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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-26536
SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
     
DELAWARE   33-0029027
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF   (I.R.S. EMPLOYER INCORPORATION OR
ORGANIZATION)   IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
     
51 COLUMBIA, SUITE 200, ALISO VIEJO, CA   92656
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)   (ZIP CODE)
REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (949) 362-5800
     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
YES þ       NO o
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b of the Exchange Act. (check one):
Large accelerated filer o       Accelerated filer o       Non-accelerated filer þ
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).
YES o       NO þ
     As of November 1, 2006 there were 24,352,648 shares of Common Stock outstanding.
 
 

 


 

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2006     2005 (A)  
    (unaudited)          
ASSETS
               
CURRENT ASSETS:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 34,898     $ 21,215  
Accounts receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts and other adjustments of $356 (2006) and $439 (2005)
    6,943       6,786  
Inventories, net
    1,373       530  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    243       556  
 
           
 
               
Total current assets
    43,457       29,087  
 
               
Equipment and improvements, net
    376       241  
Goodwill
    15,098       9,288  
Intangible assets, net
    4,156       4,093  
Other assets
          7  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 63,087     $ 42,716  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
 
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 4,942     $ 2,383  
Accrued liabilities
    1,881       1,376  
 
           
 
               
Total current liabilities
    6,823       3,759  
 
           
 
               
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
           
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
               
Preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
           
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 24,353,000 and 22,147,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively
    24       22  
Additional paid-in capital
    62,839       50,880  
Accumulated deficit
    (6,599 )     (11,945 )
 
           
 
               
Stockholders’ equity
    56,264       38,957  
 
           
 
               
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 63,087     $ 42,716  
 
           
 
(A)   DERIVED FROM THE AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT DECEMBER 31, 2005
 
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2006     2005     2006     2005  
    (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)  
NET REVENUES
                               
Products
  $ 14,619     $ 6,743     $ 36,691     $ 11,781  
Services
    182       153       550       475  
 
                       
Total Net Revenues
    14,801       6,896       37,241       12,256  
 
                       
COST OF REVENUES
                               
Products
    6,030       1,089       14,485       1,835  
Services
    60       76       210       220  
 
                       
Total Cost of Revenues
    6,090       1,165       14,695       2,055  
 
                       
 
                               
GROSS PROFIT
    8,711       5,731       22,546       10,201  
 
                               
OPERATING EXPENSES:
                               
Selling and marketing
    2,374       1,294       6,540       2,103  
Research and development
    1,871       1,244       5,625       2,638  
General and administrative
    2,329       1,430       5,766       3,367  
 
                       
 
                               
Total operating expenses
    6,574       3,968       17,931       8,108  
 
                       
 
                               
OPERATING INCOME
    2,137       1,763       4,615       2,093  
 
                               
INTEREST INCOME
    381       161       871       475  
 
                       
 
                               
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
    2,518       1,924       5,486       2,568  
 
                               
INCOME TAX EXPENSE
    68       47       140       55  
 
                       
 
                               
NET INCOME
  $ 2,450     $ 1,877     $ 5,346     $ 2,513  
 
                       
 
                               
NET INCOME PER SHARE, basic
  $ 0.10     $ 0.09     $ 0.23     $ 0.12  
 
                       
 
                               
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING, basic
    24,123       22,016       23,360       21,097  
 
                       
 
                               
NET INCOME PER SHARE, diluted
  $ 0.09     $ 0.08     $ 0.21     $ 0.11  
 
                       
 
                               
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING, diluted
    25,794       23,222       25,184       22,454  
 
                       
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SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In Thousands)
                                         
                    Additional              
    Common stock     paid-in     Accumulated        
    Shares     Amount     capital     deficit     Total  
     
BALANCE, December 31, 2005
    22,147     $ 22     $ 50,880     $ (11,945 )   $ 38,957  
 
                                       
Exercise of common stock options (unaudited)
    1,371       1       3,795             3,796  
 
                                       
Acquisition of PhoTags, Inc. (unaudited)
    385       1       4,730             4,731  
 
                                       
Non cash compensation recognized on stock options (unaudited)
                2,714             2,714  
 
                                       
Non cash compensation recognized on Restricted Stock (unaudited)
    450             720             720  
 
                                       
Net income (unaudited)
                      5,346       5,346  
 
                             
 
                                       
BALANCE, September 30, 2006 (unaudited)
    24,353     $ 24     $ 62,839     $ (6,599 )   $ 56,264  
 
                             
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SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In Thousands)
                 
    Nine Months  
    Ended September 30,  
    2006     2005  
    (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)  
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
               
Net income
  $ 5,346     $ 2,513  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities, net of the effect of the acquisitions of PhoTags, Inc. and Allume Systems:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    1,302       479  
Provision for doubtful accounts and other adjustments to accounts receivable
    221       92  
Provision for slow moving inventory
    61        
Non cash compensation related to stock options & restricted stock
    3,434       51  
Change in operating accounts, net of effect from acquisition:
               
Accounts receivable
    (375 )     (2,021 )
Inventories
    (904 )     (22 )
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    239       94  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    3,014       832  
 
           
 
               
Net cash provided by operating activities
    12,338       2,018  
 
           
 
               
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
Acquisition of PhoTags, Inc., net of cash received
    (2,224 )      
Acquisition of Alume Systems, Inc., net of cash received
          (11,270 )
Capital expenditures
    (228 )     (44 )
 
           
 
               
Net cash used in investing activities
    (2,452 )     (11,314 )
 
           
 
               
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Cash received from issuance of common stock
          21,026  
Costs related to issuance of common stock
            (240 )
Cash received from exercise of stock options
    3,797       265  
 
           
 
               
Net cash provided by financing activities
    3,797       21,051  
 
           
 
               
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    13,683       11,755  
 
               
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period
    21,215       8,634  
 
           
 
               
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period
  $ 34,898     $ 20,389  
 
           
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SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands)
                 
    For the Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,  
    2006     2005  
    (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)  
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
               
 
               
Cash Paid for income taxes
  $ 203     $ 30  
 
           
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SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
     Description of Business - Smith Micro Software, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) is a developer and marketer of communications and utilities software products and services. Our business model is based primarily upon developing and marketing innovative software solutions for the wireless industry. We sell our products and services to some of the world’s leading wireless companies as well as to consumers. Our products are primarily directed to wireless data connectivity, including wireless wide area network (WWAN) for CDMA/GPRS networks, and wireless local area network (WLAN) for Wi-Fi. We also provide software to manage music and other multimedia content, including photo and full motion video, on mobile devices. We are also heavily involved in data compression, primarily focused on a unique way of compression to enable enhanced wireless communications. Our software products target the original equipment manufacturers (“OEM”) market, particularly wireless service providers and mobile device manufacturers, as well as direct to the consumer. Smith Micro’s fundamental product design philosophy is to enhance, simplify, and streamline applications to ensure the best possible consumer experience. Since our inception in 1983, we have shipped over 60 million copies of our various software products.
     On April 5, 2006, the Company acquired PhoTags, Inc. (“PhoTags”), a Delaware Corporation with offices in Jerusalem, Israel (see Note 3). PhoTags is a leading developer and marketer of revolutionary photo and music management technology. The company’s pioneering product suite known as Active Images turns any JPEG file into a self-contained multimedia messaging system, allowing users to send text messages, music, sound files, documents and more - all in a single JPEG file. Among PhoTags’ product suite was Music Express, now known as QuickLink Music, an innovative music management solution which assists users to enhance the media-rich capabilities of listening to music on their PCs. QuickLink Music allows users to simplify managing their music files, buy music from an online store and manage music files on a PC. PhoTags Inc.’s patented Active Images technology is designed to easily add any type of metadata or media file to a JPEG Image. Watermarks, forms, text messages, music, links to Internet sites, voice recordings, portable digital wallet information, and even videos can all be stored in a JPEG image, and accessed on any device that has the Active Image thin client application installed. This technology plays directly into Smith Micro’s strategy of broadening its wireless product offerings and provides for the first time that carriers and handset manufacturers can provide enhanced music and photo management technology that can reside directly in the handset and on a consumer’s PC. In addition to broadening Smith Micro’s family of mobility products, the PhoTags acquisition will help expand Smith Micro’s ability to serve OEM customers in Europe and Asia through an international sales and support office based in Jerusalem, Israel that is now renamed Smith Micro Software, Israel.
     On July 1, 2005, the Company acquired Allume Systems (“Allume”), which was a wholly owned subsidiary of International Microcomputer Software, Inc. (see Note 4). Allume develops and publishes award-winning software solutions that empower users in the area of information access, removal, recovery, security, productivity and online distribution. Allume’s flagship product is StuffIt® Deluxe. StuffIt Wireless, a new and advanced technology that is patent pending by Allume Systems, will compress an already compressed JPEG file by up to 30% more without losing any of the picture quality. This technology is particularly important to mobile phone manufactures who now can store up to 30% more images and to carriers who are interested in the reduction of utilized bandwidth. In addition, StuffIt Wireless has been enhanced to also compress and decompress handset resources, potentially reducing the cost to build handsets by reducing memory requirements. Other award winning products include icSpyware & Anti-Phising Suite™ which targets spyware and phishing intrusions, Internet Cleanup™ which removes spyware and detects and prevents intruders from access to private information and Spring Cleaning® which cleans and optimizes computer operating systems.
     Basis of Presentation - The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements reflect adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company at September 30, 2006, the consolidated results of its operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 and its consolidated cash flows for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2006 and 2005. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements have been condensed or omitted pursuant to rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), although the Company believes that the disclosures in the unaudited consolidated financial statements are adequate to ensure the information presented is not misleading. These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. The results of operations of interim periods are not necessarily indicative of future operating results. All intercompany amounts have been eliminated in consolidation.

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     Cash and Cash Equivalents - Cash and cash equivalents generally consist of cash, government securities and money market funds. These securities are all held in one financial institution and are uninsured except for minimum FDIC coverage. As of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, balances totaling approximately $34.6 (unaudited) and $21.4 million, respectively, were uninsured. All have original maturity dates of three months or less.
     Accounts Receivable - The Company sells its products worldwide. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and generally does not require collateral. The Company maintains reserves for estimated credit losses, and those losses have been within management’s estimates. Allowances for product returns are included in other adjustments to accounts receivable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Product returns are estimated based on historical experience and have also been within management’s estimates.
     Inventories - Inventories consist principally of cables, CDs, boxes and manuals and are stated at the lower of cost (determined by the first-in, first-out method) or market. The Company regularly reviews its inventory quantities on hand and records a provision for excess and obsolete inventory based primarily on management’s forecast of product demand and production requirements. At September 30, 2006 our inventory balance consisted of approximately $121,000 in assembled products and $1.4 million of components.
     Equipment and Improvements - Equipment and improvements are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally ranging from three to seven years. Leasehold improvements are amortized using the straight-line method over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset or the lease term.
     Long Lived Assets - The Company accounts for the impairment and disposition of long-lived assets in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 144, Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. This statement addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment of long-lived assets and for the disposal of long-lived assets. In accordance with SFAS No. 144, long-lived assets to be held are reviewed for events or changes in circumstances, which indicate that their carrying value may not be recoverable. The Company periodically reviews the carrying value of long-lived assets to determine whether or not an impairment to such value has occurred. The Company has determined that there was no impairment at September 30, 2006.
     Goodwill - The Company adopted SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, effective January 1, 2002. As a result of the adoption, the Company is no longer required to amortize goodwill. Prior to the adoption of SFAS 142, goodwill was amortized over 7 years. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, the Company reviews the recoverability of the carrying value of goodwill at least annually or whenever events or circumstances indicate a potential impairment. The Company’s annual impairment testing date is December 31. Recoverability of goodwill is determined by comparing the fair value of the Company’s reporting units to the carrying value of the underlying net assets in the reporting units. If the fair value of a reporting unit is determined to be less than the carrying value of its net assets, goodwill is deemed impaired and an impairment loss is recognized to the extent that the carrying value of goodwill exceeds the difference between the fair value of the reporting unit and the fair value of its other assets and liabilities. The Company determined that it did not have any impairment of goodwill at December 31, 2005.
     The carrying amount of the Company’s goodwill was approximately $15,098,000 (unaudited) and $9,288,000 as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively. The Company’s reporting units are equivalent to its operating segments. At September 30, 2006 the amount of goodwill allocated to the products segment is $14,763,000 and the amount of goodwill allocated to the services segment is $335,000. At December 31, 2005 the amount of goodwill allocated to the products segment is $8,953,000 and the amount of goodwill allocated to the services segment is $335,000.

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     Other Intangible Assets - The following table sets forth the acquired intangible assets by major asset class (in thousands):
                                                         
    Useful     September 30, 2006     December 31, 2005  
    Life             Accumulated     Net Book             Accumulated     Net Book  
    (Years)     Gross     Amortization     Value     Gross     Amortization     Value  
Amortizing:
                                                       
Purchased and
                                                       
Licensed Technology
       3     $ 2,260       (2,260 )         $ 2,260       (2,260 )      
 
                                                       
Capitalized Software
    4-5       3,849       (1,370 )     2,479       2,649       (534 )     2,115  
 
                                                       
Distribution Rights
       5       482       (180 )     302       482       (76 )     406  
 
                                                       
Customer Lists
       5       923       (230 )     693       923       (92 )     831  
 
                                                       
Trademarks
    10       809       (166 )     643       809       (68 )     741  
 
                                                       
Customer Agreements
    1.5       65       (26 )     39                    
 
                                           
 
                                                       
Totals
          $ 8,388     $ (4,232 )   $ 4,156     $ 7,123     $ (3,030 )   $ 4,093  
 
                                           
     Aggregate amortization expense on intangible assets was approximately $368,000 and $1.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. Expected future amortization expense is as follows: $368,000 for the remainder of 2006, $1,696,000 for the year 2007, $1,121,000 for the year 2008, $522,000 for the year 2009 and $449,000 thereafter. Amortization expense related to intangibles acquired in the Allume acquisition is calculated on a discounted cash flow basis over five years for Capitalized Software, Distribution Rights and Customer Lists and ten years for Trademarks. Amortization is calculated on a straight line basis over five years for Customer Lists. Amortization expense related to intangibles acquired in the PhoTags acquisition is calculated on a discounted cash flow basis over four years for Capitalized Software and 18 months for Customer Agreements.
     Revenue Recognition - Software revenue is recognized in accordance with the Statement of Position (SOP) 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, as amended, when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the price is fixed and determinable, and collectibility is probable. The Company recognizes revenues from sales of its software to Retail and OEM customers or end users as completed products are shipped and title passes, or from royalties generated as authorized customers duplicate the Company’s software, if the other requirements of SOP 97-2 are met. If the requirements of SOP 97-2 are not met at the date of shipment, revenue is not recognized until these elements are known or resolved. Returns from Retail and OEM customers are limited to defective goods or goods shipped in error. Historically, OEM customer returns have not been significant. The Company reviews available retail channel information and makes a determination of a return provision for sales made to distributors and retailers based on current channel inventory levels and historical return patterns. Certain sales to distributors or retailers are made on a consignment basis. Revenue for consignment sales are not recognized until sell through to the final customer is established.
     Product sales directly to end-users are recognized upon delivery. End users have a thirty day right of return, but such returns are reasonably estimable and have historically been immaterial. The Company also provides technical support to its customers. Such costs have historically been insignificant.
     Service revenues include sales of consulting services, web site hosting and fulfillment. Service revenues are recognized as services are provided or as milestones are delivered and accepted by our customers.

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     Sales Incentives – Pursuant to the consensus of EITF 01-09, Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer (Including a Reseller of the Vendor’s Product), effective January 1, 2002, the cost of sales incentives the Company offers without charge to customers that can be used in, or that are exercisable by a customer as a result of, a single exchange transaction is accounted for as a reduction of revenue. We track incentives by program and use historical redemption rates to estimate the cost of customer incentives. These costs have historically been less than 10% of our revenues.
     Software Development Costs - Development costs incurred in the research and development of new software products and enhancements to existing software products are expensed as incurred until technological feasibility has been established. The Company considers technological feasibility to be established when all planning, designing, coding and testing has been completed according to design specifications. After technological feasibility is established, any additional costs are capitalized. Through September 30, 2006, software has been substantially completed concurrently with the establishment of technological feasibility; and, accordingly, no costs have been capitalized to date.
     Income Taxes - The Company accounts for income taxes under SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. This statement requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s consolidated financial statements or tax returns. The measurement of the deferred items is based on enacted tax laws. In the event the future consequences of differences between financial reporting bases and the tax bases of the Company’s assets and liabilities result in a deferred tax asset, SFAS No. 109 requires an evaluation of the probability of being able to realize the future benefits indicated by such asset. A valuation allowance related to a deferred tax asset is recorded when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. The Company currently has a full valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets. Based on the Company’s assessment of all available evidence, the Company concluded that it is not more likely than not that its deferred tax assets will be realized. This conclusion is based primarily on our history of net operating losses as compared to only a recent trend of profitable operations, the potential for future stock option deductions to significantly reduce taxable income, annual net operating loss limitations under Section 382 of the Code and the need to generate significant amounts of taxable income in future periods on a consistent and prolonged basis in order to utilize the deferred tax assets. The Company will continue to monitor all available evidence and reassess the potential realization of our deferred tax assets. If the Company continues to meet our financial projections and improve our results of operations, or if circumstances otherwise change, it is reasonably possible that we may release all or a portion of our valuation allowance in the future. Any such release would result in recording a tax benefit that would increase net income in the period the valuation is released.
     Net Income per Share - Pursuant to SFAS No. 128, Earnings per Share, the Company is required to provide dual presentation of “basic” and “diluted” earnings per share (EPS). Basic EPS amounts are based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS amounts are based upon the weighted average number of common and potential common shares outstanding. Potential common shares for diluted EPS include stock options, using the treasury stock method, of 1,671,000 and 1,206,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2006 and September 30, 2005, respectively. Potential common shares for diluted EPS include stock options, using the treasury stock method, of 1,824,000 and 1,357,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and September 30, 2005, respectively. Certain potential common shares from exercise of options have been excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share due to their exercise price being greater than the Company’s weighted-average stock price for the period. For the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, the number of shares excluded were 68,000 and 24,000, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, the number of shares excluded were 210,000 and 24,000 respectively.
     Fulfillment Services - The Company currently holds consigned inventory for a customer, which is used to fulfill internet orders. As the Company does not hold title to the inventory, it is not recorded in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. In addition, the Company receives cash for internet fulfillment orders which is paid out to the fulfillment customer on a monthly basis. Such cash and the related payable are recorded on a net basis as the amounts are held for the benefit of this fulfillment customer. Revenue is recognized for fulfillment services as services are performed.
     Segment Information – The Company currently operates in two business segments: products and services. In addition, revenues are broken down into three units, Wireless and OEM Sales, and Consumer Sales and Enterprise Sales. The Company’s Enterprise Sales unit includes Enterprise software products as well as consulting, fulfillment and hosting revenue.
     The Company does not separately allocate operating expenses to these segments, nor does it allocate specific assets to these segments. Therefore, segment information reported includes only revenues and cost of revenues.

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     The following table shows the net revenues and cost of revenues generated by each segment:
                                                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2006     2005     2006     2005  
    (in thousands)     (in thousands)  
    Products     Services     Products     Services     Products     Services     Products     Services  
Wireless & OEM Revenues
  $ 11,997     $     $ 4,319     $     $ 29,234     $     $ 8,942     $  
Consumer Revenues
    2,548             2,328             7,186             2,694        
Enterprise Revenues
    74       182       96       153       271       550       145       475  
 
                                               
Total Revenues
    14,619       182       6,743       153       36,691       550       11,781       475  
Cost of Revenues
    6,030       60       1,089       76       14,485       210       1,835       220  
 
                                               
Gross Profit
  $ 8,589     $ 122     $ 5,654     $ 77     $ 22,206     $ 340     $ 9,946     $ 255  
 
                                               
     Sales to individual customers and their affiliates which amounted to more than 10% of the Company’s net revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, included one OEM customer at 76.9% in 2006 and one OEM customer at 51.5% in 2005. Sales to individual customers and their affiliates which amounted to more than 10% of the Company’s net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, included one OEM customer at 74.3% in 2006 and one OEM customer at 60.3% in 2005.
     Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
     Comprehensive Income – Comprehensive income, as defined, includes all changes in equity (net assets) during a period from non-owner sources. For each of the periods ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, there was no difference between net income, as reported, and comprehensive income.
2. EQUITY TRANSACTIONS
     On February 18, 2005, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain institutional investors related to the private placement of 3,500,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share. The transaction closed on February 18, 2005 and the Company realized gross proceeds of $22.4 million from the financing before deducting commissions and other expenses. Offering costs related to the transaction totaled $1,613,000, comprised of $1,344,000 in commissions and $269,000 cash payments for legal and investment services, resulting in net proceeds of $20,786,000. The Company agreed to register for resale the shares of Common Stock issued in the private placement. Such registration statement became effective on June 17, 2005. The agreement provides for penalties of one percent (1%) of the purchase price per month should effectiveness of the registration not be maintained.
3. ACQUISITION OF PHOTAGS INC.
     On April 3, 2006, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Tag Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Tag Acquisition Corporation II, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub II”), PhoTags, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“PhoTags”), Harry Fox, as Stockholders’ Agent, and certain stockholders of PhoTags, that provides for, among

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other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into PhoTags and, immediately upon the completion thereof, the merger of PhoTags with and into Merger Sub II pursuant to which PhoTags became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). The transaction closed on April 5, 2006.
     In connection with the Merger, the Company acquired the underlying technology of PhoTags, Inc. which includes patented JPEG enhancements. As a result, the Company assumed approximately $2,000,000 in liabilities of PhoTags, which were paid at closing, and issued 384,897 shares of the Company’s common stock with an aggregate fair market value of $4,730,384 (based on a closing share price on the closing date, April 5, 2006, of $12.29) as consideration for the purchase of all of the outstanding shares of PhoTags. In addition, the Company agreed to pay an earn-out payment of up to an additional $3,500,000 in the Company’s common stock, if the PhoTags business line achieves certain milestones at the end of the 15-month earn-out period beginning April 1, 2006. As of September 30, 2006, approximately $355,000 in Wireless & OEM revenues have been attributed to the acquisition toward the earn-out goal of $4.2 million. The Company estimates that $299,000 in direct costs (legal and professional services) were incurred to close the transaction.
     As part of the transaction, CDI, a company organized under the laws of the State of Israel and a related party of PhoTags (“CDI”), agreed to grant the Company an option to acquire CDI for a period of ten (10) years following the effective time of the Merger at a purchase price of $3,000.
     The Merger is intended to constitute a reorganization under Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
     As part of the transaction, the Company filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the resale of the shares of the Company’s common stock issued to the stockholders of PhoTags at closing. The registration statement was filed on July 28, 2006 and became effective August 3, 2006.
     A copy of the Merger Agreement has been filed under Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     The results of operations of the business acquired have been included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. Amortization related to the acquisition was calculated based on an independent valuation for certain identifiable intangibles acquired.
     The total purchase price is summarized as follows (in thousands):
         
Cash consideration
  $ 2,000  
Common stock
    4,730  
Acquisition related costs
    299  
 
     
Total purchase price
  $ 7,029  
 
     

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     The Company’s allocation of the purchase price is summarized as follows (in thousands):
         
Assets:
       
Cash
  $ 2  
Accounts Receivable, net
    3  
Intangible Assets
    1,265  
Goodwill
    5,809  
 
     
Total Assets
    7,079  
 
     
 
       
Liabilities:
       
Accrued Liabilities
    50  
 
     
Total Liabilities
    50  
 
     
 
       
Total purchase price
  $ 7,029  
 
     
     As the cost of the acquisition did not exceed 20% of the Company’s net assets at the date of the transaction, proforma information is not required. The pro-forma effect of the acquisition on historical periods is not material and therefore is not included.
4. ACQUISITION OF ALLUME INC.
     On July 1, 2005, the Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Allume, Inc. from International Microcomputer Software, Inc. (IMSI) for $10.6 million in cash and 397,547 restricted shares of its common stock. Allume, Inc. is a leading developer of compression software solutions for JPEG, MPEG and MP3 platforms. A portion of the purchase price, including $1,250,000 cash and shares of common stock having a market value of $750,000, was deposited in an indemnity escrow to secure certain representations and warranties included in the Stock Purchase Agreement. The aggregate purchase price was approximately $12.8 million, which includes $10.6 million cash paid, the 397,547 shares issued which have been valued using the average closing market price of the Company’s common stock over the two-day period before and after the sale was announced and $316,000 of direct acquisition costs. The direct acquisition costs incurred to date include $116,000 for legal and professional services, as well as a transaction fee of $200,000.
     The results of operations of the business acquired have been included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. Depreciation and amortization related to the acquisition were calculated based on the estimated fair market values and estimated lives for property and equipment and an independent valuation for certain identifiable intangibles acquired.
     The total purchase price is summarized as follows (in thousands):
         
Cash consideration
  $ 10,626  
Common stock
    1,858  
Acquisition related costs
    316  
 
     
Total purchase price
  $ 12,800  
 
     
     The purchase price is contingent upon a final calculation of Allume’s net assets. If the final net asset calculation is less than the minimum amount specified in the purchase agreement, the purchase price will be adjusted downward accordingly. Any such adjustment will be recorded as an adjustment to the cost of Allume Systems, Inc. and reflected in the final purchase price allocation.

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     The Company’s allocation of the purchase price is summarized as follows (in thousands):
         
Assets:
       
Cash
  $ 46  
Accounts Receivable, net
    822  
Inventories, net
    237  
Property & Equipment
    67  
Other Assets
    244  
Intangible Assets
    4,863  
Goodwill
    7,573  
 
     
Total Assets
    13,852  
 
     
 
       
Liabilities:
       
Accounts Payable
    659  
Accrued Liabilities
    393  
 
     
Total Liabilities
    1,052  
 
     
 
       
Total purchase price
  $ 12,800  
 
     
     Unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as if the acquisition had occurred January 1, 2005 are as follows (in thousands, except per share data):
                 
    Nine Months Ended  
    September 30, 2005  
    Historical     Proforma  
Net Revenues
  $ 12,256     $ 16,645  
 
           
Net Income
  $ 2,513     $ 1,915  
 
           
Net Income per share, basic
  $ 0.12     $ 0.09  
 
           
Net Income per share, diluted
  $ 0.11     $ 0.08  
 
           
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic
    21,097       21,495  
 
           
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted
    22,454       22,852  
 
           
     Pro forma adjustments have been applied to reflect the addition of amortization related to the intangible assets and the fixed assets acquired and reduction in interest income as if the acquisition had occurred at the beginning of such period presented. The pro forma adjustment for amortization related to intangible assets acquired was $770,000 for the nine month pro forma period ended September 30, 2005.
5. STOCK BASED COMPENSATION.
     In July 2005, the Shareholders approved the 2005 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan (“2005 Plan”), which replaced the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (“1995 Plan”). All outstanding options under the 1995 Plan remained outstanding, but no further grants were made under that Plan. The 2005 Plan provides for the issuance of non-qualified or incentive stock options to employees, non-

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employee members of the board and consultants. The exercise price per share is not to be less than the fair market value per share of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The Board of Directors has the discretion to determine the vesting schedule. Options may be either immediately exercisable or in installments, but generally vest over a four-year period from the date of grant. In the event the holder ceases to be employed by the Company, all unvested options terminate and all vested installment options may be exercised within an installment period following termination. In general, options expire ten years from the date of grant.
     Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123(R)), which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to employees and directors, including stock options based on their fair values. SFAS 123(R) supersedes Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (APB 25), which the Company previously followed in accounting for stock-based awards. In March 2005, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (SAB 107) to provide guidance on SFAS 123(R). The Company has applied SAB 107 in its adoption of SFAS 123(R).
     The Company adopted SFAS 123(R) using the modified prospective transition method as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006. In accordance with the modified prospective transition method, the Company’s financial statements for prior periods have not been restated to reflect, and do not include, the impact of SFAS 123(R). Share-based compensation expense recognized is based on the value of the portion of share-based payment awards that is ultimately expected to vest. Share-based compensation expense recognized in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 includes compensation expense for share-based payment awards granted prior to, but not yet vested as of, December 31, 2005 based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the pro forma provisions of SFAS 123.
     In conjunction with the adoption of SFAS 123(R), the Company elected to attribute the value of share-based compensation to expense using the straight-line method, which was previously used for its pro forma information required under SFAS 123. Share-based compensation expense related to stock options and restricted stock grants was $1.5 million and $3.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, and was recorded in the financial statements as follows (in thousands):
                 
    Three Months     Nine Months  
Cost of Goods Sold
  $ 8     $ 23  
Selling and Marketing
    605       1,509  
Research and Development
    141       793  
General and Administrative
    741       1,583  
 
           
Total Stock Compensation Expense
  $ 1,495     $ 3,908  
 
           
     In the nine months ended September 30, 2006 a total of 50,000 shares of Restricted Stock, with a total value of $440,000, were granted to the Board of Directors. This cost will be amortized over 12 months. In addition, 400,000 shares of Restricted Stock, with a total value $4.3 million, were granted to key officers and employees of the Company. This cost will be amortized over 24 months.

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     During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, there was no share-based compensation expense related to stock options recognized under the intrinsic value method in accordance with APB 25. In addition, there was no compensation expense for restricted stock grants as the Company had not issued any restricted stock in 2005. Had compensation cost for the Company’s stock options been recognized based upon the estimated fair value on the grant date under the fair value methodology prescribed by SFAS No. 123, as amended by SFAS No. 148, the Company’s net income and income per share would have been as follows (in thousands):
                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30, 2005     September 30, 2005  
Net income, as reported
  $ 1,877     $ 2,513  
Less: total stock based compensation
    (376 )     (658 )
 
           
Net income, as adjusted
  $ 1,501     $ 1,855  
 
           
 
               
Income per common share
               
Basic, as reported
  $ 0.09     $ 0.12  
Basic, pro forma
  $ 0.07     $ 0.09  
Fully Diluted, as reported
  $ 0.08     $ 0.11  
Fully Diluted, pro forma
  $ 0.06     $ 0.08  
     The Company’s calculations were made using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: expected life, 12 to 48 months following the grant date; average stock volatility, 84.1% for grants issued in 2006 and 111% for grants issued in 2005; weighted average risk-free interest rates of 4.86% and 3.97 in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively; and no dividends during the expected term. As stock-based compensation expense recognized in the consolidated statement of operations pursuant to SFAS No. 123(R) is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, expense for grants beginning upon adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) on January 1, 2006 will be reduced for estimated forfeitures. SFAS No. 123(R) requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. Forfeitures are estimated based on historical experience.
A summary of the Company’s stock option activity is as follows:
                         
            Weighted Ave.     Aggregate  
    # of Shares     Exercise Price     Intrinsic Value  
Outstanding as of December 31, 2005
    3,856,000     $ 3.57          
Granted (unaudited)
    266,000     $ 11.69          
Exercised (unaudited)
    (1,371,000 )   $ 2.77          
Cancelled (unaudited)
    (129,000 )   $ 4.74          
 
                     
Outstanding as of September 30, 2006 (unaudited)
    2,622,000     $ 4.76     $ 25,224,000  
 
                   
 
                       
Exercisable as of September 30, 2006 (unaudited)
    743,000     $ 3.89     $ 7,797,000  
 
                   

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Additional information regarding options outstanding as of September 30, 2006 is as follows :
                                                 
                    Options outstanding   Options exercisable
                    Weighted average   Weighted           Weighted
Range of               remaining   average           average
exercise       Number   contractual   exercise   Number   exercise
prices       outstanding   life (years)   price   exercisable   price
$ 0.24 - $   0.50    
 
    135,000       6.5     $ 0.25       116,000     $ 0.25  
$ 0.51 - $   1.00    
 
    6,000       12.5     $ 0.88       6,000     $ 0.93  
$ 1.01 - $   2.00    
 
    537,000       7.7     $ 1.89       142,000     $ 1.88  
$ 2.01 - $   4.00    
 
    35,000       7.5     $ 3.49       32,000     $ 8.19  
$ 4.01 - $   5.00    
 
    1,581,000       8.8     $ 4.95       393,000     $ 0.68  
$ 5.01 - $ 14.00    
 
    328,000       9.4     $ 10.65       54,000     $ 2.15  
       
 
                                       
       
 
                                       
       
 
    2,622,000       8.5     $ 4.76       743,000     $ 3.89  
       
 
                                       
     During the nine months ended September 30, 2006 approximately 1,371,000 options have been exercised with an intrinsic value of $15.9 million, resulting in cash proceeds to the Company of $3.8 million. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was $6.99. At September 30, 2006 there was $5.2 million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested stock options granted under the Plan, which will be recognized over a period not to exceed four years. At September 30, 2006, 2,149,000 shares were available for future grants under the Stock Issuance / Stock Option Plan.
6. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
     In February 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Issues (SFAS) No. 155, Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments, which amends SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivatives Instruments and Hedging Activities and SFAS No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities. SFAS 155 amends SFAS No. 133 to narrow the scope exception for interest-only and principal-only strips on debt instruments to include only such strips representing rights to receive a specified portion of the contractual interest or principle cash flows. SFAS 155 also amends SFAS No. 140 to allow qualifying special-purpose entities to hold a passive derivative financial instrument pertaining to beneficial interests that itself is a derivative instrument. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this new Standard but believes that it will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
     In March 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 156, Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets (SFAS 156), which provides an approach to simplify efforts to obtain hedge-like (offset) accounting. This Statement amends FASB Statement 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities, with respect to the accounting for separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. The Statement (1) requires an entity to recognize a servicing asset or servicing liability each time it undertakes an obligation to service a financial asset by entering into a servicing contract in certain situations; (2) requires that a separately recognized servicing asset or servicing liability be initially measured at fair value, if practicable; (3) permits an entity to choose either the amortization method or the fair value method for subsequent measurement for each class of separately recognized servicing assets or servicing liabilities; (4) permits at initial adoption a one-time reclassification of available-for-sale securities to trading securities by an entity with recognized servicing rights, provided the securities reclassified offset the entity’s exposure to changes in the fair value of the servicing assets or liabilities; and (5) requires separate presentation of servicing assets and servicing liabilities subsequently measured at fair value in the balance sheet and additional disclosures for all separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. SFAS 156 is effective for all separately recognized servicing assets and liabilities as of the beginning of an entity’s fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006, with earlier adoption permitted in certain circumstances. The Statement also describes the manner in which it should be initially applied. The Company does not believe that SFAS 156 will have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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     In July 2006, the FASB released FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting and reporting for uncertainties in income tax law. This interpretation prescribes a comprehensive model for the financial statement recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns. This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the expected effect of FIN 48 on its results of operations and financial position.
     In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157), which defines the fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is encouraged, provided that we have not yet issued financial statements for that fiscal year, including any financial statements for an interim period within that fiscal year. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact SFAS 157 may have on its results of operations and financial position.
     In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, Employer’s accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Post Retirement Plans. SFAS No. 158 requires employers to recognize in its statement of financial position an asset or liability based on the retirement plan’s over or under funded status. SFAS No. 158 is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2006. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the effect that the application of SFAS No. 158 will have on its results of operations and financial position.
     In September 2006, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements (SAB 108). This SAB provides guidance on the consideration of the effects of prior year misstatements in quantifying current year misstatements for the purpose of a materiality assessment. SAB 108 establishes an approach that requires quantification of financial statement errors based on the effects of each of the company’s balance sheets and statement of operations and the related financial statement disclosures. The SAB permits existing public companies to record the cumulative effect of initially applying this approach in the first year ending after November 15, 2006 by recording the necessary correcting adjustments to the carrying values of assets and liabilities as of the beginning of that year with the offsetting adjustment recorded to the opening balance of retained earnings. Additionally, the use of the cumulative effect transition method requires detailed disclosure of the nature and amount of each individual error being corrected through the cumulative adjustment and how and when it arose. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact SAB 108 may have on its results of operations or financial position.
     In October 2006, the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) issued EITF 06-3, How Taxes Collected from Customers and Remitted to Governmental Authorities Should Be Presented in the Income Statement (That is, Gross versus Net Presentation) to clarify diversity in practice on the presentation of different types of taxes in the financial statements. The Task Force concluded that, for taxes within the scope of the issue, a company may adopt a policy of presenting taxes either gross within revenue or net. That is, it may include charges to customers for taxes within revenues and the charge for the taxes from the taxing authority within cost of sales, or, alternatively, it may net the charge to the customer and the charge from the taxing authority. If taxes subject to EITF 06-3 are significant, a company is required to disclose its accounting policy for presenting taxes and the amounts of such taxes that are recognized on a gross basis. The guidance in this consensus is effective for the first interim reporting period beginning after December 15, 2006 (the first quarter of our fiscal year 2007). The Company does not expect the adoption of EITF 06-3 will have a material impact on its results of operations, financial position or cash flow.

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ITEM 2.   MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
     This report contains forward-looking statements regarding Smith Micro which include, but are not limited to, statements concerning projected revenues, expenses, gross profit and income, the competitive factors affecting our business, market acceptance of products, customer concentration, the success and timing of new product introductions, the protection of our intellectual property, and the need for additional capital. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, management’s beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us. Words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “predicts,” “potential,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “should,” “may,” “will” and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements also include the assumptions underlying or relating to any of the foregoing statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, our actual results could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Such factors include, but are not limited to the following:
    our ability to predict consumer needs, introduce new products, gain broad market acceptance for such products and ramp up manufacturing in a timely manner;
 
    the continued growth in sales to our large customers;
 
    market acceptance of mobile applications, including consumer adoption of mobile and media services;
 
    the intensity of the competition and our ability to successfully compete;
 
    the pace at which the market for new products develop;
 
    the response of competitors, many of whom are bigger and better financed than us;
 
    our ability to successfully execute our business plan and control costs and expenses;
 
    our ability to protect our intellectual property and our ability to not infringe on the rights of others;
 
    our ability to integrate acquisitions; and
 
    those additional factors which are listed under the section “Risk Factors” beginning on page 31.
All forward looking statements included in this document are based on information available to us on the date hereof. We do not undertake any obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.
OVERVIEW
     Our business model is based primarily upon developing and marketing innovative software solutions for the wireless industry. Our leading-edge mobility and music management products simplify communications access over Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWANs) and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs); our mobile media manager manages content from PC to mobile device and back; and our compression technologies are well on the way to being widely adopted by the wireless industry.
     Today, Smith Micro Software develops productivity and entertainment software solutions for an expanding universe of customers. Our leading QuickLink® Mobile brands have long been products of choice for wireless carriers and device manufacturers around the world.
     These wireless carriers and device manufacturers (OEMs) generally incorporate our products into their brands selling direct to individual consumers and in multiples to their enterprise customers. Our products are utilized in many major wireless network installations throughout the world to facilitate data communications via PC Cards, embedded network devices and mobile phones.

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     QuickLink Mobile provides Windows and Macintosh users a centralized application to control, customize and automate wireless connections of all types—WWAN, Wi-Fi & Dial-Up.
     We began adding value to QuickLink Mobile with new features and security protocol enhancements for secure enterprise level connectivity compliance, thus allowing enterprise users to move between mobile data networks and WLAN coverage securely. QuickLink Mobile Enterprise is a secure, enterprise connectivity solution to control, customize and automate wireless connections of all types—WWAN, WLAN and Remote Access Dial-Up. The product supports nearly 200 carriers worldwide on almost any type of wireless device: PC Cards, embedded devices and handsets connected via USB cable or Bluetooth. We anticipate that this market will grow over the next several years as enterprise customers provide wireless connectivity for their workforce.
     In addition, late in 2005 Smith Micro began shipping its first music management software to help manage the transfer of music files to a mobile device. Our launch of QuickLink Music has had a positive impact as we increased sales in the wireless carrier space. In 2006 we announced QuickLink MediaManager, a new intuitive multimedia manager to facilitate the transfer of music, images and video files to the mobile devices. The product allows consumers to download music, photo and video files to their PC, managing their rich media content on a PC and transfer those files to and from their music enabled mobile handset. As with all our mobility solutions our product strategies revolve around driving wireless data usage on our customer’s wireless networks.
     With the acquisition of Allume, Smith Micro envisioned creating a new compression product based on Allume’s award winning StuffIt compression series of products for PCs. StuffIt Wireless is a patent-pending breakthrough in image compression and offers carriers and handset manufactures a suite of innovative compression solutions to meet the challenges facing the wireless industry. StuffIt Wireless delivers three distinct compression advantages: 1) The ability to store higher quality images in less space; 2) the ability to compress images without loss in quality and 3) the ability to compress device resources. With StuffIt Wireless, handset manufacturers can reduce hardware memory costs by maximizing use of limited memory and improve battery life by transferring files more quickly. Through the efficiency of StuffIt Wireless, carriers can increase network utilization.
     In addition to our focus in the wireless OEM market place, Smith Micro develops, publishes and markets many of the leading consumer brands on the market today. Our consumer products have offerings in compression, utility, diagnostic, fax and eBusiness markets. Our complete line of consumer products is available through direct sales on our websites, partner websites or its order desk and through traditional retail outlets. We offer a range of products and focus on two markets: diagnosis and performance, and security and internet. These products are designed to enhance, secure, clean, diagnose and help customers maximize their computer’s performance and protect the user from spam, spyware and computer hackers.
     We continue to invest in research and the development of wireless software products, and we believe we have one of the industry’s leading wireless product lines in terms of performance and innovative features. Smith Micro’s long-standing product design philosophy has been to enhance, simplify and streamline the consumer experience from initial purchase and installation to first use.
     During 2006, we have maintained a sharp focus on our operating cost structure while ensuring that we maintain our operating flexibility to support future growth in the industry. We measure success by monitoring our net sales and gross margin dollars and operating cash flow. We believe that there continues to be excellent growth opportunities within the wireless software marketplace and we continue to focus on positioning Smith Micro to benefit from these opportunities.
     Smith Micro’s goal is to establish the next generation of wireless products utilizing our Active Image patented technology to delivery innovative content management solutions to broaden our wireless market opportunities .in 2007 and beyond.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
     The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain statement of operations data expressed as a percentage of net revenues.
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2006     2005     2006     2005  
Net Revenues:
                               
Products
    98.8 %     97.8 %     98.5 %     96.1 %
Services
    1.2 %     2.2 %     1.5 %     3.9 %
 
                       
Total net revenues
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
 
                       
Cost of revenues:
                               
Products
    40.7 %     15.8 %     38.9 %     15.0 %
Services
    0.4 %     1.1 %     0.6 %     1.8 %
 
                       
Total cost of revenues
    41.1 %     16.9 %     39.5 %     16.8 %
 
                       
Gross profit
    58.9 %     83.1 %     60.5 %     83.2 %
Operating expenses:
                               
Selling and marketing
    16.0 %     18.8 %     17.5 %     17.2 %
Research and development
    12.7 %     18.0 %     15.1 %     21.5 %
General and administrative
    15.8 %     20.7 %     15.5 %     27.5 %
 
                       
Total operating expenses
    44.5 %     57.5 %     48.1 %     66.2 %
 
                       
Operating income
    14.4 %     25.6 %     12.4 %     17.0 %
Interest income
    2.6 %     2.3 %     2.3 %     3.9 %
 
                       
Income before income taxes
    17.0 %     27.9 %     14.7 %     20.9 %
Income tax expense
    0.5 %     0.7 %     0.3 %     0.4 %
 
                       
Net income
    16.5 %     27.2 %     14.4 %     20.5 %
 
                       
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2006 and 2005
Revenues
     Total net revenues were $14.8 million and $6.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $7.9 million, or 114.6% from 2005 to 2006. Sales to individual customers and their affiliates which amounted to more than 10% of the Company’s net revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, consisted of Verizon Wireless at 76.9% and 51.5% respectively. If our sales to this customer are reduced, it could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
     Total net revenues were $37.2 million and $12.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $25 million, or 203.9% from 2005 to 2006. Sales to individual customers and their affiliates which amounted to more than 10% of the Company’s net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, consisted of Verizon Wireless at 74.3% and 60.3% respectively. The 2006 period includes approximately $6.9 million of net revenues attributable to the Allume acquisition, which was completed in the third quarter of 2005.
     We currently operate in two business segments: products and services. In addition, revenues are broken down into three business units, Wireless and OEM, Consumer and Enterprise. Our Enterprise unit sales include software products as well as consulting, fulfillment and hosting.

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     The following table shows the net revenues and cost of revenues generated by each segment (in thousands):
                                                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2006     2005     2006     2005  
    Products     Services     Products     Services     Products     Services     Products     Services  
Wireless & OEM
  $ 11,997     $     $ 4,319     $     $ 29,234     $     $ 8,942     $  
Consumer
    2,548             2,328             7,186             2,694        
Enterprise
    74       182       96       153       271       550       145       475  
 
                                               
Total Net Revenues
    14,619       182       6,743       153       36,691       550       11,781       475  
Cost of Revenues
    6,030       60       1,089       76       14,485       210       1,835       220  
 
                                               
Gross Profit
  $ 8,589     $ 122     $ 5,654     $ 77     $ 22,206     $ 340     $ 9,946     $ 255  
 
                                               
     Products. Net product revenues were $14.6 million and $6.7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $7.9 million, or 116.8%, from 2005 to 2006. Wireless and OEM sales increased $7.7 million, or 177.8%, as a result of the continued success of the EVDO (a wireless Internet standard) rollout by our carrier customers and the introduction of our Music Essentials Kit product, which was launched in the fourth quarter of 2005. Consumer sales increased approximately $220,000, or 9.5%, as the result of the launch of Stuffit Deluxe 11.0, released in September, 2006, and the increased product marketing under the Smith Micro name. Enterprise sales decreased $22,000 or 22.9%. Product revenues accounted for 98.8% of total revenues in the three months ended September 30, 2006 compared with 97.8% of total revenues in the comparable period of 2005.
     Net product revenues were $36.7 million and $11.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $24.9 million, or 211.4%, from 2005 to 2006. Wireless and OEM sales increased $20.3 million, or 226.9%, as a result of the continued success of the EVDO rollout by our carrier customers and the introduction of our Music Essentials Kit product, which was launched in the fourth quarter of 2005 and our acquisition of PhoTags. Consumer sales increased $4.5 million, or 166.7%, due to the inclusion of Allume for the entire 2006 period. Consumer sales primarily represent the sales of Allume products to distributors, retail customers and individuals. Allume was acquired on July 1, 2005 (see Note 4 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). Enterprise sales increased $126,000 or 86.9% as a result of the addition of Allume’s site license and enterprise sales of its Stuffit product line. Product revenues accounted for 98.5% of total revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 compared with 96.1% of total revenues in the comparable period of 2005.
     Services. Service revenues were $182,000 and $153,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, with an increase of $29,000 or 19.0%, from 2005 to 2006. Service revenues accounted for 1.2% of total revenues in the three months ended September 30, 2006 compared with 2.2% of total revenues in the comparable period of 2005.
     Service revenues were $550,000 and $475,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, with an increase of $75,000 or 15.8%, from 2005 to 2006. Service revenues accounted for 1.5% of total revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 compared with 3.9% of total revenues in the comparable period of 2005.
Cost of Revenues and Gross Margin
     Cost of Product Revenues. Cost of product revenues were $6.0 million and $1.1 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $4.9 million, or 453.7%, from 2005 to 2006. Cost of product revenues as a percentage of product revenues was 41.3% and 16.2% for 2006 and 2005, respectively. Product gross margin as a percentage of product revenues was 58.8% as compared to 83.9% for the year earlier period. The decrease from the year earlier period is attributed to product mix, in particular the introduction of the lower margin Music Essentials Kits in 2006 (Kit products carry a lower gross margin than a pure software product as Kits include third party hardware components). Cost of product revenues for the 2006 and 2005 periods include $251,000 and $267,000, respectively, of amortization of intangibles associated with acquisitions. In addition, cost of product revenues also includes $8,000 of stock compensation expense for the 2006 period. Factoring out amortization of intangibles and stock compensation expense, pro-forma product gross margin for the three month period ended September 30 was 60.6% for 2006 and 87.0% for 2005. As noted above, the 26.4% reduction in pro-forma gross margin is due to product mix.

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     Cost of product revenues were $14.4 million and $1.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $12.7 million, or 689.4%, from 2005 to 2006. Cost of product revenues as a percentage of product revenues was 39.5% and 15.6% for 2006 and 2005, respectively. Product gross margin as a percentage of product revenue was 60.5% as compared to 84.4% for the year earlier period. Cost of product revenues for the 2006 and 2005 periods include $836,000 and $267,000, respectively, of amortization of intangibles associated with acquisitions. In addition, cost of product revenues also includes $23,000 of stock compensation expense for the 2006 period. Factoring out amortization of intangibles and stock compensation expense, pro-forma product gross margin for the nine month period ended September 30 was 62.8% for 2006 and 85.4% for 2005. The 22.6% pro-forma decrease from the year earlier period is attributed to product mix, specifically the significant sales of the lower margin Music Essentials Kits in 2006.
     Cost of Service Revenues. Cost of service revenues were $60,000 and $76,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing a decrease of $16,000 or 21.0%, from 2005 to 2006. Cost of service revenues as a percentage of service revenues was 33.0% and 49.7% for 2006 and 2005, respectively. Cost of service revenues includes the cost of our consulting personnel and the cost of hiring outside contractors to support our staff of consultants and vary by contract.
     Cost of service revenues were $210,000 and $220,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing a decrease of $10,000 or 4.6%, from 2005 to 2006. Cost of service revenues as a percentage of service revenues was 38.2% and 46.3% for 2006 and 2005, respectively. Cost of service revenues includes the cost of our consulting personnel and the cost of hiring outside contractors to support our staff of consultants and vary by contract.
Operating Expenses
     The following table presents a breakdown of our operating expenses by functional category and as a percentage of total net revenues (in thousands):
                                                                                             
    Three Months Ended September 30,   Nine Months Ended September 30,
    2006   2005   2006   2005
Operating expenses:
                                                               
Selling and marketing
  $ 2,374       16.0 %   $ 1,294       18.8 %   $ 6,540       17.5 %   $ 2,103       17.2 %
Research and development
    1,871       12.7 %     1,244       18.0 %     5,625       15.1 %     2,638       21.5 %
General and administrative
    2,329       15.8 %     1,430       20.7 %     5,766       15.5 %     3,367       27.5 %
                 
Total operating expenses
  $ 6,574       44.5 %   $ 3,968       57.5 %   $ 17,931       48.1 %   $ 8,108       66.2 %
                 
     Selling and Marketing. Selling and marketing expenses were $2.4 million and $1.3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $1.1 million, or 83.5%, from 2005 to 2006. Our selling and marketing expenses consist primarily of personnel costs, advertising costs, sales commissions and trade show expenses. These expenses vary significantly from quarter to quarter based on the timing of trade shows and product introductions. Selling and marketing expenses for the current period include $605,000 of stock based compensation expense which is not included in 2005 expenses. Amortization of intangibles associated with acquisitions was $117,000 for the 2006 period and $118,000 for the 2005 period. Factoring out stock based compensation expense and amortization expense, selling and marketing expenses increased $476,000, or 40.5% from the prior year quarter. This increase is due to the acquisition of PhoTags, increases in headcount and increases in costs related to trade shows and to product collateral concept and design. As a percentage of revenues, pro-forma selling and marketing expenses decreased to 11.1% for the three months ended September 30, 2006 from 17.0% in the three months ended September 30, 2005, as a result of the increase in sales.
     Selling and marketing expenses were $6.5 million and $2.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $4.4 million, or 211.0%, from 2005 to 2006. Selling and marketing expenses for the current period includes $1.5 million of stock based compensation expense which is not included in 2005 expenses. In addition, amortization

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of intangibles associated with acquisitions is $248,000 more in 2006 than 2005. Factoring out such amortization and stock based compensation expense, selling and marketing expenses increased $2.7 million, or 135.0% from the prior year period. While most of the increases in selling and marketing expenses were due to the Allume acquisition, we also had an increase in headcount and increases in costs related to trade shows and to product collateral concept and design. As a percentage of revenues, pro-forma selling and marketing expenses decreased to 12.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 from 16.1% in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as a result of the increase in sales.
     Research and Development. Research and development expenses were $1.9 million and $1.2 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $627,000, or 50.4%, from 2005 to 2006. Our research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel and equipment costs required to conduct our software development efforts. We remain focused on the development and expansion of our technology, particularly our wireless and compression software technologies. Research and development expenses for the current period include $141,000 of stock based compensation expense which is not included in 2005 expenses. Factoring out such compensation expense, research and development expenses increased $486,000, or 39.1% from the prior year quarter. The increase in our research and development expenses was due to the addition of the PhoTags operations, increases to headcount and a refocus of our consulting services to internal product development. Despite the increase in costs, as a percentage of revenues, pro-forma research and development expenses decreased to 11.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2006 from 18.0% in the three months ended September 30, 2005, as a result of the increase in sales.
     Research and development expenses were $5.6 million and $2.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $3.0 million, or 113.3%, from 2005 to 2006. Research and development expenses for the current period include $793,000 of stock based compensation expense which is not included in 2005 expenses. Factoring out such compensation expense, research and development expenses increased $2.2 million, or 83.2% from the prior year period. The increase in our research and development expenses was primarily due to the addition of the Allume operations for the entire period, the addition of PhoTags operations for the current quarter, increases to headcount and a refocus of our consulting services to internal product development. Despite the increase in costs, as a percentage of revenues, pro-forma research and development expenses decreased to 13.0% for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 from 21.5% in the nine months ended September 30, 2005, as a result of the increase in sales.
     General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses were $2.3 million and $1.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $899,000, or 62.9%, from 2005 to 2006. General and administrative expenses for the current period include $741,000 of stock based compensation expense which is not included in 2005 expenses. Factoring out such compensation expense, general and administrative increased $158,000, or 11.1%, from the prior year quarter. The increase in our general and administrative expenses is due to an increase in headcount and current year Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance costs. Despite the increase in costs, as a percentage of revenues, pro-forma general and administrative expenses decreased to 10.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2006 from 20.7% in the three months ended September 30, 2005, as a result of the increase in sales.
     General and administrative expenses were $5.8 million and $3.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $2.4 million, or 71.3%, from 2005 to 2006. General and administrative expenses for the current period include $1.6 million of stock based compensation expense which is not included in 2005 expenses. Factoring out such compensation expense, general and administrative increased $816,000, or 24.2% from the prior year period. The increase in our general and administrative expenses is due to current year Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance costs, increases in headcount, legal and consulting expenses, partially offset by a reduction in benefit costs. Despite the increase in costs, as a percentage of revenues, pro-forma general and administrative expenses decreased to 11.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 from 27.5% in the nine months ended September 30, 2005, as a result of the increase in sales.
     Interest Income. Interest income was $381,000 and $161,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $220,000 or 136.7% from 2005 to 2006. Interest income was $871,000 and $475,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $396,000 or 83.4% from 2005 to 2006. Interest income is directly related to our average cash balance during the period and varies among periods. On February 18, 2005, we closed a private placement equity transaction, netting approximately $20.8 million in cash. We have not changed our investment strategy during the periods being reported on, with our excess cash consistently being invested in short term marketable debt securities classified as cash equivalents.
     Provision for Income Taxes. The provision for income taxes was $68,000 and $47,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $21,000, or 44.7% from 2005 to 2006. The provision for income taxes was

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$140,000 and $55,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, representing an increase of $85,000, or 154.6% from 2005 to 2006. In all periods, the provision for income taxes relates to an accrual for alternative minimum taxes which are expected to be owed on income as well as certain state minimum tax payments. The Company has a full valuation allowance on its net deferred tax assets.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
     Since our inception, we have financed operations primarily through cash generated from operations and from proceeds of $18.1 million generated by our initial public offering in 1995. On February 18, 2005, the Company completed the private placement of 3,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value, at a price of $6.40 per share, resulting in aggregate gross cash proceeds to the Company of $22,400,000 and approximate net cash proceeds to the Company of $20,786,000 after expenses. C.E. Unterberg, Towbin LLC, the placement agent for the transaction, received a cash fee equal to 6% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the Private Placement.
     Net cash provided by operating activities was $12.3 million and $2.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The primary source of operating cash in 2006 was net income, the non-cash stock based compensation expense and the increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, slightly offset by the increase in inventory. The primary source of operating cash in 2005 was the income and increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, offset by the increase in accounts receivable.
     During the nine months ended September 30, 2006, we used $2.4 million in investing activities, consisting of primarily of the PhoTags acquisition ($2 million) and the purchase of office equipment. In 2005, we used $11.3 million in investing activities, consisting of the acquisition of Allume Systems.
     We received $3.8 million in cash from the exercise of employee stock options during the nine months ended September 30, 2006 compared to $265,000 during the comparable period of 2005.
     At September 30, 2006, we had $34.9 million in cash and cash equivalents and $36.6 million of working capital. Our accounts receivable balance, net of allowance for doubtful accounts and other adjustments, was $6.9 million at September 30, 2006. We have no significant capital commitments, and currently anticipate that capital expenditures will not vary significantly from recent periods. We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and cash flow from operations will be sufficient to finance our working capital and capital expenditure requirements through at least the next 12 months. We may require additional funds to support our working capital requirements or for other purposes and may seek to raise additional funds through public or private equity or debt financing or from other sources. If additional financing is needed, we cannot assure you that such financing will be available to us at commercially reasonable terms or at all.
     Our corporate headquarters, which includes our principal administrative, sales and marketing, customer support and research and development facilities, is located in Aliso Viejo, California. We have leased this space through May 2009. Effective November 1, 2006, we signed a new lease to expand our corporate headquarters by approximately 3,600 square feet. This lease for additional space runs concurrently with the original lease and will also expire in May 2009. We also lease approximately 7,700 square feet in Watsonville, California under a lease that expires September 30, 2010. We executed an addendum effective December 1, 2006, which will increase this space by approximately 5,600 square and extend the term until September 30, 2013. We are currently working on a new operating lease for our facility in Lee’s Summit, Missouri to replace the lease that expired in June 2005.

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     As of September 30, 2006, we had no debt and no long term liabilities. The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of September 30, 2006 (in thousands):
                                         
    Payments due by period
            1 year                   More than
    Total   or less   1 - 3 Years   3-5 Years   5 Years
     
Contractual obligations:
                                       
Operating lease obligation
  $ 1,553     $ 511     $ 903     $ 139     $ 0  
Employment agreements
    470       320       150       0       0  
Purchase obligations
    1,220       1,220       0       0       0  
     
Total
  $ 3,243     $ 2,051     $ 1,053     $ 139     $ 0  
     
     During our normal course of business, we have made certain indemnities, commitments and guarantees under which we may be required to make payments in relation to certain transactions. These include: intellectual property indemnities to our customers and licensees in connection with the use, sale and/or license of our products; indemnities to various lessors in connection with facility leases for certain claims arising from such facility or lease; indemnities to vendors and service providers pertaining to claims based on the negligence or willful misconduct; indemnities involving the accuracy of representations and warranties in certain contracts; and indemnities to directors and officers of the Company to the maximum extent permitted under the laws of the State of Delaware. We may also issue a guarantee in the form of a standby letter of credit as security for contingent liabilities under certain customer contracts. The duration of these indemnities, commitments and guarantees varies, and in certain cases, may be indefinite. The majority of these indemnities, commitments and guarantees may not provide for any limitation of the maximum potential for future payments we could be obligated to make. We have not recorded any liability for these indemnities, commitments and guarantees in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
     Our discussion and analysis of results of operations, financial condition and liquidity are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may materially differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. On an on-going basis, we review our estimates to ensure that the estimates appropriately reflect changes in our business or new information as it becomes available.
     We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:
     Revenue Recognition - Software revenue is recognized in accordance with the Statement of Position (“SOP”) 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, as amended, when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the price is fixed and determinable, and collectibility is probable. We recognize revenues from sales of our software to OEM customers or end users as: completed products are shipped and title passes; or from royalties generated as authorized customers duplicate our software, if the other requirements of SOP 97-2 are met. If the requirements of SOP 97-2 are not met at the date of shipment, revenue is not recognized until these elements are known or resolved. Returns from OEM customers are limited to defective goods or goods shipped in error. Historically, OEM customer returns have not exceeded the very nominal estimates and reserves. Management reviews available retail channel information and makes a determination of a return provision for sales made to distributors and retailers based on current channel inventory levels and historical return patterns. Certain sales to distributors or retailers are made on a consignment basis. Revenue for consignment sales are not recognized until sell through to the final customer is established.
     Product sales directly to end-users are recognized upon delivery. End users have a thirty day right of return, but such returns are reasonably estimable and have historically been immaterial. We also provide technical support to our customers. Such costs have historically been insignificant.
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     Accounts Receivable – We sell our products worldwide. We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers and adjust credit limits based upon payment history, the customer’s current credit worthiness and various other factors, as determined by our review of their current credit information. We continuously monitor collections and payments from our customers. We estimate credit losses and maintain a bad debt reserve based upon these estimates. While such credit losses have historically been within our estimated reserves, we cannot guarantee that we will continue to experience the same credit loss rates that we have in the past. If not, this could have an adverse effect on our consolidated financial statements.
     Goodwill – We have adopted SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, effective January 1, 2002. As a result of the adoption, we are no longer required to amortize goodwill. Prior to the adoption of SFAS 142, goodwill was amortized over 7 years. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, we review the recoverability of the carrying value of goodwill at least annually or whenever events or circumstances indicate a potential impairment. Our annual impairment testing date is December 31. Recoverability of goodwill is determined by comparing the estimated fair value of our reporting units to the carrying value of the underlying net assets in the reporting units. If the estimated fair value of a reporting unit is determined to be less than the carrying value of its net assets, goodwill is deemed impaired and an impairment loss is recognized to the extent that the carrying value of goodwill exceeds the difference between the estimated fair value of the reporting unit and the fair value of its other assets and liabilities. We determined that we did not have any impairment of goodwill at December 31, 2005. Estimates of reporting unit fair value are based upon market capitalization and therefore are volatile being sensitive to market fluctuations. To the extent that our market capitalization decreases significantly or the allocation of value to our reporting units changes, we could be required to write off some or all of our goodwill.
     Deferred Income Taxes - We account for income taxes under SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. This statement requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future consequences of events that have been recognized in our financial statements or tax returns. The measurement of the deferred items is based on enacted tax laws. In the event the future consequences of differences between financial reporting bases and the tax bases of our assets and liabilities result in a deferred tax asset, SFAS No. 109 requires an evaluation of the probability of being able to realize the future benefits indicated by such asset. A valuation allowance related to a deferred tax asset is recorded when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. We currently have a full valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets. Based on our assessment of all available evidence, we concluded that it is not more likely than not that our deferred tax assets will be realized. This conclusion is based primarily on our history of net operating losses as compared to only a recent trend of profitable operations, the potential for future stock option deductions to significantly reduce taxable income, annual net operating loss limitations under Section 382 of the Code and the need to generate significant amounts of taxable income in future periods on a consistent and prolonged basis in order to utilize the deferred tax assets. We will continue to monitor all available evidence and reassess the potential realization of our deferred tax assets. If we continue to meet our financial projections and improve our results of operations, or if circumstances otherwise change, it is possible that we may release all or a portion of our valuation allowance in the future. Any such release would result in recording a tax benefit that would increase net income in the period the valuation is released.
     Stock-Based Compensation – We currently account for the issuance of stock options to employees using the fair market value method according to SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
     In February 2006, the FASB issued Statement SFAS No. 155, Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments, which amends SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivatives Instruments and Hedging Activities and SFAS No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities. SFAS No. 155 amends SFAS No. 133 to narrow the scope exception for interest-only and principal-only strips on debt instruments to include only such strips representing rights to receive a specified portion of the contractual interest or principle cash flows. SFAS No. 155 also amends SFAS No. 140 to allow qualifying special-purpose entities to hold a passive derivative financial instrument pertaining to beneficial interests that itself is a derivative instrument. We are currently evaluating the impact this new Standard but believe that it will not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
     In March 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 156, Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets (SFAS NO. 156), which provides an approach to simplify efforts to obtain hedge-like (offset) accounting. This Statement amends FASB Statement No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities, with respect to the accounting for separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. The Statement (1) requires an entity to recognize a servicing asset or

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servicing liability each time it undertakes an obligation to service a financial asset by entering into a servicing contract in certain situations; (2) requires that a separately recognized servicing asset or servicing liability be initially measured at fair value, if practicable; (3) permits an entity to choose either the amortization method or the fair value method for subsequent measurement for each class of separately recognized servicing assets or servicing liabilities; (4) permits at initial adoption a one-time reclassification of available-for-sale securities to trading securities by an entity with recognized servicing rights, provided the securities reclassified offset the entity’s exposure to changes in the fair value of the servicing assets or liabilities; and (5) requires separate presentation of servicing assets and servicing liabilities subsequently measured at fair value in the balance sheet and additional disclosures for all separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. SFAS No. 156 is effective for all separately recognized servicing assets and liabilities as of the beginning of an entity’s fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006, with earlier adoption permitted in certain circumstances. The Statement also describes the manner in which it should be initially applied. We do not believe that SFAS No. 156 will have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
     In July 2006, the FASB released FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting and reporting for uncertainties in income tax law. This interpretation prescribes a comprehensive model for the financial statement recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns. This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. We are currently in the process of evaluating the expected effect of FIN 48 on our results of operations and financial position.
     In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157), which defines the fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is encouraged, provided that we have not yet issued financial statements for that fiscal year, including any financial statements for an interim period within that fiscal year. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact SFAS 157 may have on our results of operations and financial position.
     In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, Employer’s accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Post Retirement Plans. SFAS No. 158 requires employers to recognize in its statement of financial position an asset or liability based on the retirement plan’s over or under funded status. SFAS No. 158 is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2006. We are currently in the process of evaluating the effect that the application of SFAS No. 158 will have on our results of operations and financial position.
     In September 2006, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements (SAB 108). This SAB provides guidance on the consideration of the effects of prior year misstatements in quantifying current year misstatements for the purpose of a materiality assessment. SAB 108 establishes an approach that requires quantification of financial statement errors based on the effects of each of the company’s balance sheets and statement of operations and the related financial statement disclosures. The SAB permits existing public companies to record the cumulative effect of initially applying this approach in the first year ending after November 15, 2006 by recording the necessary correcting adjustments to the carrying values of assets and liabilities as of the beginning of that year with the offsetting adjustment recorded to the opening balance of retained earnings. Additionally, the use of the cumulative effect transition method requires detailed disclosure of the nature and amount of each individual error being corrected through the cumulative adjustment and how and when it arose. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact SAB 108 may have on our results of operations or financial position.
     In October 2006, the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) issued EITF 06-3, How Taxes Collected from Customers and Remitted to Governmental Authorities Should Be Presented in the Income Statement (That is, Gross versus Net Presentation) to clarify diversity in practice on the presentation of different types of taxes in the financial statements. The Task Force concluded that, for taxes within the scope of the issue, a company may adopt a policy of presenting taxes either gross within revenue or net. That is, it may include charges to customers for taxes within revenues and the charge for the taxes from the taxing authority within cost of sales, or, alternatively, it may net the charge to the customer and the charge from the taxing authority. If taxes subject to EITF 06-3 are significant, a company is required to disclose its accounting policy for presenting taxes and the amounts of such taxes that are recognized on a gross basis. The guidance in this consensus is effective for the first interim reporting period beginning after December 15, 2006 (the first quarter of our fiscal year 2007). We do not expect the adoption of EITF 06-3 will have a material impact on our results of operations, financial position or cash flow.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
     Smith Micro’s financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents. At September 30, 2006, the carrying values of our financial instruments approximated fair values based on current market prices and rates.
     It is our policy not to enter into derivative financial instruments. We do not currently have any significant foreign currency exposure, as we do not transact business in foreign currencies. As such, we do not have significant currency exposure at September 30, 2006.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
  a)   Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. We conducted an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”)) as of September 30, 2006. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have determined that our disclosure controls and procedures have been designed and are being operated in a manner that provides reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and our management necessarily is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
 
  b)   Management’s responsibility for financial statements. Our management is responsible for the integrity and objectivity of all information presented in this report. The consolidated financial statements were prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and include amounts based on management’s best estimates and judgments. Management believes the consolidated financial statements fairly reflect the form and substance of transactions and that the financial statements fairly represent the Company’s financial position and results of operations for the periods and as of the dates stated therein.
 
      The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, which is composed solely of independent directors, meets regularly with our independent registered public accounting firm, Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein LLP, and representatives of management to review accounting, financial reporting, internal control and audit matters, as well as the nature and extent of the audit effort. The Audit Committee is responsible for the engagement of the independent auditors. The independent auditors have free access to the Audit Committee.
 
  c)   Changes in internal control over financial reporting. There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2006 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
     Our future operating results are highly uncertain. Before deciding to invest in our common stock or to maintain or increase your investment, you should carefully consider the risks described below, in addition to the other information contained in this report and in our other filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2005 and our subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business operations. If any of these risks actually occur, that could seriously harm our business, financial condition or results of operations. In that event, the market price for our common stock could decline and you may lose all or part of your investment.
We depend upon a single customer for a significant portion of our revenues.
     Our largest customer, Verizon Wireless, accounted for 74.3% and 60.3% of our net revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. In the past, we have derived a substantial portion of our revenues from sales to a small number of customers, including Verizon Wireless, and expect to continue to do so in the future. This concentration may increase in future quarters, particularly if our relationship with one major customer makes it more difficult to sell to its competitors. In that event, our revenue growth opportunities may be limited. The agreements we have with these customers do not require them to purchase any minimum quantity of our products and may be terminated by the customer or us at any time for any reason upon minimal prior written notice. These customers may not continue to place large orders for our products in the future, or purchase our products at all. If these customers fail to purchase our products at current levels, terminate or decide not to renew their agreements with us, or if the terms of our future agreements with them are less favorable to us, our revenues could decline.
     Our customers may acquire products from our competitors or develop their own products that compete directly with ours. In addition, our customers may adopt new and emerging technologies that we are unable to serve effectively or that are served by more established competitors. Any substantial decrease or delay in our sales to one or more of these customers, particularly Verizon Wireless, in any quarter would have an adverse effect on our results of operations. In addition, certain of our customers have in the past and may in the future acquire competitors in their industry or be acquired by competitors in their industry, causing further industry consolidation. In the past, such acquisitions have caused the purchasing departments of the combined companies to reevaluate their purchasing decisions. If one of our major customers engages in an acquisition transaction in the future, the resulting entity could change its current purchasing habits. As a result, we could lose the customer, or experience a decrease in orders from or profit margins related to that customer or a delay in orders previously made by that customer. Further, although we maintain allowances for doubtful accounts, the insolvency of one or more of our major customers could result in a substantial decrease in our revenues.
Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate and cause the price of our common stock to fall.
     Our quarterly revenue and operating results have fluctuated significantly in the past and may continue to vary from quarter to quarter due to a number of factors, many of which are not within our control. If our operating results do not meet the expectations of securities analysts or investors, our stock price may decline. Fluctuations in our operating results may be due to a number of factors, including the following:
    the size and timing of orders from and shipments to our major customers;
 
    the size and timing of any return product requests for our products;
 
    our ability to maintain or increase gross margins;
 
    variations in our sales channels or the mix of our product sales;
 
    the gain or loss of a major customer;
 
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    the availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effect on sales and pricing of our products;
 
    the effect of new and emerging technologies;
 
    deferrals of orders by our customers in anticipation of new products, applications, product enhancements or operating systems; and
 
    general economic and market conditions.
     A large portion of our operating expenses, including rent, depreciation and amortization is fixed and difficult to reduce or change. Accordingly, if our total revenue does not meet our expectations, we may not be able to adjust our expenses quickly enough to compensate for the shortfall in revenue. In that event, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially and adversely affected.
     Due to all of the foregoing factors, and the other risks discussed in this report, you should not rely on quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our operating results as an indication of future performance.
Our revenues depend on a small number of products, so our results are vulnerable to unexpected shifts in demand.
     Substantially all of our total revenue was derived from sales of our wireless connectivity software products until the third quarter of 2005, when we began including sales of products acquired in the Allume Systems, Inc. acquisition. In addition, during 2006, a substantial portion of our total revenue has been derived from sales of our music management software products, particularly sales of V CAST Music Essentials Kit for Verizon Wireless. Although we have introduced new products in recent quarters and our strategy is to continue to introduce new products, these efforts may not reduce the extent to which our total revenues are dependent on one or more of our products in future periods.
     We also derive a significant portion of our revenues from a few vertical markets. In particular, our music management software products are primarily sold to wireless carriers. In order to sustain and grow our business, we must continue to sell our software products into these vertical markets. Shifts in the dynamics of these vertical markets, such as new product introductions by our competitors, could seriously harm our results of operations, financial condition and prospects.
     To increase our sales outside our core vertical markets, for example to large enterprises, requires us to devote time and resources to hire and train sales employees familiar with those industries. Even if we are successful in hiring and training sales teams, customers in other vertical markets may not need or sufficiently value our current products or new product introductions.
Competition within our product markets is intense and includes numerous established competitors, which could negatively affect our revenues.
     We operate in markets that are extremely competitive and subject to rapid changes in technology. Specifically, Microsoft Corporation poses a significant competitive threat to us because Microsoft operating systems may include some capabilities now provided by certain of our OEM and retail software products. If users are satisfied relying on the capabilities of the Windows-based systems or other operating systems, or other vendors products, sales of our products are likely to decline. In addition, because there are low barriers to entry into the software market, we expect significant competition from both established and emerging software companies in the future. Furthermore, many of our existing and potential OEM customers may acquire or develop products that compete directly with our products.
     Microsoft and many of our other current and prospective competitors have significantly greater financial, marketing, service, support, technical and other resources than we do. As a result, they may be able to adapt more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements or to devo7te greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products. There is also a substantial risk that announcements of competing products by large competitors such as Microsoft or other vendors could result in the cancellation of orders by customers in anticipation of the introduction of such new products. In addition, some of our competitors currently make complementary products that are sold separately. Such competitors could decide to enhance their competitive position by bundling their products to attract customers seeking integrated, cost-effective software applications. Some competitors have a retail emphasis and offer OEM products with a reduced set of features. The opportunity for retail upgrade sales may induce these and other competitors to make OEM products available at their own cost or even at a loss. We also expect competition to increase as a result of software industry consolidations, which may lead to the creation of additional large and well-financed competitors. Increased competition is likely to result in price reductions, fewer customer orders, reduced margins and loss of market share.

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Acquisitions of companies or technologies may disrupt our business and divert management attention and cause our current operations to suffer.
     We recently acquired all the outstanding capital stock of Allume Systems, Inc. (see note 4 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) and, in April 2006, PhoTags, Inc. (see note 3 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). We expect to continue to consider acquisitions of complementary companies, products or technologies. As part of any such acquisition, including that of Allume, Inc., we will be required to assimilate the operations, products and personnel of the acquired businesses and train, retain and motivate key personnel from the acquired businesses. We may be unable to maintain uniform standards, controls, procedures and policies if we fail in these efforts. Similarly, acquisitions may cause disruptions in our operations and divert management’s attention from our company’s day-to-day operations, which could impair our relationships with our current employees, customers and strategic partners. Acquisitions may also subject us to liabilities and risks that are not known or identifiable at the time of the acquisition.
     We may also have to incur debt or issue equity securities in order to finance future acquisitions. The issuance of equity securities for any acquisition could be substantially dilutive to our existing stockholders. In addition, we expect our profitability could be adversely affected because of acquisition-related accounting costs and write offs. In consummating acquisitions, we are also subject to risks of entering geographic and business markets in which we have had limited or no prior experience. If we are unable to fully integrate acquired businesses, products or technologies within existing operations, we may not receive the intended benefits of acquisitions.
We have entered new, unproven markets that may never develop or in which we may be unable to succeed.
     Our new product introductions, such as StuffIt, a software application for file compression, Active Images, an image-enhancement platform designed for portable devices, and the technology that underlies our QuickLink Music service, have allowed us to expand our reach into the digital image and music management markets. We have only a short operating history in these emerging markets and limited experience with image and music management software and platforms; a viable market for these products may not develop or be sustainable, and we may face intense competition in these markets. In addition, our success in these markets depends on customers’ ability to successfully introduce new mobile services enabled by our products and our ability to broaden our carrier customer base, which we believe will be difficult and time-consuming to accomplish. If the expected benefits from entering new markets do not materialize, our revenue growth will suffer and the stock price of our common stock would likely decline. In addition, to the extent we enter new markets through acquisitions of companies or technologies, our financial condition could be harmed or our stockholders could suffer dilution without a corresponding benefit to our company if we do not realize expected benefits of entering such new markets.
If the adoption of and investments in new technologies and services grows more slowly than anticipated in our product planning and development, our future sales and profits may be negatively affected.
     If the adoption of and investments in new technologies and services does not grow or grows more slowly than anticipated in our product planning and development, demand for certain of our products and services will be reduced. For example, our new QuickLink Mobile and QuickLink Enterprise products provide notebook users with the ability to roam between wireless wide area networks and Wi-Fi hot spots. In addition, our new QuickLink Music product enables users to download music files from a carrier’s music store, organize their music library and upload songs to mobile devices. Future sales and any future profits from these and related products are substantially dependent upon the widespread acceptance and use of Wi-Fi, and on the continued adoption of music-capable mobile devices.
     Many of our customers and other communications service providers continue to make major investments in next generation networks that are intended to support more complex applications. If communications service providers delay their deployment of networks or fail to roll out such networks successfully, demand for our products could decline, which would adversely affect our revenues. Also, to the extent we devote substantial resources and incur significant expenses to enable our products to be interoperable with new networks that have failed or have been delayed or not deployed, our results of operations, financial condition and prospects may be negatively affected.

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Our future growth may depend on our relationships with our carrier customers and their ability to promote services, obtain new customers or achieve other goals outside of our control.
     We sell our products for use on handheld devices primarily through our carrier customers. Losing the support of these customers may limit our ability to compete in existing and potential markets and could negatively affect our revenues. In addition, the success of these customers and their ability and willingness to market services supported by our products are critical to our future success. Our ability to sell more products, such as our V CAST Music Essentials Kit for Verizon Wireless, is also constrained by our carrier customers’ ability to attract and retain customers. We have no input into or influence upon their marketing efforts and sales and customer retention activities. If we lose the support of our carrier customers, particularly our largest customer, Verizon Wireless, or if our carrier customers fail to maintain or grow demand for their services, sales of our products designed for use on handheld devices will decline and our results of operations will suffer.
Our gross margins may continue to decline due to shifts in our sales mix.
     While our sales of software provide gross margins of greater than 90%, sales of our data and music kits provide margins of only 45% to 60%. This is primarily due to the fact that such kits contain hardware that must be purchased from third parties. As we have expanded our sales of these kits, our overall gross margins have declined from a high of 87% in the third quarter of 2005 to 59% in the third quarter of 2006. Margins associated with services revenue are significantly lower than overall product gross margins. Our future gross margin could fluctuate based on the mix of products and services sold in a quarter.
Our products may contain undetected software defects, which could negatively affect our revenues.
     Our software products are complex and may contain undetected defects. In the past, we have discovered software defects in certain of our products and have experienced delayed or lost revenues during the period it took to correct these problems. Although we and our OEM customers test our products, it is possible that errors may be found or occur in our new or existing products after we have commenced commercial shipment of those products. Defects, whether actual or perceived, could result in adverse publicity, loss of revenues, product returns, delay in market acceptance of our products, loss of competitive position or claims against us by customers. Any such problems could be costly to remedy and could cause interruptions, delays, or cessation of our product sales, which could cause us to lose existing or prospective customers and could negatively affect our results of operations.
Technology and customer needs change rapidly in our market, which could render our products obsolete and negatively affect our revenue.
     Our future success will depend on our ability to anticipate and adapt to changes in technology and industry standards. We will also need to continue to develop and introduce new and enhanced products to meet our target markets’ changing demands, keep up with evolving industry standards, including changes in the Microsoft operating systems with which our products are designed to be compatible, and to promote those products successfully. The communications and utilities software markets in which we operate are characterized by rapid technological change, changing customer needs, frequent new product introductions, evolving industry standards and short product life cycles. Any of these factors could render our existing products obsolete and unmarketable. In addition, new products and product enhancements can require long development and testing periods as a result of the complexities inherent in today’s computing environments and the performance demanded by customers and called for by evolving wireless networking technologies. If our target markets do not develop as we anticipate, or our products do not gain widespread acceptance in these markets or if we are unable to develop new versions of our software products that can operate on future wireless networks and PC and handheld operating systems, and interoperate with other popular applications, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
Delays or failure in deliveries from our component suppliers could cause our net revenue to decline and harm our results of operations.
     We rely on third party suppliers to provide us with services and components for our product kits. These components include: compact discs; cables; printed manuals; and boxes. We do not have long-term supply arrangements with any vendor to obtain these necessary services and components for our products. If we are unable to purchase components from these suppliers or if the compact disc replication services that we use do not deliver our requirements on schedule, we may not be able to deliver products to our customers on a timely basis or enter into new orders because of a shortage in components. Any delays that we experience in delivering our products to customers could impair our customer relationships and adversely impact our reputation and our business. In addition, if our third party suppliers raise their prices for components or services, our gross margins would be reduced.

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A shortage in the supply of wireless communication devices such as PC cards could adversely affect our revenues.
     Our products are utilized with major wireless networks throughout the world that support data communications through the use of wireless communication devices such as PC cards. Because wireless network providers generally incorporate our products into the wireless communication devices that they sell directly to individual consumers, our future success depends upon the availability of such devices to consumers at reasonable prices. A shortage in the supply of wireless communication devices could put upward pressure on prices or limit the quantities available to individual consumers which could materially affect the revenues that we generate from our products.
If our products are not designed into customer products, our products may not be adopted by our target markets and customers, either of which could negatively impact our results of operations.
     Some of our products must be incorporated into our customers’ products at the design stage. As a result, we rely on OEM customers to select our products to be designed into their products. We may devote significant resources and incur significant expense on the development of a new product without any assurance that an OEM customer will select our product for design into its own product. Once an OEM customer designs a competitor’s product into its product offering, it becomes significantly more difficult for us to sell our products to that customer because changing vendors involves significant cost, time, effort and risk for the customer. In addition, such design decisions are typically only made when a new system configuration is introduced, which may occur infrequently. Our development expenses may never be recovered and our results of operations and financial condition will be seriously harmed if our products are not selected at the design stage. Even if our products are selected at the design stage, sales of such products are outside of our control and we may never earn material revenues from such product sales.
Regulations affecting our customers and us and future regulations to which they or we may become subject may harm our business.
     Certain of our customers in the communications industry are subject to regulation by the Federal Communications Commission, which could have an indirect effect on our business. In addition, the United States telecommunications industry has been subject to continuing deregulation since 1984. We cannot predict when, or upon what terms and conditions, further regulation or deregulation might occur or the effect regulation or deregulation may have on demand for our products from customers in the communications industry. Demand for our products may be indirectly affected by regulations imposed upon potential users of those products, which may increase our costs and expenses.
We may be unable to adequately protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights, which could negatively impact our revenues.
     Our success is dependent upon our software code base, our programming methodologies and other intellectual properties and proprietary rights. In order to protect our proprietary technology, we rely on a combination of trade secret, nondisclosure and copyright and trademark law. We currently own United States trademark registrations for certain of our trademarks and United States patents for certain of our technologies. However, these measures afford us only limited protection. Furthermore, we rely primarily on “shrink wrap” licenses that are not signed by the end user and, therefore, may be unenforceable under the laws of certain jurisdictions. Accordingly, it is possible that third parties may copy or otherwise obtain our rights without our authorization. It is also possible that third parties may independently develop technologies similar to ours. It may be difficult for us to detect unauthorized use of our intellectual property and proprietary rights.
     We may be subject to claims of intellectual property infringement as the number of trademarks, patents, copyrights and other intellectual property rights asserted by companies in our industry grows and the coverage of these patents and other rights and the functionality of software products increasingly overlap. From time to time, we have received communications from third parties asserting that our trade name or features, content, or trademarks of certain of our products infringe upon intellectual property rights held by such third parties. We have also received correspondence from third parties separately asserting that our fax products may infringe on certain patents held by each of the parties. Although we are not aware that any of our products infringe on the proprietary rights of others, third parties may claim infringement by us with respect to our current or future products. Additionally, our customer agreements require that we indemnify our customers for infringement claims made by third parties involving our intellectual property embedded in their products. Infringement claims, whether with or without merit, could result in time-consuming and costly litigation, divert the attention of our management, cause product shipment delays or require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements with third parties. If we are required to enter into royalty or licensing agreements, they may not be on terms that are acceptable to us. Unfavorable royalty or licensing agreements could seriously impair our ability to market our products.

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Our ability to predict our revenues and operating results is extremely limited.
     We have historically operated with little backlog because we have generally shipped our software products and recognized revenue shortly after we received orders because our production cycle has traditionally been very short. As a result, our sales in any quarter were generally dependent on orders that were booked and shipped in that quarter. As our wireless business has evolved, production cycle time for items such as data kits has increased to the point that orders received toward the end of a quarter may not ship until the subsequent quarter. From time to time, customers may issue purchase orders that have extended delivery dates that may cause the shipment to be deferred to a subsequent quarter. These situations make it difficult for us to predict what our revenues and operating results will be in any quarter. Therefore, our level of backlog is not necessarily indicative of trends in our business.
If we are unable to retain key personnel, the loss of their services could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
     Our future performance depends in significant part upon the continued service of our senior management and other key technical and consulting personnel. We do not have employment agreements with our key employees that govern the length of their service. The loss of the services of our key employees would materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Our future success also depends on our ability to continue to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel, particularly highly skilled engineers involved in the ongoing research and development required to develop and enhance our products. Competition for these employees remains high and employee retention is a common problem in our industry. Our inability to attract and retain the highly trained technical personnel that are essential to our product development, marketing, service and support teams may limit the rate at which we can generate revenue, develop new products or product enhancements and generally would have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may need to raise additional capital in the future through the issuance of additional equity or convertible debt securities or by borrowing money, in order to meet our capital needs. Additional funds may not be available on terms acceptable to us to allow us to meet our capital needs.
     We believe that the cash, cash equivalents and investments on hand and the cash we expect to generate from operations will be sufficient to meet our capital needs for at least the next twelve months. However, it is possible that we may need or choose to obtain additional financing to fund our activities in the future. We could raise these funds by selling more stock to the public or to selected investors, or by borrowing money. We may not be able to obtain additional funds on favorable terms, or at all. If adequate funds are not available, we may be required to curtail our operations or other business activities significantly or to obtain funds through arrangements with strategic partners or others that may require us to relinquish rights to certain technologies or potential markets. If we raise additional funds by issuing additional equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership percentages of existing stockholders would be reduced. In addition, the equity or debt securities that we issue may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of the holders of our common stock. We currently have no established line of credit or other business borrowing facility in place.
It is possible that our future capital requirements may vary materially from those now planned. The amount of capital that we will need in the future will depend on many factors, including:
    the market acceptance of our products;
 
    the levels of promotion and advertising that will be required to launch our products and achieve and maintain a competitive position in the marketplace;
 
    our business, product, capital expenditure and research and development plans and product and technology roadmaps;
 
    the levels of inventory and accounts receivable that we maintain;
 
    capital improvements to new and existing facilities;
 
    technological advances;
 
    our competitors’ response to our products; and
 
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     In addition, we may require additional capital to accommodate planned growth, hiring, infrastructure and facility needs or to consummate acquisitions of other businesses, products or technologies.
Our business, financial condition and operating results could be adversely affected as a result of legal, business and economic risks specific to international operations.
     Each year, our revenues derived from sales to customers outside the United States have not been material. Our revenues derived from such sales can vary from quarter to quarter and from year to year. We also frequently ship products to our domestic customers’ international manufacturing divisions and subcontractors. In the future, we may expand these international business activities. International operations are subject to many inherent risks, including:
    general political, social and economic instability;
 
    trade restrictions;
 
    the imposition of governmental controls;
 
    exposure to different legal standards, particularly with respect to intellectual property;
 
    burdens of complying with a variety of foreign laws;
 
    import and export license requirements and restrictions of the United States and any other country in which we operate;
 
    unexpected changes in regulatory requirements;
 
    foreign technical standards;
 
    changes in tariffs;
 
    difficulties in staffing and managing international operations;
 
    difficulties in securing and servicing international customers;
 
    difficulties in collecting receivables from foreign entities;
 
    fluctuations in currency exchange rates and any imposition of currency exchange controls; and
 
    potentially adverse tax consequences.
     These conditions may increase our cost of doing business. Moreover, as our customers are adversely affected by these conditions, our business with them may be disrupted and our results of operations could be adversely affected.
We may be subject to regulatory scrutiny and may sustain a loss of public confidence if we are unable to satisfy regulatory requirements relating to internal controls over financial reporting.
     Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires us to perform an evaluation of our internal controls over financial reporting and have our independent registered public accounting firm attest to such evaluation on an annual basis. Compliance with these requirements can be expensive and time-consuming. While we believe that we will be able to meet the required deadlines, no assurance can be given that we will meet the required deadlines in future years. If we fail to timely complete this evaluation, or if our auditors cannot timely attest to our evaluation, we may be subject to regulatory scrutiny and a loss of public confidence in our internal controls.

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Existing challenges to improve our internal control over financial reporting, combined with new challenges of integrating the internal control environment of newly acquired companies with ours, underscores the risk that our internal controls may not be adequate.
     In the past several years, substantial downsizing and restructuring followed by rapid expansion have placed significant strains on our existing personnel, resources and infrastructure, which may be difficult to address. Our organization has grown from 52 employees as of December 31, 2004 based in Southern California to 113 as of September 30, 2006 based in Southern and Northern California and in Israel. Until our recent acquisition of PhoTags, we had not had significant operations outside of the United States. Our acquisitions and our internal growth have placed substantial demands on our management, resources and systems. To manage these acquisitions and our internal growth, we will have to implement new operational and financial systems, procedures and controls. We have already identified areas requiring improvement and are in the process of designing enhanced processes and controls to address these issues. Our efforts may not be effective or sufficient for us, or our independent registered accounting firm, to issue unqualified reports in the future.
     It may be difficult to design and implement effective financial controls for combined operations and differences in existing controls of any acquired businesses may result in weaknesses that require remediation when the financial controls and reporting are combined. Our ability to manage our operations and growth will require us to improve our operational, financial and management controls, as well as our internal reporting systems and controls. We may not be able to implement improvements to our internal reporting systems and controls in an efficient and timely manner and may discover deficiencies in existing systems and controls.
Our stock price is highly volatile, and you may not be able to resell your shares of common stock at or above the price you paid for them.
     The market price of our common stock has fluctuated substantially in the past and is likely to continue to be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations. These fluctuations have occurred and may continue to occur in response to various factors, many of which we cannot control, including:
    quarter-to-quarter variations in our operating results;
 
    announcements of technological innovations or new products by our competitors, customers or us;
 
    market conditions within our retail and OEM software markets;
 
    general global economic and political instability;
 
    changes in earnings estimates or investment recommendations by analysts;
 
    changes in investor perceptions; or
 
    changes in expectations relating to our products, plans and strategic position or those of our competitors or customers.
     In addition, the market prices of securities of high technology companies have been especially volatile. This volatility has significantly affected the market prices of securities of many technology companies. You may not be able to resell your shares of common stock at or above the price you paid. In the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their securities have been the subject of securities class action litigation. If we were the object of a securities class action litigation, it could result in substantial losses and divert management’s attention and resources from other matters.
The market price of our common stock may be adversely affected by the sale of significant numbers of shares of our common stock by our principal stockholder.
     A large block of shares is held by William W. Smith, Jr., our President and Chief Executive Officer, who held 2,949,115 shares at November 1, 2006 which are eligible for resale under Rule 144. Overall, our trading volume fluctuates widely and at times is relatively limited. The market price for our common stock could decline as a result of the sale of a large number of the shares or the perception that such sales may occur. The sale of a large number of our common stock also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and at the prices that we deem appropriate.
Provisions of our charter and bylaws and Delaware law could make a takeover of our company difficult.
     Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that may discourage or prevent a third party from acquiring us, even if doing so would be beneficial to our stockholders. For instance, our certificate of incorporation authorizes the board of directors to fix the rights and preferences of shares of any series of preferred stock, without action by our stockholders. As a result, the board can authorize and issue shares of preferred stock, which could delay or prevent a change of control because the rights given

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to the holders of such preferred stock may prohibit a merger, reorganization, sale or other extraordinary corporate transaction. In addition, we are organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and certain provisions of Delaware law may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in our control.
We may be subject to additional risks.
     The risks and uncertainties described above are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also adversely affect our business operations.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
     None.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
     None.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
     None.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
     None.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit No.   Exhibit Description
 
   
31.1
  Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
31.2
  Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
32.1
  Certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
         
    SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC.
 
       
November 14, 2006
  By /s/ William W. Smith, Jr.
 
William W. Smith, Jr.
   
 
  President and    
 
  Chief Executive Officer    
 
  (Principal Executive Officer)    
 
       
November 14, 2006
  By /s/ Andrew C. Schmidt
 
Andrew C. Schmidt
   
 
  Vice President and    
 
  Chief Financial Officer    
 
  (Principal Financial Officer)    

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EXHIBITS INDEX
     
Exhibit No.   Exhibit Description
 
   
31.1
  Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
31.2
  Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
32.1
  Certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.