SourceCode: Samsung Surges in Mobile

Element of choice: There's a Samsung smartphone for every type of user

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

We've watched, with some amazement, Samsung's sudden surge in mobile phones, tablets and even notebooks. The Korean consumer electronics giant was established in appliances and  most notably HDTVs and home entertainment but 2011 has really been Samsung's year in terms of mobile  product launches.

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Video: Windows Phone Mango Previewed

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

We just came from the X'11 event, Microsoft's big pre-holiday XBox show and had the opportunity to check out the next update to Windows Phone. This one is codenamed Mango and it is sweet, social and smart. Best of all, current Windows Phone owners will be able to update to Mango directly from their PCs without any manufacturer or carrier delay, hindrance or hassle...take that Android! Mango ripens sometime this Fall.

SourceCode: 5 ways Windows Phone Can Gain Market Share

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I've gone back to using Windows Phone after a few months of setting it aside for iOS and hoping that the ecosystem would evolve and the much needed and long awaited Mango update would be available. Well Mango is still en route (September, Fall?) and the ecosystem is growing but not as fast as we would have liked. We still think Windows Phone is an extremely viable competitor to iOS and Android but some radical steps need to be taken to give this promising OS the advantage it needs to step up.

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Symantec study uncovers new threats to Android

According to Symantec's new study, In just the first half of 2011, the growth of mobile malware and the increasing boldness and strategy behind the threats are alarming. 

Symantec recently conducted an in depth analysis of the security features of Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platforms, noting areas of strength and weakness in both. Symantec published a blog post detailing a staged download method used by two newly discovered Android threats, Android.Lightdd and Android.Jsmshider.

By borrowing the staged downloader strategy from their traditional PC cousins, these threats attempt to complicate infection to the point where simple uninstalls of the malicious apps are insufficient.

The blog post can be read here:http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/android-threat-trend-shows-criminals-are-thinking-outside-box