Newbie with Flipside

[shedmeister]

Hello,

I'm new to Android. I was clinging to my old 2G phone for years waiting for one of two things to happen:
1) Verizon service would start working in the building I work in, which is heavily RF shielded.
2) Motorola would offer their premier Android phones through other carriers.

Well, neither happened so I took the compromise position of buying a 'lesser Motorola Android' (the Flipside) through AT&T (probably a couple of generations out of date with respect to Verizon offerings). Why Motorola? Well you know, 'buy American', 'Motorola recovering is key to the US economy recovering', and, oh yeah, I worked there for 12 years.

So anyway, all my iPhone-loving friends are telling me to beware of malicious Android apps, and my 9-year-old son wants me to download a bunch of games, so I'm wondering if there is a place where we post a list of 'safe' or 'unsafe' games.

Thanks,
Jim

 

[techno-update]

Well if you get lookout it will protect you from games with virues so you will be safe to download anything. It will stop the download if it has a virues, malware or anything else that can damage your phone. Hope this helps.

 

[Martimus]

Welcome to the Android Forums!

Android viruses are not yet a major problem. The threat is there but it'll likely be a while before we start seeing significant exploit issues on the platform.