The Inquirer is reporting that Vodafone is selling phone with some nasty surprises onboard. Apparently an HTC Magic was loaded with the Conficker worm, a Mariposa bot client and a Lineage password divulger. The applications are not native to Android and will not affect the phone, however when you hook it up to your PC thats when the real problem starts.
A representative of Panda Security was first to discover the undesirables and was quick to act and recommends that anyone with an HTC phone scans their memory card with some up to date anti-virus software. Vodafone has yet to comment on the issue.
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If you would like to inject some fun into your photos, this app can help. Interestingly this app is free via sponsorship by Intel corporation!

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Using a Symbian or Windows Phone? Well if so then you will be pleased to hear that YouTube have a new version of their app.
Having YouTube on your phone is nothing new and most manufactures pre-install install the app however this latest version does bring some nice changes.
The biggest change, which in my opinion is good news, is that the app will support your own account, meaning you can easily view your favourite videos and subscriptions.
The application also comes with a new layout which is meant to be better for larger screen devices.
I will record a short video demonstrating the app in use but this will have to wait. I need to go do some work!
If you want to give it a try now just point your phones browser to – m.YouTube.com/app
Posted by: James
Our Podcast co-hosts James and Matt have put together a, quite frankly, huge review of the new HTC Legend. Something of a must read if you have any interest in the phone or just Android in general. It’s rare that an almost perfect device comes along and by the sounds of it, the Legend falls into that category. Check out the review here.
To say we were excited to get the HTC Legend was an understatement! The Legend is the first of four devices officially announced by HTC at mobile world congress and we have been lucky to get our hands on it fairly swiftly. The HTC Desire, HD Mini and Smart are to follow shortly.
As expected with all new HTC devices the media has been buzzing like mad about the Legend and rightly so. As a follow on from the HTC Hero, the Legend, still sporting a chin, is going to be a hugely popular device and chances are that if you are reading this you will more than likely be interested in getting the Legend.
With its sleek unibody design with a brilliant AMOLED display and a brushed metallic finish, the Legend is an attractive handset.
Lets have a look at it in a bit more detail and see if it’s a worthy follow on from the HTC Hero. Read on for the full review.
Here we have another demo of the HTC Legend, this time a short one though! I thought I would show you just a couple of features on the device that I thought were pretty cool and new to HTC’s handsets and that we hadn’t covered in either of our earlier videos.
I was so eager to get the video recorded this morning that somehow I managed to make my tripod fall apart so I apologise for the wobbles here!
You can think of this video as a pre-teaser as the full review of the HTC Legend should be on the site later today so be sure to check back.
Please feel free to discuss with us using our forums or via twitter @tracyandmatt
Video after the break…
Last week T-Mobile announced that they would have the HTC Desire available from the 26th March, somewhat sooner than many of us expected.
The HTC Desire is the flagship ‘Superphone’ from HTC and personally I think the pick of the bunch of new handsets announced by HTC at MWC.
Today we have news that T-Mobile have announced their tariffs for the HTC Desire, which start at £25/month for 24 months with a handset price of £129.99. This tariff does not include data though which you’ll no-doubt be consuming by the bucket load on this handset!
For an unlimited data tariff, prices start at £35/month, 24-months, and the handset will still cost you £49.99. Full details at Carphone Warehouse, where you can also put in a pre-order.
We hope to have our hands on the HTC Desire within the next few weeks, hopefully with a review just prior to launch to help you make up your minds!
Posted by: Matt
Some companies, that are based on offering their service via website, still think that they can get away with just doing mobile version of their website, instead of releasing an app. This is stupid. All such companies need to release its own apps. If they have their own content, they’d be better off releasing their app without offering API, but if they have user-generated content they should offer API and rather ask developers to make apps.
Fortunately IMDb – the database of movies – is not stupid and they have released recently their own, official (!) app:

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