Investors are also optimistic about the company's effort to recast itself by developing new hardware platforms and a broad array of software applications that are expected to be critical components in the convergence of the Internet and wireless communications devices.
As before, Pocket PCs ship with a fairly broad array of software, including miniature versions of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
The most notable such effort is the open-source framework IoTivity (by OCF), supported by a broad array of software and hardware industry heavyweights and hosted by the Linux Foundation.
This vaunted group operates in a broad array of industries from software and water purification equipment to hypoallergenic pillows and packaged cut fruit.
"Sprint Nextel supplies important equipment to the U.S. military and law enforcement agencies, and it offers a broad array of devices, systems, software and services to the private sector," wrote the group of senators, including Jon Kyl of Arizona, Christopher S. Bond of Missouri and Susan Collins of Maine.
Sparacino says the new management team is doing a good job of transitioning from the previous management's focus on statistics and data mining tools to selling a broader array of analytic software and services.
In September, Sun unveiled its latest push in the thin client arena, called the Sun Ray, and the company hopes that interest in these devices will be piqued by a broader array of hosted software services, like Star Office.
For many years, it has sold software for a broad array of phones, but Mr. Ballmer has been disappointed with his mobile division, particularly when devices like the iPhone blindsided his company.
The proposed bill from Thomas's House Ways & Means Committee referred to a broad array of business activities, including film and computer software production, that was "manufactured, produced, grown or extracted" within the United States.
For instance, 1-800-batteries, which has a well established brand offline, found that the name was too limiting online and chose the broader iGo.com to sell its broad array of products, which includes electronic devices, luggage and software.
In short, it will mean transforming the company from one that sells shrink-wrapped software into one that provides a broad array of services by the Internet.
