Security outfit Symantec has launched its "Norton Everywhere" plan which will stick security protection and cloud-storage access on Google's Android and Apple iPhone smartphones.

There will be a free app for Android and iPhone, called Norton Connect, that will enable access to data stored in Symantec's cloud-based storage service for those subscribing to a service such as Norton 360. In a press release Dan Nadir, senior director for product management at Norton said that PC-based access to cloud storage is more typical today, but Norton Connect extends access to subscribers with Android and iPhone devices.

The Norton Connect apps are expected to be available in June, the Android version will also be available directly from Symantec. The outfit plans to release data-protection and management software for Android called Norton Smartphone Security for Android 1.0. This will be Norton's first subscription-based security software for Android and will let users remotely disable a phone if it's stolen or lost. It will hit the shops in June. The Smartphone Security for Android software also will watch for known malware. Norton designed the security-protection software to watch the apps you're running on Android, and it will "flag apps behaving in suspicious ways.

The software also has a call-blocking mechanism and a way to tell who's calling you. It also features something called "roaming protection" will notify you if you're in a different roaming area, where additional charges are likely to apply. Norton is rolling out entirely new service-based security software aimed at protecting mobile smartphones, PCs and Macs.

Users opt for Norton DNS which will flag or even block dangerous content or Web sites. That will also be released in June.