Google’s envy of Apple and its dominance of mobile phone market has seen the search engine company buy Motorola Mobility on Monday for the eye-watering sum of 12 billion dollars. This isn’t just an intensification of the patent war that is taking place at the moment. This could be massive shift of emphasis for Google.

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Just a couple of days back, there were rumors about Research in Motion to discontinue its Wi-Fi only PlayBook. The rumor was vehemently denied by the parent company, but that did not change the fact that the tablet with dependency issues is not doing well in the market. According to a study done by market [...]

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Lately, there had been rumors about RIM planning to yank its Wi-Fi only PlayBook off the market. Though, the company was quick to issue a denial and claim that the tablet is very much in circulation and is getting launched in several countries, but there is no smoke without fire, right? The rumor was apparently [...]

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Apple’s iOS might be trailing behind Android in the smartphone section, but when it comes to selling handsets, Apple is numero uno in the US smarphone market. And Apple has accomplished this feat with mere two models in the market. The good news for RIM though. The BlackBerry company is right behind Apple with 24.7 [...]

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We all like to start the week with a good release date. Today I have two for you. One for the new BlackBerry Bold and another (admittedly a slightly unusual one) for the HTC bootloader unlock. First up, the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900. RIM  continues its struggles to push BlackBerry back to the top of [...]

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Times are tough, even for the companies like Apple. Reportedly Apple is asking its supplier components for further 10 percent discount. We are pretty sure Apple is already getting quite a few bargains, thanks to its formidable standing in the market, but since when enough has become enough for Apple. So, the Cupertino company is [...]

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Android and iOS are still on their upward trajectory and for the other competing mobile operating systems, the scenario looks bleak. The biggest casualty so far had been Research in Motion’s BlackBerry platform. Once a darling of corporate world, the phone not only failed to stimulate consumer market, but is now on the verge of [...]

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What do you not want to do if you are RIM?  That’s right, release a bunch of faulty PlayBooks. Call me cynical but I really don’t fancy the Playbook’s chances in the tough tablet market. Is it because Steve wrote off the 7inch tablet as DOA? No, I think he’s wrong there; there’s certainly some [...]

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