Palm Pre and Palm Pixi users are facing data loss problems, and Sprint and Palm are trying to fix it. It has to do with migration of data from one device to another, something Palm and its nascent webOS platform appear to not handle correctly. It seems to be a case that Palm simply did not consider when developing its platform.

This week's CTIA conference is all about wireless, and there are tons of mobile phones being introduced at that conference. One of the phones of the moment, in fact, is the Samsung Moment.

A report from TheStreet.com earlier this week stated that Verizon was snubbing the Palm Pre, which would have dealt a major blow to Palm's comeback chances. Other analysts disagreed with the initial report, and we not appear to have confirmation that the Palm Pre is coming to Verizon after all.

An AT&T sales rep in Charlotte, NC, where their MicroCell trial is taking place, has corrected the pricing numbers for AT&T's femtocell device, designed to fix issues with holes in AT&T coverage. While initial reports showed a somewhat egregious $19.95 service fee for monthly service, it now appears that's only if someone wants unlimited talk time.

The "Take Back the Beep" Campaign that David Pogue started in late July seems to be working. The campaign was a response to the annoying canned carrier messages you receive when you want to leave a voicemail.

Caterpillar's massive job cuts are not the end of the bad economic news this morning. The Home Depot and Sprint also announced huge layoffs today as Sprint will cut 8000 employees and the Home Depot will slash 7000 jobs while exiting the Home Depot Expo business.

Yes, the recently introduced LG Lotus is a rather strange-looking phone. It's a square clamshell phone measuring 2.4" x 0.7" x 3.3", and weighing 3.7 ounces. It comes in either purple or black. Once you flip it open, you'll see a 2.4" diagonal screen and a QWERTY keyboard.

There's some good news for the Sprint customers as the company announced the arrival of Samsung Ace, a Samsung BlackJack look-alike, that offers dual-mode CDMA/GSM functionality so you can use your smartphone internationally. But will this be enticing enough for the depleting Sprint customer base??

HP today announced that it will integrate Sprint mobile broadband capabilities into several HP business notebook PCs, giving mobile professionals convenient access to the fastest and largest U.S. mobile broadband network.

Wireless provider Sprint deals with internet service provider Google to build applications for coming WiMax mobile devices.