Our anti-virus friends have created a smartphone version of Kaspersky called Kaspersky Mobile Security. Not only does this product provide anti-virus, but it also provides privacy features, call blocking, sms blocking and data wipe functionality!

For those of you that live off of your smartphone, this is a smart purchase for a cheap price! You can read more here.

-RP

Even though the Cius was Android based, it was not nearly as nice as some of the offerings that are out there now, and if Cisco wanted to compete it would have had to have gotten much more aggressive with their hardware release schedule for the Cius with new improvements.

I think in the end Cisco made the right decision and should stick to networking which it knows best.

-RP

Apparently these pictures were of the S3 in a dummy case to throw off would be spies. So basically it makes it easy for employees to test the phone in the field without fear of the word getting out.

In any case it still makes for exciting news and hopefully we’ll see the phone soon!

-RP

Samsung’s list only covers US carriers however. This list will give some of you an idea of what you are waiting for.

You can read more about the list here.

-RP

Why would anyone release the ICS update if they can just stall until the Samsung Galaxy S III comes out and force people to upgrade?

I have a sneaking suspicion that this is what Telus is trying to do. You can read more here.

-RP

I’m not sure how many people took advantage of this offer but I’d love to see the numbers. RIM’s recent quarterly results indicate that things haven’t been going well, and i hope they have more good deals like this in the next quarter to help spur on new business.

The biggest thing will be attracting young mobile phone buyers who are flocking to the iPhone and Android platforms. RIM has to find a way to become relevant again. Here’s hoping they figure this out, as I want to see this company stick around to provide competition to Apple and Android.

-RP

That’s right folks, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 is here now. This 1 GHZ dual-core beauty comes with a 7 inch display and comes preloaded with Ice Cream Sandwich on it.

Here’s hoping they release ICS for us existing tablet owners soon. The new Galaxy Tab 2 does indeed come with TouchWiz as well. If you recall earlier, Samsung was having problems integrating their TouchWiz interface and Ice Cream Sandwich. It looks like they’ve got that worked out now.

No pricing and availability as of yet so stay tuned. You can check the specs out here.

-RP

The new VMware View client will support Kindle Fire, Mac and Linux. It is optimized for Mac OX X Lion, and will use Lion’s full screen mode as well!

The client will also be easily available through the Ubuntu Software Center for easy installation for Linux users. Also the Amazon Appstore will be carrying the client for download as well!

This will definitely expand the reach of the VMware View market and is great news for the virtual world!

-RP

There is a keyboard coming out for the PlayBook! Tablets are great and everything with their touch screen keyboards, but sometimes you need to be able to type faster than a touch screen will allow.

Tablet external keyboards are great for these times when you need to blast out a quick document without the slow hindrance of a touch screen.

You can read more here.

-RP

I find that the app lacks a ton of features and is just too kludgy to use. I started speaking with different people using the same tablet as me and I found that a few people were using an app called TouchDown made by NitroDesk.

So I gave it a download from the Android Market (free trial) and I have been testing it out. Needless to say, I love it! It’s got everything I wanted in an email app and the user interface for it just feels more efficient than the default app that came with my Galaxy Tab.

If you’re having the same problems as me, I suggest you give it a try.

-RP