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Our favorite antivirus software is now available for mobile phones.

While it’s extremely unlikely that you will ever pick up a virus from a phone call there is nothing to stop viruses being transferred to high-end phones when they’re being sychronized with a PC.

The new Kasperksy Anti-Virus Mobile monitors wireless connections and scans text messages and data transfered during synchronization.

The devil is always in the detail

The Apple iPhone sounds like a wonderful technological advance and even this Luddite would love to have one but there are a whole lot of important things that haven’t been said about the iPhone.

Some of those things are only of interest the tech-heads but others are very important to ordinary users too. You can read about them at 20 Things We Don’t Know About the iPhone.

 
Protect your investment

Have you noticed your PC shutting down suddenly for no apparent reason recently?

It seems that some people - particularly Dell users - have been noticing this problem happening a lot lately. If it’s happening to you then is your mobile phone sitting close to the PC?

Some people who have been experiencing the sudden shut-down syndrome have found that it happens at the same time a text message arrives on their mobile phone.

Dell suggests that the best solution is not to keep your mobile phone close to your PC - now who would have ever thought of that solution

Nokia has announced the release of the E50 range of business phones - some obviously aimed to compete with the Blackberry.

You can read the full story here

Brazil is a country with over 89 million mobile phones in circulation but now some users are taking a second look at that little piece of convenience they hold to the side of their head.

Over the last couple of months there have been a small number - less than 10 - of reports of mobile phones exploding. It seems that Motorola are blaming the problem on people using cheap copies of Motorola batteries.

You can read the full story here

Nokia have announced the release of their new Nokia 5500 Sport phone

The single button in the centre of the phone allows users to choose one of three options:

The phone can be used as a phone

The phone be switched to music mode when you need to unwind - the phone will hold around 750 songs.

The phone can be used in sports mode to keep track of work or your work-out

In sports mode the phone uses an integrated pedometer to montior the distance you have covered or the calories you have burnt during a busy day.

The phone comes in a spash and dust resistant shell to protect it from the rigors of all the hard yards you will want to put in with it strapped to your hip.

If you’re in the market for a new cell phone or mobile phone then this will certainly interest you.

Wirefly an online leader in one-stop comparison shopping for cell phones and wireless service plans, today released its current list of best-selling cell phones. Of the 10 most popular phones going into the holiday shopping season, the top 7 are camera phones.

The top ten are:

1. Motorola RAZR V3 (Camera Phone)

2. Motorola E815 (Video and Camera Phone)

3. Samsung PM-A740 (Camera Phone)

4. Motorola V330 (Video and Camera Phone)

5. Audiovox 8910 (Camera Phone)

6. Motorola V220 (Camera Phone)

7. Motorola i850 (Camera Phone)

8. Motorola i710

9. Motorola V188

10. Motorola V260