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 February 8th, 2011 by lhaas
The rumors have been quashed. No Honeycomb for smartphones:
Google has officially announced that Honeycomb will not be coming to Android based smartphones. Android 3.0 Honeycomb was specifically made for Tablets according to a Google spokesperson. Although, certain features that are present on Honeycomb will become available over time on Android smartphones. Google [...]
February 7th, 2011 by lhaas
CIO of viaForensics, Andrew Hoog, will be presenting on advanced file carving techniques and smart mobile file system analysis at the International Communications Data & Digital Forensics Seminar. The seminar takes place in London on March 28-29, 2011, at the The Renaissance Hotel, Heathrow. Andrew’s presentation on March 29 will provide an in-depth [...]
December 8th, 2010 by lhaas
Nokia has announced that it will take over development of its operating system while the Symbian Foundation shifts its focus to licensing. The Symbian website will shut down December 17th. As posted on Slashdot:
“Nokia is asserting its control over the Symbian OS that runs many of its smartphones, taking the tasks of [...]
December 3rd, 2010 by lhaas
It should come as no surprise that Apple and Android are the two “most desired” smartphone systems, according to a new Nielsen survey of mobile phone users. But the results vary a bit based on the people who were surveyed.
Among current smartphone owners questioned by Nielsen, the survey results out today show [...]
November 26th, 2010 by lhaas
Anyone suggest this for appWatchdog yet?
Face Cash is an interesting payment concept. It behaves a lot like paypal, you transfer funds into a secure account, and use it to pay for things and sent money to other people. Where it differs from paypal is that essentially it makes your Android handset a [...]
November 19th, 2010 by lhaas
Wow, ARM must be really killing these guys to bring them all together.
In an effort to expand software compatibility for its upcoming Fusion chips, Advanced Micro Devices on Monday joined rival Intel’s efforts to develop the open-source MeeGo OS.
AMD “will provide engineering expertise intended to help establish the technical foundations for [...]
October 27th, 2010 by lhaas
Steve Jobs’ take on the Android v. Apple open platform debate:
Jobs moved on to attack Google’s characterization of Android as a more open platform than Apple’s as a disingenuous attempt to obfuscate the reality of how Android differs from the iOS.
“Google loves to characterize Android as ‘open’ and iOS and iPhone [...]
October 22nd, 2010 by lhaas
Research in Motion’s BlackBerry may soon lose its lock on the enterprise market, as companies look to add support for more consumer friendly smartphones–like Android and iPhone devices–and the BlackBerry’s vaunted security features become less unique.
RIM has built its business on providing mobile e-mail and messaging services to corporate users. Thousands of [...]
October 20th, 2010 by lhaas
As apps become more and more abundant, security concerns are also on the rise. How do you know what data is being accessed by an application? And is that data being shared?
Researchers from Intel Labs, Duke University, and Pennsylvania State University have created a tool that analyzes how Android apps handle the [...]
October 19th, 2010 by ctriplett
Android use is growing exponentially, with nearly 200,000 devices activated daily and more than 12 million Android phones in use around the world. Android core applications allow us to do things like send text messages, download and send media, take photos and videos, and much more. But what happens when something we need [...]
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