Posts Tagged ‘iphone’

Verizon and Google Working on a New Tablet!

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

We have heard it reported today in the Wall Street Journal that Verizon is confirming that it has teamed up with Google to produce a Tablet which will take on the iPad hosted by Verizon’s rival AT&T.

Verizon was quoted as saying “We’re looking at all the things Google has in its archives that we could put on a tablet to make it a great experience”.

There is no news or indication if it will be Android or Chrome OS or what any specs are. There are also no details on any timing.

We do suspect that Google will work on this as quickly as they can in order to get ahead of their other rival Apple. With the recent spats about Flash between Apple and other companies we see them jumping to Google quickly. And with the Android gaining significant ground over the iPhone, this new tablet could give the iPad a run for its money.

We do think that this will be the final nail in the coffin for any hopes of Verizon getting an iPhone or the iPad 3G but in our opinion the iPad 3G is a waste of time when the Wi-Fi only version does everything you need.

Watch this space for future developments.

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If the Mac ads on TV are to be believed then why was the iPhone and Safari first to be hacked?

Monday, March 29th, 2010

If you watch the Mac ad’s and listen to all the Mac users you would think that Windows is the only system that can get viruses and be hacked.  We have always advised Mac users to be careful but they scoff at us.  Yes we are mainly a Windows based network, because our customers are mainly Windows based.  But we have Mac’s, Linux and other systems (including the new Google OS).  But with all of those systems we are never complicit about security and vulnerability.

At last weeks pwnToOwn competition in Vancouver the fully patched iPhone was hacked very quickly and all the SMS database was collected along with all the text messages.  Now if I was an iPhone user I would be very wary.  Second to fall in the competition was the Safari browser on a Mac.  Admittedly Internet Explorer was next and lastly Firefox, but they were not as fast as the iPhone and Mac.

Interestingly enough our preferred browser Google Chrome was not hacked.  This does not mean it is 100% safe but it does mean it will not be so easy to get past and will therefore not be as much of a target.  And as far as we are aware the Google Android was not hacked either.

It should also be noted that Linux and its offspring Ubuntu were not there this year and neither was Opera.  The organizers are quoting lack of market share but we suspect that no one was willing to sponsor a prize for them.

So all you iPhone and Mac users – please take notice that you are not safe and at least take care of where you visit and what you open.  At least Windows users are aware of the possible attacks for the most part and try to stay safe!  Somehow I can’t see the Mac ad’s reporting this competition’s results – can you?

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