**As published in RCR Wireless News**

LOS ANGELES – After spending the last three days up close and personal with the cable industry at its big annual affair, I’m disappointed to report that mobile was hard to find. The wireless innovations and news I’d hoped to see were simply not there.

I’m not sure lobbying will do the trick, but the entire mobile industry should do everything it can to bring wireless out from the distant horizon it sits in now and into clear view for most business in this space who don’t yet see the light. Read more

Google’s handling of the incredibly hyped Nexus One unveiling at its headquarters today is yet another reminder that Google is no Apple. And that’s not a bad thing. Google knows its purpose and most importantly, what brought it to the powerful position it enjoys today.

Google is playing the mobile space from the inside out. It’s building software — both the locally stored and cloud-based variety. It’s made its plans pretty clear from the outset, but for some reason most of us can’t take Google at its word. We are always expecting Google to pull an Apple. Is this really it? The Google Phone?

The timing couldn’t have been more prophetic. Circle back to the same week in 2007 when Apple pulled out the iPhone. It absolutely sucked the air out of CES that year. In true Apple fashion it proved that it was right to go against the grain — indeed it paid off with incredible success. By comparison, Google’s news today hit a flat note. Read more