aim of making a wide range of $99 high-end handsets a reality in the near-future. Dubbed Pantheon, the platform fully supports Google Android, Windows Mobile and most other major mobile operating systems.
The Pantheon platform comes well equipped [...]
Mobile Phone Sales Grow in 2009
Promising numbers have been released by two research firms known for keeping an eye on the mobile industry, indicating rising handset sales despite continued economic uncertainty.
According to research done by Strategy Analytics and IDC, global mobile phone sales were up 10% year over year and 11.3% in Q4 2009; with 324 million units shipped, [...]
Symbian OS Officially Open Source
As of this morning when you woke up, the source code of the always-popular Symbian 3 mobile operating system is officially open source and free to all. Currently powering 330 million handsets, Symbian ranks as the world’s most-used mobile OS.
Despite its ranking as the most-used mobile OS, the recent success of the iPhone and the [...]
AT&T Offers $10,000 to App Developers
American wireless provider AT&T has announced a contest aimed at application developers with a top prize of $10,000 USD to be handed at the CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas on March 24, 2010.
Developers of all stripes are invited to take part in creating apps for the Brew Mobile Platform, Java/RIM, Google Android or [...]
Verizon Introduces VeriSign Security App
American provider Verizon Wireless has launched VeriSign Identity Protection Access for Mobile, a free app for most mobile phones aimed at helping small- and medium-sized businesses with securing the browsing experience of their employees.
The new VeriSign app aims to further secure your firm’s virtual private network (VPS) or corporate intranet by providing a unique VeriSign [...]
Google Delays Chinese Android Launches
Google has announced today that it will be postponing the release of Android-powered handsets from Motorola and Samsung in China. While details on why exactly this decision was made have yet to be made clear, it is likely safe to assume that there is a strong connection with the company’s recent decision to cease censoring [...]
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