Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Windows For Basic Phones Is Ready -- But Who's Buying?
>
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> | Soleus, the Windows CE based operating system for non-smartphones,
> | reached version 1.0 today, according to developer Intrinsyc. That
> | means it's ready to go ? but no retail cell-phone manufacturer has
> | committed to building phones with the new OS yet.
> `----
What a load of shit. Many cell phones are Windows based. There simply
are no buyers for the version from Soleus. The dozens of existing
Windows phones license directly from Microsoft.
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2075769,00.asp
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>
> Related:
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> Mobile phone security to outpace that on PCs
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> | ...it predicts the biggest mobile security market sector will be in
> | the secure mobile content sector (anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware
> | and content filtering) with 40 per cent of the total market. The
> | security threat doesn't just cover mobile viruses and malware but of
> | identity theft, too.
> `----
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36275
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>
> Microsoft doesn't deny Windows Mobile flaw
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> | Microsoft has refused to deny that the most recent version of
> | Windows Mobile leaves data poorly secured on handsets.
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>
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39284532,00.htm
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>
> Airscanner Vulnerability Summary: Windows Mobile Security Software Fails the
> Test
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> | Since developers are not in a hurry to keep their users information
> | secure... we feel compelled to publish - with exclusivity granted to us
> | by author till August 21, 2006 - an article, that reveals various
> | problems with Windows Mobile software from various software vendors!
> | This article is a "must read" for any serious user of Windows Mobile...
> `----
>
> http://msmobiles.com/news.php/5474.html
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> "Insecure and Buggy", the article calls it.
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>
> Smartphones get a firewall
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> | V3 will only run on the latest Windows Mobile 5 and Symbian 9.1
> | systems though, the rationale being that as the market grows so
> | fast, they will be the bulk of malware-targeted systems very soon.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | The Windows release is out now and the Symbian one will follow early in
> | 2007. The software costs $35 (£20), which includes a year's updates and
> | service.
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/trendmicro_mobile_sec/
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>
> Review of Windows Mobile 6.0 for PPC (Crossbow) operating system
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> | Regrettably, this world lacks miracles and this case is just another
> | proof of that. The system still doesn?t offer support for several
> | active windows in Internet Explorer, so that you are limited to a
> | single window at a time, also profiles are missing in WM; the office
> | applications haven?t been enhanced either. Nor were the multimedia
> | tools. What the company has really got to do is keep on tuning
> | Office Mobile, extending Windows Live, release Windows Media Mobile
> | 11 and so on.
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>
> http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/articles/wm-crossbow-en.shtml
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