Eric Chu of Google’s Android is aware of the issue and has announced that the Android market now has better security for the developers who contribute their works to the mobile platform. They have released a new licensing service, Market browsing enhancements (allowing users to easily access apps made for specific versions of the OS, such as apps for the Android 1.5 Cupcake) and most importantly, a method for the market to assess the license status for every user accessing the system.

While Google has not released any details on how the new licensing system actually works, it has been revealed that the system works in a real time basis –constantly checking users whenever they log into the Android market.

This level of security is pretty much on par with that the Apple iTunes store offers. However it has yet to be seen in action so we will have to reserve our judgment for later.

In other Android smart phone news, it appears that the Android 2.2. Froyo update has been leaked prematurely for the Samsung Galaxy S. Since this is an unofficial release, the update is not yet complete -though it is fully functional. According to Galaxy S owners who have braved the risk of trying out an update to the system firmware, the Froyo update is indeed as fast and efficient as Google claimed it to be.

Visual real estate

Users overlook the Samsung Galaxy S as being slightly larger than most touchscreen phones, knowing that it is merely a fair trade-off for a bigger, more advanced display. The phone comes with a generous 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen with a 16 million colour display at 480x 800 pixels resolution. This bigger piece of visual real estate means less eyestrain when reading emails and more enjoyment when watching videos, viewing images and playing games.

Other screen advantages

A bigger screen on the Samsung Galaxy S also means a more dynamic and easier way to navigate the phone’s TouchWiz 3.0 user interface. The screen comes with an accelerometer which automatically rotates the UI to adapt to the phone’s orientation, whether in portrait of landscape mode. The user interface has touch-sensitive controls, a proximity sensor for automatic device shutdown, and responds to multi-touch input method.

Simple touch navigation

Creating documents and composing emails on the Samsung Galaxy S touchscreen just became easier with the inclusion of the Swype text input which enables intuitive typing on the display’s virtual QWERTY keyboard. There’s no more need to wade through a confusion of menus as the TouchWiz UI provides multiple home screens which allows users to quickly access their desired file with a mere swipe of a finger.

Audio and visual entertainment on the go is just a finger swipe away. The i9000 comes with a versatile media player which is instantly accessible on the home screen. The player enables the user to play back both music and video files with stunning clarity using simple touch navigation.