and people laugh at my primitive mobile... suckers!

I thought mobile phone viruses had been around for a while now?

..there is nothing better in life than writing on the sole of your slipper with a biro..

With the ability to share files and other things, this opens up a bigger door for this type of thing to happen. The may even soon have a type of windows on some of them, which will require updates.

Hmmm interesting.I hope it happens to my sister's phone

Edited by - Jagged on 6/16/2004 5:55:06 AM

Hehe I have an ancient Nokia 3310...I don't think it's technologically capable of getting a virus, plus it doesn't have WAP, Bluetooth and the kind of stuff that would make you more likely to get one

the closest thing i have to a cell phone is a cordless but my bro-in-law and sister have cell phones that could be virus sensetive my mom though still has an old analoge cell (not old old just not with the LCD screens) its things like this that made me skeptical about getting the internet or a cell phone (which i won't be getting one anytime soon)

time flies, time to clip it's wings

Taw - No, there have been hoaxes, but I haven't heard of any viruses affecting mobiles. That's not counting "SNARFing", etc of course .

that's not what I heard, but then mobiles don't really interest me and I try to have as little to do with them as poss.

the eventual result will soon be a combination mobile phone/pda/handheld pc, sort of a super N-Gage, with Vindoze on it, so AV will become as important for your mobile as it is for your PC. I can see h'ware firewalls being built in, and the AV updates will have to be online, ooo think of the airtime expense for a big d'load... I have an old Erisson A2628s, nice design, easy to use (for me, not good with phones) no silly cameras or any of that rubbish, just a straightforward display and big buttons; it does have WAP but I've never enabled it, not exactly a roaring success WAP, was it?

..there is nothing better in life than writing on the sole of your slipper with a biro..

Im a bit the same Taw, I got an T68 a year or so ago. I prefered my old T10 (smaller) but it was shagged so I had to upgrade. The new one has all this bluetooth, web access crap but I only use it for SMS, calls and the occasional game of battleship when Im waiting in line at the motor reg. I'd personally do away with all the fancy crap and just have a teeny phone for the basic needs, I really hate bulgy pockets.

Edited by - Mustang on 6/17/2004 1:52:46 AM

@Darkstone: I also have the same stuff, so we're safe
BTW, judging by the article, the virus is not that harmful. On the other hand, its successors probably will be.

Wisdom comes with age. But sometimes age comes alone...

I still think that mobiles are over-rated. They can be good in an emergency, and are convenient, but I still have no need or desire to have one. I'll probably have to pick one up once I get a job though . All that EMR... *shakes head*