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Vodafone Spain recalls 3000 phones loaded with malware

TechQuack — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:20:19 +0000

Vodafone is recalling 3000 phones shipped with malware . The HTC Magic phones shipped by Vodafone Spain had malware loaded in the microSD cards. The Spanish operator is replacing the phones as a precaution

Apple iPhone Developer SDK coming in Feb 2008 says Apple

TechQuack — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:56:32 +0000

TUAW reports that Apple is planning to launch developer SDKs for the iPhone and iPod Touch in Feb 2008 at the MacWorld conference.

Apple’s hot news page has info about the same .

It will take until February to release an SDK because we’re trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once—provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc. This is no easy task.

Yes. We agree. No easy task to get Developers use you SDK . IPhone is indeed getting too much attention these days .

Google Mobile Docs : Hit or Miss?

TechQuack — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:03:15 +0000

Google Docs Mobile is Live now. This new interface contains one Search Box, Recent Documents, your folders and your documents. Instead of Displaying the extensions, there is an icon for spreadsheet, doc, ppt that is getting displayed.

In spread sheets you have a single column display and upon navigation your are moved to other columns. Its compatibility is much with iPhone where you get more features. Still a lot to go, we have to wait for the reviews from the users. With few discriminants Google Mobile Docs is a hit.