ViewSonic, which is famous for its PC monitors and projectors, has unveiled an Android 2.2 based dual SIM smartphone called V350, and a dual operating system (Android and Windows 7) 10 inch tablet during the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011 in Barcelona.

Both these devices have received positive reviews around the world. Kuldeep Ramaiya, the national sales head of ViewSonic Technologies, said to The Mobile Indian, “The Indian market is definitely on our radar, and we are preparing to launch these two devices there in the next two months.”

V350 boasts of dual SIM capability, and has a 3.5 inch HVGA Resolution (480×320 pixels) capacitive touchscreen. It runs Android 2.2 Froyo, has a five mega Pixel camera, a micro SD card slot, and Wifi, Bluetooth 2.1 and A-GPS connectivity. The phone’s dual SIM feature allows both the SIM cards to be simultaneously active.

The other interesting device set to debut in India and elsewhere is the 10 inch tablet that ViewSonic has unveiled. It is one of the first devices to feature Intel’s long-awaited Oak Trail processor, which is designed for tablets.

This tablet has dual-boot functionality with pre-installed Android 2.2 and Windows 7 Professional. The device has a 1024 x 600 pixel LED-backlit capacitive multi touch screen; 3G, Wifi and Bluetooth connectivity; and a battery good for six or so hours of life.

Pricing details were not disclosed, although we expect that the tablet costs less than Rs 30,000 (the iPad’s starting price), and that the smartphone is priced below Rs 18,000.

With the advent of smartphones, human lives have become a whole lot simpler. Nowadays, people carry their whole world in their smartphones — be it their pictures, music, or contacts, and with the adoption of applications, their bank accounts and money as well. Carrying so much in such a small device is certainly ingenious, but has a long list of security issues to it — issues related to personal information, bank account information, monetary transaction details, personal photographs, documents and so on. So, losing a smartphone means jeopardising all of this data.

Many security service providers have developed special software that helps you remotely wipe your smartphone in case it is lost. Application providers and developers claim that software requires Password authentication before it is activated, but since it’s inconvenient to remember passwords, people usually choose the ‘Remember me’ option while signing into an app.,

If stolen, your smartphone can be used to make purchases using your application account as most App stores today charge the mobile number rather than a credit card. Some banking applications can compromise your bank account and transactions too. Even in the case of mpay and mwallet, which require PIN authentication, there is a big chance that the details might be among your SMS messages, which can easily be hacked.

There are many applications available in the market that claim to safeguard your data or even remotely wipe your phone clean of data in case of loss or theft, but the only downside to those applications is that they don’t work without a SIM since they require network connectivity.

So, the only way out of all this is that you keep a check on what all information is stored on your smartphone because if it is not there, then you cannot lose it. So, while storing data on your phone, always make sure that you don’t save anything that is confidential. Many applications prompt users to remember login details on the smartphone, which should be avoided. And, one must remember to delete all transaction SMSs, particularly those that contain personal identification numbers.

If Sony Ericsson says it wants to be the number 1 Android smartphone maker in the world, there are reasons for people to take the company seriously.

Sony Ericsson is a joint venture between the Japanese electronics company Sony and Swedish company Ericsson. For the most part, the company has concentrated on creating high end phones for the European and Asian markets, though it could never manage to have a strong presence in the USA.

The company nurtures ambitious plans and wants to number one in Android space, Sony Ericsson’s chief executive officer Bert Nordberg told Cnet. During the interview, he also talked about the highly anticipated Xperia Play, also known as the Sony PlayStation phone. The smartphone runs on Android and is being perceived as the flagship Sony Ericsson smartphone in the USA. Sony Ericsson generated quite a wave by airing an advertisement of the phone during the Super Bowl games broadcast, after which a major USA carrier’s chief executive officer himself called Bert Nordberg to ask when his network could have the phone.

Nordberg also said that Sony Ericsson would focus on Android. The company plans to produce twice as many Android smartphones this year as compared to last year, and perceives itself as an important part of the Android ecosystem.

Although Sony Ericsson has worked on the Windows Phone 7 platform in the past, it does not see itself as a big supporter of the OS. Nordberg further points out that he would have been more worried if Nokia had decided to go with Android, as that would have meant competition for Sony Ericsson.