Written by Matjaz If we compare PC field and cell phone field in case of viruses we would tell that now is not so easy to create a PC virus (but it is not impossible) but is really easy to create a cell phone virus! The reason is that it’s usual to have an anti-virus [...]

A company called Zer01 Mobile is calling itself a new mobile phone carrier. It offers unlimited voice and data for $70 per month on unlocked smart phones. Zer01 Mobile has a roaming agreement with AT&T, but uses its own IP. Calls go through AT&T’s data network via Zer01’s proprietary VoIP technology. The VoIP application is [...]

Today Skyfire announced a new partnership with Unstream.tv, which will allow Windows Mobile and Symbian phones to stream live video through their browsers. Skyfire supports both Flash 10 and Silverlight, which lets it play video. Ustream.tv is able to deliver streamed video content, including TV, videos, radio programming and more to mobile phones. Ustream will [...]

Texas Instruments announced a new set of processors for smartphones and other devices called OMAP 4. OMAP 4 uses dual-core, ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore SMP-based architectures and uses parallel processing for faster performance. OMAP 4 is capable of running at speeds up to 1GHz, These new mobile processors will enable phones to run full 1080p HD [...]

Today Yahoo introduced a new mobile product called Yahoo Mobile. Yahoo Mobile will be both a web site and an application for the iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry OS, Symbian S60 and Series 40, and some phones running that can run Java applications. It will also be available via the web to Webkit enabled phones, such [...]

Today Nokia and Qualcomm announced a new joint partnership to develop advanced mobile phones, initially for the North American market. The phones, which will run Symbian S60, will use Qualcomm UMTS chipsets and should be available by mid-2010. According to Nokia, the devices will be compatible with the future version of Symbian from the Symbian [...]

Today Sony Ericsson gave a brief glimpse of an upcoming handset, which uses the working project name of Idou. The Idou takes on Sony Ericsson’s new idea of merging communications and entertainment. It has a 3.5-inch 16 x 9 widescreen display with touch user interface. It has a 12.1 megapixel camera with a full suite [...]

Speaking in an interview with Reuters, Edward Chen, head of Huawei’s devices unit, said that the company plans to offer two or three phones running the Android platform by the end of 2009, with more to follow in 2010. Huawei is also considering the use of Symbian from the Symbian Foundation in future phones. Huawei [...]

Twelve new companies, including HP, Qualcomm and MySpace, are joining the Nokia-led Symbian Foundation. Nokia bought Symbian in 2008 and plans to create a new, open-source base for the mobile platform. It has gathered 78 member companies into the Symbian Foundation. Other firms joining today are Atelier, Bank of America, Gemalto, Imagination Technologies, Mobica, Nanoradio, [...]

Qualcomm recently announced a series of new chipsets for mobile phones and other devices. Most notably, it has a new line of HSPA+ chips for next-generation wireless networks and high-end phones. These chips include Bluetooth, GPS and FM radios, and have the ability to support speeds of up to 42Mbps on 3G networks worldwide. In [...]