I heard the great news today that Google will in fact place a bid on
the 700 megahertz spectrum that's becoming available due to the FCC
analog to digital transition! This is great news even if Google
doesn't win the bid-- they made it so that new wireless services will
have to be freely available to consumers like never before!

Sent from my iPhone

So here is the first look at the new cellphone by Google called the G-phone! Okay, okay - I used that to totally mislead you on purpose. There is NO Google phone. However, there is a new mobile software platform that Google has developed and it's called "Android".

BOTTOM LINE: This new software (better be if adopted by the manufacturers) which they should if they have half a bar of smarts, will forever change how we use our cellphones. This is a promising step in the right direction for consumers. It's also a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to start software design businesses to create mobile apps. Watch the Google video below from Google headquarters, while they demo the G-phone, I mean "Android" software.

According to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA), specific absorption rate, or SAR, is "a way of measuring the quantity of radiofrequency (RF) energy that is absorbed by the body." For a phone to pass FCC certification, that phone's maximum SAR level must be less than 1.6W/kg (watts per kilogram). from cnet.com

Top 10 Worst cellphone radiation offenders:

Manufacturer and model	SAR level (digital)
1.     Motorola V195s	1.6
2.     Motorola Slvr L6	1.58
3a.   Motorola Slvr L2	1.54
3b.   Motorola W385	1.54
4.     Motorola Deluxe ic902	1.53
5a.   Samsung Sync SGH-C417	1.51
5b.   Motorola V365	1.51
5c.   RIM BlackBerry Curve (AT&T)	1.51
6.     Palm Treo 700p (Verizon)	1.48
7.     Sony Ericsson W880i	1.47

Top 10 lowest cellphone radiation:

Manufacturer and model	SAR level (digital)
1.    LG KG800	0.135
2.    Motorola Razr V3x	0.14
3.    Nokia 9300	0.21
4.    Nokia N90	0.22
5.    Samsung Sync SGH-A707	0.236
6.    Nokia 7390	0.26
7a.  Samsung SGH-T809	0.32
7b.  Motorola Razr2 V9	0.32
8.    Bang & Olufsen Serene (Samsung SGH-E910)	0.33
9.    T-Mobile Sidekick 3	0.5