Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=57818When Qualcomm and CDMA first appeared on the world scene both were hailed as the future of the wireless industry. Today, though, CDMA still lags GSM in the number of subscribers with CDMA having 480 million subscribers while GSM has 3.8 billion. CDMA also saw subscriber growth of only 29 million peo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=5781838013210veritas501Speaking of the Titanic, anyone remember Bernie Ebbers and Worldcom? Some highlights: - "It's all over. Bernard Ebbers of WorldCom has won," cyber evangelist George Gilder gleefully announced to the world's telco titans back in October 1997. The upstart had bounded audaciously past GTE and BT to hand in the triumphan...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286462851/6/2013 7:25:16 AMveritas501"It seems you prefer to be an umpire though." What would you have people do on an investment discussion forum? I'm really interested.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2859130312/7/2012 4:24:20 PMCrackheadBobWow you are very concerned with QCOM and Mirasol! I think QCOM did pretty well this quarter even with their mistake on Mirasol. It's a good thing that they have $26B (or something like that) on the books when they make a $1B mistake. When you swing for the fences you are bound to strike out from time to time. At leas...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2853185011/7/2012 10:45:02 PMveritas501Well, after another 8 months of diligent searching, I've found a Mirasol handheld -- emphasis on "a" because there is only one for sale on Amazon, and not by Amazon itself. It's been given a rating of 3.5 stars by its users. Doesn't look like Mirasol will be taking the world by storm.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2850653210/29/2012 2:19:54 AMveritas501If people are wondering the reason for my absence, it's because I've been scouring the US for those Mirasol handelds that were supposed to put existing display technology to pasture. Unfortunately, I've come up empty handed. Mirasol, Mirasol, where art thou??http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=279222492/1/2012 11:52:48 PM