Panda has uncovered another HTC Magic from Vodaphone sporting malware.

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How much radiation are you absorbing through cell phone use?

For years, doctors, researchers, experts and gadget enthusiasts have been debating the possible effects of cell phone radiation on your health. With possible links to cancer, a lot of people view it as a serious concern. So how much radiation is bad and how much does your cell phone give out?

For the last 10 years, CNet has been compiling a list of the 20 cell phones that give off the most radiation. According to CNet, to understand the list, you have to know that the amount of radiation absorbed by your body is called the specific absorption rate, or SAR. The maximum amount of radiation allowed by the FCC in the US and Canada is 1.6 watts per kilogram and in Europe this SAR figure is capped at 2 watts per kilogram.

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Cell phone maker HTC has responded to the patent infringement suit recently filed by Cupertino-based Apple.

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According to a survey, 40 percent of BlackBerry users plan to trade in their smartphone for an iPhone when their contracts are up and a third of them plan to go to Android.

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Google has launched a app that allows Android owners to search the device using mere gestures on the screen.

One of the daunting aspects of owning an Android-based mobile device is its ability to sync with contacts stored in Google Mail, and to pull names from Facebook, throwing everyone into one long, collective pool. The list of contacts can be enormous. Throw in the various apps and multimedia stored on the SD card, and there's quite a bit to cypher just on the phone itself. This is where Google's new Gesture Search app comes in: users simply draw a letter on the screen, and the app pulls up the associated content.

Released on the Android Market Wednesday, Gesture Search is an experimental program developed by Google Labs, and is compatible with devices using Android 2.0 and above in the U.S. The drawback to this app is that it actually is an app-- users can't simply draw a letter on the home screen and pull up the search results. Instead, users must install the app and tap on the shortcut first before performing the unique search. Still, that may be a good thing: accidentally drawing a letter on the home screen may lead to an unwanted search screen.

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Leaked marketing material shows Microsoft and Verizon have plans to launch an MS-brand cell phone in April.

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This week AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson made a surprising statement about the upcoming Apple iPad tablet.

During a webcast of an investor conference, Stephenson made it clear that the company doesn't expect to see serious revenue from the iPad in the form of 3G subscriptions. In fact, he said that the device will mainly be a Wi-Fi product. «My expectation is that there's not going to be a lot of people out there looking for another subscription,» he said.

And he's probably right. Most people in general consumers already invest monthly fees for at-home broadband connections. The same group may also take the devices to coffee shops, book stores, or even McDonald's to jump on the Internet for free. It's quite possible that the consumer on the go-- those on the road or don't have access to Wi-Fi networks-- will be the main buyers of the 3G model.

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HTC believes that its Sense UI is unique and not copied from Apple's iPhone.

Apple yesterday opened up a big lawsuit against HTC for violation of 20 patents «related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture, and hardware.»

HTC today responded with an investor announcement of its own. While the phone maker's announcement doesn't feature any words from an enigmatic CEO, HTC gets to the point and tells investors that it «does not believe this lawsuit poses a short-term material impact to its business nor will it affect its Q1 2010 guidance.»

HTC also stressed that it values U.S. and international patent rights and will work with in the U.S. Judicial System to protect its own innovations and rights.

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Third time's a charm?

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The Audi, BMW and Ferrari have got cellphones shaped like them and now it’s the turn of the million dollar-priced Bugatti Veyron. Similar to other car-shaped cellphones, the Bugatti-shaped cellphone is also from China.

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