FAIL: HTC Accidentally Opens Huge Security Hole In Its Own Phones

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Android Police just discovered that recent HTC Android phones such as the Thunderbolt, EVO 3D, the EVO 4G are vulnerable to a huge security hole that leaves emails, GPS locations, and SMS text wide open.

HTC had just updated the devices with a new logging tool, which apparently opened the security hole.

If you use an app on your HTC device that asks for permission to use the internet, you immediately become vulnerable to the app stealing these personal files, Android Police reports:

the list of user accounts, including email addresses and sync status for eachlast known network and GPS locations and a limited previous history of locationsphone numbers from the phone logSMS data, including phone numbers and encoded text (not sure yet if it's possible to decode it, but very likely)system logs (both kernel/dmesg and app/logcat), which includes everything your running apps do and is likely to include email addresses, phone numbers, and other private info

Ordinarily, the android.permission.INTERNET permission would only give the app access to your internet connection, and not to your private files.

Currently, an update from HTC will be the only way to patch the giant hole, unless you decide to root your Android phone and manually remove the "APK" file logging your actions.

Rooting is probably not your best option though if you aren't familiar with the rooting process. Until HTC releases an update for your phone, don't download any nefarious looking apps—especially apps that look suspicious and have just been released.

For the complete report, or to learn which files to remove if you root your device, head over to Android Police.

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10 Best Sony Ericsson Walkman Series Phones

Sony Ericsson has finally ended its Walkman series of mobile phone as its now back of their famous series of Xperia by launching Xperia Mini, Xperia TXT and upcoming Xperia Duo which is an outstanding mobile. Let’s have a look at the top 10 mobile phone by Sony Ericsson in their Walkman series.

Sony Ericsson Spiro

Sony Ericsson Spiro is probably the last mobile phone released in the Walkman series of Sony Ericsson in August 2010. It has 2.2 inches screen with accelerometer with auto rotate feature. It also includes a good enough 2 mega pixel camera for taking photos.

Through the Walkman 4.0 player you can play mp4, eAAC+, wav formats. It also includes the MP4, H.263 & H.264 player. It’s available in Contrast Black, Sunset Pink, Spring Green, Stealth Black colors. It includes a standard Lithium Ion battery which offers 20 hours of continuous music playback.

It comples with microSD card slot expandable up to 16 GB and internal memory of 5 MB.

Sony Ericsson W995

The W995 addition to the Walkman series in the May 2009 and it’s a 3G mobile phone. It has 2.6 inches screen with accelerometer sensor and boards Memory Stick Micro M2 memory card slot. It has WiFi with DLNA technology and Bluetooth with A2DP.

The outstanding feature comes of this handsets comes with 8.1 mega pixel camera which has autofocus, face detection, image stabilizer and LED flash. The videos can be taken with 30 fps. It also includes a basic VGA camera for video calling. The audio player supports the mp4, mp3 and acc formats playback through the Walkman 4.0 player.

It’s powered with Li Polymer 930 mAh batter which providers 20 hours of continuous music playback.

Sony Ericsson W890

Sony Ericsson W890 is a 3G capable mobile phone available since February 2008. It has got 3.15 mega pixel camera with maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels and video recording capabilities. Since it’s a 3G mobile phone it has got front basic VGA camera which is used for video calling.

It has 2 inches screen with wallpapers and screensaver changer. It has slot for Memory Stick Micro (M2) which is expandable up to 4 GB, 2 GB card included with this pack. With 3G you can get a top speed of 3.6 Mbps.

It includes a Walkman player 3.0 which supports the playback of mp3 and mp4 files. Its available in Espresso Black, Mocha Brown, Sparkling Silver model colours. It includes a standard battery made up of Li Polymer 950 mAh.

Sony Ericsson W760

Sony Ericsson W760 is also a 3G capable mobile handset which was released in May 2008. It has 2.2 inches screen with accelerometer for auto rotate.

It has impressive 3.15 mega pixel camera with resolution of 2048×1536 pixels. Its provided with 40 MB of internal memory and has slot for Memory Stick Micro (M2) which is expandable up to 4 GB, 1 GB card included with this pack. It’s available in Rocky Silver, Fancy Red & Intense Black colors.

It supports the playback of mp4 and aac format through the Walkman player 3. It’s powered with Li Polymer standard battery with 930 mAh which provides 20 hours of continuous music playback.

Sony Ericsson W715

Sony Ericsson W715 Quadra band supported 3G mobile phone with host of features. It has 2.4 includes screen with accelerometer sensor for auto rotate. It comes with Wi-Fi and DLNA enable technology with USB 2.0 support interface.

It has impressive 3.15 mega pixel camera with LED flash and geo tagging support. It also include video call camera through secondary VGA camera at the top of the screen.

It’s available in Galactic Black & Luxury Silver colour. It supports playback of MP3, AAC, MP4 through the Walkman 3.0 player. It includes a Li Ion standard battery with 1000 mAh power output.

Sony Ericsson W350

Sony Ericsson W350 is a 2G mobile phone with 1.9 inches screen. It has 1.3 mega pixel camera with a resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels.

It has Walkman music player which supports playback of MP3 and AAC formats. It’s available in Electric black, Ice blue, Hypnotic black, Graphic white, Wisteria Purple, Turbo Red, Pink colors. It includes standard Lithium Polymer 780 mAh batter with 300 hours of standby time and 15 hours of continuous music playback.

It has Bluetooth and USB 2.0 connectivity. It also includes 14 MB of internal memory and Memory Stick Micro M2 card slot expandable up to 4 GB.

Sony Ericsson W508

Sony Ericsson W508 was released in May 2009 and it’s a 3G compatible phone. With 2.2 inches screen with accelerometer sensor and scratch resistance surface provides a solid display.

It includes 3.15 mega pixel camera and secondary VGA camera with possibility of video recording. Its available in Metal Grey, Poetic White colours.

However the big disadvantage with this handset is that it comes with Memory Stick Micro M2 memory card expandable up to 16 GB. It provides 20 hours of continuous music playback.

Sony Ericsson W595s

Sony Ericsson W595s is a 3G mobile phone which has 2.2 inches screen accelerometer for auto rotate.

It has 3.15 mega pixel camera with 2048 x 1536 pixels resolution with video recording. It includes a standard Lithimum Polymer battery of 950 mAh which offers 26 hours of continuous music playback time. The music player supports playback of mp3, mp4 and aac formats.

It has 40 MB internal memory and it can be expandable using the Memory Stick Micro M2 memory card of up to 8 GB. And it has also has Bluetooth v2.0 and USB 2.0. It comes with Dusty Blue color only.

Sony Ericsson W395

Sony Ericsson W395 is a Sony Ericsson Walkman phone with 2 inches scratch the resistant surface. It includes 10 MB of internal memory and has M2 memory card slot expandable up to 4 GB.

The camera quality is good enough with 2 mega pixel camera. Its available in Dusky Grey, Blush Titanium, Fiesta Black, Happy Pink colors. It includes a Walkman player which plays mp3, mp4 and aac formats. Powered with Lithium ion 950 mAh battery you can have a 13 hours of continuous music playback.

Sony Ericsson W205

Sony Ericsson W205 is a normal mobile phone with 1.8 inches screen with color display. It was released in July 2009 and continued to be a part of Sony Ericsson Walkman series.

It has 1.3 megapixel camera with 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution The device includes a 5 MB of internal memory, Memory Stick Micro M2 memory card expandable up to 2 GB. Its available in Ambient Black, Sakura Pink, Windy Blue colours and includes games downloadable option. You can play music of mp3, aac and mp4 format using the Walkman media player. It includes a standard battery with 14 hours of music playback time.

As I go through those mobile listed above with the present days mobile, you wouldn’t prefer to go with the Walkman series but still the Walkman series handsets gives out the best clarity of audio and video and the perfect image quality.

Yogesh Patel is a writer of technology gadgets, digital products like mobile phones, tablets PC, laptops & notebooks & on anything that is related to the gadgets which makes the daily lifestyle easier.

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10 Cheapest and Best Android Mobile Phones in India

As of now you would be aware of the latest market trends that it’s Android all over. These phones are gaining popularity amongst the young people as it is the powerful, eye-catching and user-friendly operating system launched by Google.

For those who don’t know about what Android is – Android is a software or the operating system for mobile phones that includes applications, firmware and the big advantages comes as its being an open source development by Android Inc with association of Google. The phones built-in Android allow users to create applications which are available to the Android market which can be downloaded directly from your handset.

While the top Android phones are the high-end smartphones like Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy S2, HTC Thunderbolt, HTC Incredible 2 and Motorolo Triumph but those are priced well over Rs 20,000 in India but not all the users would like to go with those smartphones. What they would be looking is the price attached to that mobile phone and with Android it’s possible to get mobile phones below 10,000 Rs. Even when you have 10,000 Rs budget in your mind, there are a lot of choices available for you in the Android.

Listed here are the top 10 Android mobile phone and order of the mobile phone doesn’t signify its ranking.

Acer beTouch E110

Acer beTouch is one of the cheapest Android based mobile phone available in the Indian Market. Apart from being Android OS, it’s also a 3G phone. It features a candy bar form and has resistive touchscreen with a screen size of 2.8 inches. It includes a primary camera of 3.15 mega pixel and provides a talk time of 5 hours and a standby time of 400 hours through its Lithium Ion based 1500 mAh battery. It includes Android 1.5 versions, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mini USB and FM Radio.

It’s priced at Rs 7,000. So if you want the perfect combination of 3G and Android with a limited price range in your hand than Acer beTouch E110 is the mobile to go with.

Samsung Galaxy 5

Recent launch from Samsung to its Galaxy series through Galaxy 5 marks the cheapest Android phone available from them. It’s mostly equivalent to the Acer beTouch but the only difference is that it has got much better screen and it has capacitive touchscreen. Additionally it comes with Android 2.1 Eclair operating system.

Samsung Galaxy 5 has got 2.8 inches screen with multi-tasking support up to 7 home screens.

It supports Swype keypad input for faster typing and its loaded with 600 Mhz MSM7227 processor. Additionally 2 megapixel camera is handy and required tool in today’s phones. It offers a decent talk time of 7.5 hours and a standby time of 21 days. It includes features like Bluetooth, WiFi, miniUSB, FM Radio and includes 90 MB internal memory.

Samsung Galaxy 5 is priced at Rs 8850 and it’s the next cheapest handset than Acer beTouch. Yes, you can have a go with it if you are looking for capacitive touchscreen.

Dell XCD 28

Dell XCD 28 boards a 2.8 inches resistive touchscreen. It boards 600 Mhz ARM processor with 256 MB of dedicated RAM and 256 MB of ROM. It has 3.2 megapixel camera and takes the snaps at its best resolution with autofocus.

It gets Android 2.1 operating system and has graphical rendering through the Adreno 200 GPU and chipset from Qualcomm. Additionally it has got GPS support through AGPS.

Moreover this is a 3G compatible mobile phone with 3G speeds of 7.2 Mbps with WiFi, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, microUSB port.

At 10,500 rs you can expect much better than this mobile configuration.

Spice Mi 270 Mobile

Spice Mi 270 runs Android 2.2 Froyo Operating system and it has got 2.8 inches capacitive touchscreen. Apart from being Android mobile phone Spice has made it dual SIM compatible with GSM + GSM. It includes a 2 megapixel camera with utmost resolution and A GPS support can be handy most of the times in navigation.

It includes connectivity through WiFi, mobile internet sharing through the WiFi hotspot, connectivity and file sharing through Bluetooth with A2DP. It’s priced at Rs 6400. It includes 600 Mhz processor.

Though you get 3 hours of talk time through its Lithium Ion 100 mAh battery it’s a go with the price mobile handset.  Its available in all Spice retails stores and other retails chains.

LG Optimus One

LG Optimus One has made it to the list of top cheap android mobile phone in India. It’s available with Android v 2.2 and can be upgraded to 2.3 now. It is also 3G compatible mobile phone with 3.2 inches capacitive touchscreen with accelerometer and proximity sensor.

It includes 600 Mhz processor and a dedicated graphic engine similar to Dell XCD 28. You can expect faster performance with this mobile phone as it includes 512 MB of RAM and supports 32 GB of memory card. It includes a primary camera with 3.15 megapixel clarity.

With Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, micro USB port and a top speed of 7.2 Mbps through HSDPA connectivity makes this mobile best at its price. It’s priced at 10,000.

Micromax A70

Micromax recent launch of A70 mobile phone get Android v 2.2 Froyo operating system with 600 Mhz processor and impressive 3.2 mega pixel camera. The mobile phone has some of the impressive features like 5 mega pixel camera with autofocus, connectivity through WiFi, WiFi hotspot sharing, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, micro USB port, and also includes secondary VGA camera.

It includes a Li ion 1450 mAh battery with talk time of 4 hours and a standby time of 168 hours. Micromax A70 is priced at Rs 7500 and it’s affordable with those specifications.

Spice Mi 310

The Spice Mi 310 mobile phone has 3.15 inches touch screen display with phone running on Android 2.2 Froyo OS. It’s a 3G mobile phone with connectivity options like Wireless LAN, high-speed 3G connectivity and GPS support.

It also has Wifi sharing option and USB tethering for laptop internet access.

The 2 megapixel camera and 3.5 mm audio jack along with FM Radio, Trackpad and proximity sensor makes this mobile well worth of its price Rs 7100.

Huawei IDEOS U8150

The Huawei IDEOS U8150 is an ideal 3G compatible mobile phone running on Android Froyo operating system. It has good hardware configuration with 528 Mhz ARM processor, Adreno 200 GPU and Qualcomm MSM7225 chipset. It includes 200 MB storage, 256 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM.

It has 2.8 inches screen with accelerometer and proximity sensor. It has 3.15 mega pixel camera with autofocus and geo tagging. The connectivity options includes the WiFi, WiFi sharing, 3G HSDPA, micro USB v2.0 and GPRS with EDGE.

Its available in Black body / blue, red, yellow backpanels and it’s priced at Rs 8400.

Andro

Micromax Andro is the cheapest 3G & Android based mobile phone which runs Android 2.1 operating system launched by Google. It has 2.8 inches screen with accelerometer sensors, get 3G connectivity through HSDPA and HSUPA, includes WiFi, USB port and Bluetooth v 2.0 with A2DP.

It boards 3.15 megapixel camera with autofocus which is powered with 600 Mhz processor. With 4 hours battery backup and 240 hours of standby time makes the Micromax Android A60 to be priced at Rs 6600, the price can’t be beaten by any other 3G + Android mobile phone.

LG P350 Mobile or LG Optimus Me

The new LG P 350 mobile phone provides a complete smart phone experience with mobile running on Android 2.2 operating system and features like mobile TV. Basically it’s a 3G mobile phone with 2.8 inches screen with accelerometer and proximity sensor. The connectivity options includes the Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi sharing and microUSB.

It has a primary camera with 3.15 mega pixel with autofocus and video recording capabilities. It has A GPS for navigation and provides social networking integration. The battery lasts for 8 hours through lithium ion 1250 mAh battery.

It’s available in Black, silver, blue, red, pink colors and it’s priced at Rs 8300 in Indian market.

So whats your price and whats your choice among the Android phone mentioned above.

Yogesh Patel is a writer of technology gadgets, digital products like mobile phones, tablets PC, laptops & notebooks & on anything that is related to the gadgets which makes the daily lifestyle easier.

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