Reports are saying that Microsoft is expecting Windows Mobile to grow by 50% in 2008 and 2009. It is expected that by the time the fiscal year for Microsoft closes in June, over 20 million Windows Mobile handsets will have been sold. This is almost double what was sold the previous year, which came in at about 11 million Windows ... continued »

Sprint is having a very hard rising above this rut they are in. Quarter after quarter, Sprint is reporting both financial and susbscriber loss. Unfortunately for them, Q1 of this year did not shape up any better. How bad is it you ask? Well this quarter alone, Sprint lost more than 1 million subscribers. Customer loss is not nearly the ... continued »

Sony Ericsson has just released their earnings report for Q1 2008, and while the company spin is that it's been positive the figures themselves suggest an organisation with little movement. Reporting 2% growth over last year, handset sales were actually down and operating income almost half what it was in Q1 2007. Sony Ericsson counters with the fact that their ... continued »

Despite AT&T rolling some corporate heads recently, they have made a knock out quarter for themselves, and earnings are up, way up. Looks like all that talk of a stumbling economy, did not affect AT&T as hard as they were thinking. They owe at least some of this success to huge growth in the wireless data sector. Overall, AT&T saw ... continued »

An interesting poll recently completed by Samsung Mobile revealed that 61%, or about six out of every ten, mobile phone users polled would vote in presidential elections via SMS. These people polled were over 18 and eligible to vote. 500 people of this age were polled. While the chances of such a system ever being put in place are slim ... continued »

While users might not see a negative side to the recent array of unlimited plans offered by US carriers - which generally give all-you-can-eat vice calls and messaging, then sometimes data and other services, for a fixed monthly fee - analysts ABI Research are cautioning that the cost to the carriers might be more than just a few missed "unusual ... continued »