| Mobile World Congress 2012: smartphone roundup Mar 1st 2012, 23:00 Mobile World Congress is a dignified affair held yearly in Barcelona that companies take very seriously. For example, unlike CES, there are lots and lots of suits -- after all, this is a congress. Here, some of the most unique and desirable handsets meet the eyes of press, analysts and buyers for the very first time. Accordingly, anxieties were high among company leaders as they put their best foot forward and held their breath for the first round of impressions. This year's show has been a wild ride, and we've seen many devices stretch the boundaries of our imagination. There were more than a few stunners, and as the dust settles, companies such as HTC, Nokia, LG, Huawei and Asus can all hold their heads high. Join us after the break as we reminisce the most notable smartphones from Mobile World Congress. Continue reading Mobile World Congress 2012: smartphone roundup Mobile World Congress 2012: smartphone roundup originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | Android and iOS expose your photos to third party apps, promise fixes Mar 1st 2012, 21:54 2012 is still young, yet it's already shaping up to be a bad year for privacy and security on the mobile front. Apple found itself embroiled in a bit of a brouhaha over the iPhone address book and an app called Path. And, of course, Google was put under the microscope when mobile Safari was found to have a security flaw that its mobile ads were exploiting. Then, earlier this week, it was discovered that granting iOS apps access to your location could also expose your photos. Now it's been discovered that Android also exposes your images, though, it's doing so without asking for any permissions at all. While Apple was masking photo access with other permissions, Google is simply leaving your pics vulnerable as a part of a design quirk that came from the OS's reliance on microSD cards. Both companies have acknowledged the flaws and have said they're currently working on fixes. We're just hoping things start to quiet down soon, though -- our mobile operating systems are running out of personal data to expose. Check out the source links for more details. Android and iOS expose your photos to third party apps, promise fixes originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  The Verge |  NYT 1, 2 | Email this | Comments | | Google Wallet Android app updated, headed to 'at least' ten more Sprint phones this year Mar 1st 2012, 21:27 Google may have had to deal with some less- than- positive Google Wallet news last month, but it was able to announce some progress of a different sort in the past couple of days. The first is an update to the Android app, which adds the ability to handle PO Boxes for prepaid card top-ups, along with a number of other fixes and improvements. The second, more significant news comes out of Mobile World Congress, where Google Wallet and Payments VP Osama Bedier revealed that the mobile payment service would be heading to "at least 10 additional phones" on Sprint this year -- no word on those specific phones, though. Details on any expansion plans beyond that also remain a bit light, with Bedier only saying that Google remains in talks with other carriers and device manufactures. Google Wallet Android app updated, headed to 'at least' ten more Sprint phones this year originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Appolicious | FierceMobileContent, Android Market | Email this | Comments | |
