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Jul
22/09

Beware of Spyware in your Blackberry SmartPhone!

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 July 2009 07:40
Written by admin
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

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United Arab Emirates Blackberry users began to experience a drastic drop in battery life after they updated a firmware pushed to them from the major carrier of UAE, Etisalat.

The new firmware was supposed to “improve” the smartphone performance. It didn’t, but did help the malicious ware within to spy on user activities. According to a blog post on Dutch Web site Automation Guide, RIM explained that it seems that Etisalat had distributed a telecommunications surveillance application that was designed and developed by a California based company called SS8, in another word, the update was not written by RIM.

SS8 develops communications surveillance products for law enforcement. The SS8′s application that was put into the UAE BlackBerries will send received messages from the user back to a central server. This information was confirmed by Research In Motion(RIM), the BlackBerries maker on Tuesday, who offered a “spyware removal” firmware in response.

So far, we had yet to receive any “real” response from SS8. And as for Etisalat, they only said that is a “slight technical fault” and subscribers can uninstall the update by pressing 101 on their phones.

Maybe in the near future, we may need to purchase an optional “spyware removal” apps for our smartphones.

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Jul
20/09

Nokia Attempt to Woo US Market with N86 8MP Carl Zeiss Tessar Lens Smart Phone

Last Updated on Friday, 31 July 2009 06:40
Written by Jason Ser
Monday, July 20th, 2009

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Nokia revealed on Friday about their intention to offer their N86 8MP to USA, after their successful launch around other parts of the globe including Europe, Qatar and even India.

Nokia had been struggling to improve their market position in the U.S. because the market represents the company’s largest growth opportunity. N86 are just one of their many. A quick over view of this Smart Phone as follows:

The External

The housing design consist of a dual slider with the numbers pad at the bottom and media hot keys at the top with an AM-OLED(Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode) screen which displays at QVGA (320 by 240 pixel) resolution.

The Internal

Nokia N86 8MP is a Symbian S60 based model that comes with added software like a FM transmitter, Mail for Exchange support, Ovi Maps and Nokia’s Ovi Contacts (IM and presence enabled address book). Other software can be downloaded through Nokia’s Ovi Store which is also included on the device.

The Unique

But N86 8MP’s most attractive feature will be the 8MP camera that comes with Carl Zeiss Tessar lens. The USP (Unique Selling Point) of a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens is that it uses a so called variable aperture to collect more light thus producing a better quality image. N86 can also record a VGA (640X480) quality video at 30 fps.

The Capacity

Other included Multi-Media capability includes a photo management software, full sync capability with a Personal Computer, and even a TV-out support for slide shows.
With a 8 GB built in flash memory and an external support of microSDHC cards up to 16 GB that will fulfills almost all of your multi-media needs

The Price

It is always known that Nokia, despite their strong sales figures around the world, had not been able to fully entrench into the highly competitive US market. So is no surprise when Nokia strategically placed N86 at the price point of USD558 as their attempt to woo the USA market. .

Nokia N86 8MP will be made available through Nokia Stores and NokiaUSA.com in the few weeks or so.

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