Posts Tagged ‘PDA’

BlackBerry and iPhone history; a quick retrospect

BlackBerry and iPhone history; a quick retrospect

Launch of the first generation iPhone: June 2007 was the Apocalypse month for RIM, the maker of BlackBerry and other smartphone manufacturers. The iPhone was born, so to say anointed to bring change to the smartphone market. One year down the line, we saw the rebirth of the device, in the form of the iPhone 3G. We still remember how we walked into Apple Stores, carrying an iPod, a cell phone and a PDA and came out with a single device that perform all the functions of the devices once we carry around with great pride. Apple did something great. The iPhone Read More...

iPhone 3G is secure for criminals?

iPhone 3G is secure for criminals?

Britain again, in relation to the iPhone 3G. This time it is Serious Fraud Office digital forensic unit who are worried about the difficulty in cracking the security features of the iPhone and some other smartphones to fight against crime. The main worry here is, criminals who use devices like the iPhone can use them for crime operations and can delete/overwrite the data and still be free. How? Sniffing out fraud and crime evidence from the iPhone happens to be not as easy as cracking the usual PCs and PDAs. This is the main headache of the crime fighters. Not sure, Read More...