Good question. Unfortunately Mobicip doesn't support Android-based smartphones. At least not yet!
The SDK and App Store for Android (and iPhone for that matter) are designed for creating applications, and not really OS-level software. Internet security software should ideally reside deep inside the Operating System for maximum security, and run in the background. In the case of the iPhone, OS-level applications are simply not allowed and we were forced to build a browser instead. On Android, there is no way to disable the default browser, and so we developed a OS-level solution. The Android Store doesn't allow us to deploy OS-level software at this point. This may change in future, and we are lobbying the Android team for it.
You can see some of the discussions below with the Android team. We are still exploring the possibilities, but we are unable to predict any timeline for this.
One thing you should look at is deploying a demo or limited beta to the development community, as well as places like XDA-Developers.com and such. There are plenty of good devs out there to assist in an OS-level solution....
I just emailed the support@mobicip.com email address with my information - please contact me to see about what we can do to help make this a reality.
Also, you might want to push Google by saying that you can do this on the iPhone - why not Android?
Thanks for your suggestions and for the offer to help. We are more than happy to know that there are other developers willing to help with this. We will get in touch through XDA-Developers.com.
We have tried to contact Google in the past and the standard response has been that they would rather the carrier or handset OEM address this problem. They only provide a generic build for Android. Or at least that is their claim.
Suren Nov 13, 2009
Does Mobicip support Android-based phones yet?
Good question. Unfortunately Mobicip doesn't support Android-based smartphones. At least not yet!
The SDK and App Store for Android (and iPhone for that matter) are designed for creating applications, and not really OS-level software. Internet security software should ideally reside deep inside the Operating System for maximum security, and run in the background. In the case of the iPhone, OS-level applications are simply not allowed and we were forced to build a browser instead. On Android, there is no way to disable the default browser, and so we developed a OS-level solution. The Android Store doesn't allow us to deploy OS-level software at this point. This may change in future, and we are lobbying the Android team for it.
You can see some of the discussions below with the Android team. We are still exploring the possibilities, but we are unable to predict any timeline for this.
http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss/browse_thread/thread/7227a9bf1ca7f146
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=46ddfa061bbed38b&hl=en
http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners/browse_thread/thread/2f9c2e2f4cbab35
Guest Oct 1, 2010
One thing you should look at
One thing you should look at is deploying a demo or limited beta to the development community, as well as places like XDA-Developers.com and such. There are plenty of good devs out there to assist in an OS-level solution....
I just emailed the support@mobicip.com email address with my information - please contact me to see about what we can do to help make this a reality.
Also, you might want to push Google by saying that you can do this on the iPhone - why not Android?
Suren Oct 14, 2010
Re: One thing you should look at
Thanks for your suggestions and for the offer to help. We are more than happy to know that there are other developers willing to help with this. We will get in touch through XDA-Developers.com.
We have tried to contact Google in the past and the standard response has been that they would rather the carrier or handset OEM address this problem. They only provide a generic build for Android. Or at least that is their claim.
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