In the old days, the mobile industry was a predictable. Companies keep designing new phone, each better then the previous version, nothing revolutionary. Then Apple came in and sort of slapped everyone on the face with its new iPod with GSM phone capabilities, known to many as the iPhone.

Now it seems that everybody wants to get into mobile phones. Google announce its mobile platform OS known as Android. Clever move on Google part by not making a phone but a mobile OS instead. Google is not a hardware company.

Microsoft is not just sitting still hanging on their Windows Mobile either. While the Microsoft $40 billion deal with Yahoo! still hanging, they when shopping for another company. This time they get a mobile phone company Danger Inc. the makes of the T-mobile Sidekick.

Before there were the iPhone, this was a phone I have a lust for. Just like the iPhone, we don’t get these phones over here. You see this device on some music videos and TV shows. It has an easy to use interface. Apparently it is Paris Hilton’s choice of smart phone.

Danger is no more. The company is being gobbled by Microsoft’s Entertainment and Device Division. This is the Division responsible for bringing to you the XBox, Microsoft TV product line, Windows Mobile and the Zune.

‘ZunePhone’ in the works? Seeing the success Apple is having with their iPhone, may be Microsoft couldn’t help it to get their feet wet by having their own mobile device.

On a different note, Sony Ericsson change their portfolio strategy by using Windows Mobile on one of their latest device. XPERIA X1 is a cool looking phone with a full QWERTY keyboard. Does this mean Sony Ericsson is abandoning Symbian? Or may be this is just a little experiment.

Android, Microsoft’s Sidekick, XPERIA X1, the future for mobile devices is looking good. Apple’s iPhone might just have some strong contender this year.