Many smart phone users are being advised to be cautious and careful about their browsing and email habits when using mobile phones. According to reports, more people are scammed by mobile schemes than those on desktop computers. Overall, mobile scammers are able to cheat more people out of their hard earned money using various tactics ranging from email scams to identity theft.
In any case, the basic security protocols are true: if the deal sounds too good, or offers too much reward for hardly any effort at all, then it is likely a scam. This is also the same for any offer that promises large payouts.
The basic red signs for these scams include emails from people you do not know at all, and of course, when someone asks for money. Calls that require users to contact specific paid numbers are also part of mobile scams. In any case, the public is warned that mobile scamming is on a continuous rise.
In other news, the Symbian Foundation has just moved on from a non-profit organization to a licensing group. This latest development from Nokia shows that there is still life in the mobile platform despite the bad sales performance of the OS this year. Nokia has bought out the Foundation over two years ago and has been a long time partner for Symbian. Despite Sony Ericsson and Samsung announcing that they would no longer support the OS, Nokia has taken in Symbian instead.
Just recently, the European commission announced that they have granted the Symbian Foundation a large financial net with which, the development of SYMBOESE would begin. This new mobile platform is meant to bring together 22 technological companies across Europe together for a single, uniform platform.
Nokia will now be taking direct control of the development of new software under the Symbian name –this move might have given the ancient operating system the strength it needs to take on the fast growing Android mobile platform.
Tags: Nokia, Nokia-Symbian, security, Symbian-OS