iPad 3 Debut Pushed Back to 2012

The 2011 launch of the iPad 3 that was never announced has already been canceled, according to a DigiTimes report. The site says the debut of the third-generation tablet has been pushed back because of a shortage of high-resolution screens in the supply chain.

The report says the issue is that the 9.7-inch panels capable of 2048 x 1536 resolution are only available from Sharp, and Apple's other suppliers, like Samsung and LG, have not been able to deliver the needed screens. It seems Sharp hasn't been able to meet a low enough price point for the screens for Apple's requirements.

The so-called "retina display" would double the resolution of the current iPad. Apple is also rumored to be looking at a much smaller screen improvement, according to Bloomberg.

Digitimes says there may also be issues with getting the light source to work to Apple's satisfaction since the higher-resolution screen would require a more powerful light, something that could be tough to pull off without sacrificing the iPad's trademark thinness.

There had been speculation that Apple would launch the iPad 3 in 2011 with a supply volume of up to 2 million units in the third quarter, and then ramp up production to 5 to 6 million in the fourth quarter, but apparently suppliers have seen those 2011 numbers zeroed out.

There may be no need for Apple to rush out the next-generation iPad anyhow, with its new A6 processor due in 2012 and iPad 2 sales continuing at a brisk pace with more than 9 million units sold in the last quarter.

HTC sues Apple, again

HTC filed another lawsuit against Apple alleging patent infringement, further escalating their legal battle.

Reuters reported today that the Taiwanese handset manufacturer filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Delaware, claiming that Apple is violating two patents by selling its line of Mac computers, iPads, iPods, iPhones and other devices. HTC is seeking to halt the importation of Apple products into the U.S., and is seeking compensatory damages, as well as three times the normal damages for willful infringement.

The companies weren't immediately available to comment on the latest suit.

This is just the latest in a myriad of lawsuits filed between the two companies, seen as a proxy for the wider fight between Apple's iOS platform and Google's Android operating system. HTC was the first target of Apple, which has gone on to sue other Android partners including Samsung Electronics and Motorola Mobility and set off a number of lawsuits and complaints with the U.S. International Trade Commission.

The increasing frequency of the legal skirmishes pushed Google to make a surprise acquisition of Motorola, which has a war chest of 17,000 patents that can be used to provide legal cover for other Android vendors. Google has yet to take direct action against Apple, and likely won't until the deal closes, which is expected by year's end or early 2012.

HTC sought its own protection when it acquired S3 Graphics for $300 million. The company's patents won an initial ruling from the ITC against Apple, giving HTC some leverage in potential cross-licensing negotiations down the line.

Apple and HTC's dispute has hopped from one court to another. The ITC said earlier this month that it would review a complaint filed by Apple against HTC. The ITC has the power to ban the importation of devices to the U.S., although that penalty has never been enforced because settlements are made before that happens. Apple also has several lawsuits filed in Delaware against HTC, alleging patent infringement through the sale of its smartphones.

HTC was among the early high-flyers when Android took off, as it was the first company to make an Android phone. It quickly gained prominence among the carriers for its ability to cater to their specific needs, building the first WiMax phone last year for Sprint Nextel and the first 4G LTE phone for Verizon Wireless earlier this year. The company's Sense user interface has also won critical praise for its intuitive nature.

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Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) 2011

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is a premier institute for management education which was set up in 1963 by Government of India. Though IIFT started as an autonomous body to boost Indian Foreign Trade but is now known more as a business school. IIFT scores high ranking among the top management institutes of India. Therefore every year a large number of management aspirants apply for IIFT.
Last year approximately 63 thousand candidates applied for IIFT for just 180 seats. Therefore getting admission in IIFT is considered to be a very tough job. IIFT boasts of best facilities for management education, highly qualified and experienced faculty, state of the art infrastructure and best placement opportunities. IIFT is located in the Qutub Institutional Area near Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Delhi.
Availability of forms for IIFT 2011:
IFT forms are available at the IIFT counter, Delhi. The candidates can also obtain the form by sending a request to IIFT for the application form. Application for IIFT is also available through online method. The payment for application can either be made through VISA/Master Credit Card or Demand Draft. A demand draft of Rs. 1500, for Candidates that belong to the General Caste, Rs. 750 for candidates that belong to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe genera and Rs. 3000 for candidates that are NRI or children of NRI, favoring Indian Institute of Foreign Trade payable at Delhi has to be made by the candidates who do not have a credit card. After that they can follow the following link to apply online:
Apply Online:
After filling the details candidates are required to send the print out of the form along with the specified documents and demand draft (for those who choose to pay through Demand Draft) to IIFT. After receiving these IIFT will send the candidates the admission brochure and other enclosures.
There are few important guidelines that the candidates that are eager to buy the prospectus through post. Candidates should strictly mention the registration number at the top of the requisite form and should clearly submit a Demand Draft carrying a clear signature of the candidate at the back flip of the DD.
Important Dates:
Written Test: Last week of November 2011 (10 a.m - 12 noon)
Last Date for Sale of Prospectus by post: Mid week of August 2011
Last date for Sale of Prospectus at the IIFT counter: First week of September 2011
Last Date for Online Application/Receipt of completed Application form: First week of September 2011
Eligibility Criteria for IIFT 2011:
Eligibility criteria for IIFT requires a candidate to be a graduate in any discipline with atleast 3 year’s degree. Candidates in their final year of graduation can also apply. There is no age limit for appearing in IIFT.
Candidates that are mentally fit are only eligible for the admission test, basically the admission test is CAT and therefore all the necessary eligibility criterion of this prestigious exam is actually the eligibility criterion of the Institute apart when it concerns to reservation quota.
Reservations:
Seats within the Institute are reserved as according to the various rules laid down by the Indian Government. The reservation aspect is solely linked to the nature of the candidates taking admission within the Institute under various categories. Furthermore, apart from this type of reservations, seats are also reserved for candidates that are NRI’S or children’s of NRI’s. Though the exact quota is unknown yet, the admission is conducted through General Management Aptitude Test or GMAT.
Patter of Examination:
The entrance examination will be of 2 hours having objective questions from the following sections:
1. English Comprehension
2. Logical Reasoning
3. Quantitative Analysis.
4. General Knowledge & Awareness
The candidates will be shortlisted on the basis of their scores in the entrance examination. The shortlisted candidates will be called at a later stage for Group Discussion, Interview and Essay Writing for final selection.
Contact details:
IIFT Bhawan
B-21, Qutab Institutional Area
New Delhi
Telephone: +91-11-26965124, +91-11-26965051
Fax: +91-1126853956

Google Agrees To Buy Motorola Mobility For $12.5B

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Google Inc. (GOOG) agreed to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) for about $12.5 billion, a deal that spells the end of independence for a venerable American company and reshapes the booming market for smartphones as computing shifts from the desktop to mobile devices.

The deal gives Google--which has spurred widespread adoption of its Android mobile operating system by licensing it freely to mobile phone makers--its own in-house hardware operation, potentially enabling it to challenge rival Apple Inc. on better terms but also raising questions for partners like Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE), HTC Corp. (2498.TW) and LG Electronics Inc. (066570.SE).

It also gives Google ownership of a huge trove of patents that it will be able to use to defend itself amid an increasing fierce war over intellectual property among technology companies.

More fundamentally, however, the deal further hardens the battle lines in the mobile business. Apple already operates what some call a "walled garden" of operating software, mobile applications and devices like the iPhone and iPad. Earlier this year, Microsoft Corp. cut an extensive deal with Nokia Corp. that will see the world's top mobile phone maker adopt its Windows mobile operating system for smartphones.

Now, Google too will be closely aligning hardware and software.

Google executives said on a conference call that the acquisition will help protect the Android operating system from patent threats. The company also offered assurance the deal won't affect its relationships with handset-making partners that use Android.

"With mobility continuing to take center stage, the combination with Motorola Mobility is an extremely important event in Google's evolution," Google Chief Executive Larry Page said.

He added that Motorola Mobility has an "exciting product roadmap" and is poised for "tremendous" growth. In addition, its "strong" patent portfolio--which Motorola Mobility's Jha pegged at 17,000 patents and over 7,500 applications pending--should help protect Android from competitive threats by Microsoft, Apple and other companies.

Motorola Mobility shares soared 57% to $38.41, approaching the offer price of $40 a share, which is a 63% premium to its Friday close. Google shares fell 1% to $557.99.

Google expects to complete the transaction by early 2012, and it's been approved by the boards of both companies. The deal has a reverse breakup fee of $2.5 billion in cash, according to The Wall Street Journal. The hefty amount may indicate some nervousness about the deal's regulatory prospects as Google has raised antitrust concerns with the Department of Justice.

Google Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette said the acquisition should "mildly" add to earnings, excluding amortization of intangibles, once the deal closes. He added Google still has "plenty of financial flexibility to pursue substantial future opportunities," which Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond said could include the purchase of more patents.

"We've been saying for some time that we intend to protect the Android ecosystem," Drummond said. "It's under threat from some companies."

Before the deal, Google was considered to have a thin portfolio of wireless and telecommunications patents. It recently lost the bidding for Nortel Networks Corp.'s (NRTLQ) patent trove to a consortium of tech heavyweights such as Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT). Meanwhile, Google and Microsoft have engaged in a war of words over their recent maneuvers in intellectual property auctions, underlining the heated tone of the market for such assets.

"The big thing it plugs for Google is: Google's patent portfolio is only a few thousand, and they have been the target of a significant amount of patent litigation," Evercore Partners analyst Alkesh Shah said. "Motorola's patent portfolio provides a very strong defense against all this litigation."

Google will run Motorola Mobility as a separate business that will remain a licensee of Android. It was not clear how the deal will affect Google's relationship with other Android partners, specifically HTC Corp. (2498.TW), LG Electronics Inc. (066570.SE) and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE). In its press release, Google said things wouldn't be different.

"I spoke yetserday to, I think it was the top five Android licensees, and they all showed very enthusiastic support for the deal," said Andy Rubin, Google's senior vice president of mobile at Google.

Increased sales of devices running the free Android software have given Taiwan's HTC and South Korea's Samsung a shot in the arm after losing market share to Apple's iPhone handset. All three manufacturers, including LG, have said this year they will be boosting the output of Android-based devices.

HTC announced support for Google's acquisition, saying it will benefit from the promotion of Android phones and that its partnership will not be affected by the deal. Samsung and LG declined to provide an immediate comment.

The deal also could be seen as mixed news for Research in Motion Ltd. (RIMM, RIM.T) and Nokia Corp. (NOK, NOK1V.HE). While a Google-Motorola combination could be a bigger threat to the struggling smartphone makers, the deal also lifts the valuation on the patents held by RIM and Nokia. Also, the two--which don't make Android phones--are immune to any possible Android pullback by Google.

RIM shares rose 4.6%, while Nokia added 12%.

Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi said the deal could be more of an issue for Google in the tablet market, where Android has struggled to compete with the Apple iPad. "With Windows 8 coming next year and H-P talking about possibly licensing WebOS, there are more possible alternatives in the tablet space," she said. "In the smartphone space, Android is too strong of a force to do without."

Meanwhile, Google had preliminary acquisition discussions with wireless technology developer and licenser InterDigital Inc. (IDCC) after missing out on Nortel. InterDigital shares plunged 16% to $63.62.

Most of the Motorola's revenue comes from smartphones, and the company has been working to diversify its customer base to defend against the potential loss of Deutsche Telekom AG's (DTE.XE) T-Mobile USA, a key customer.

Activist investor Carl Icahn, who is the company's largest shareholder, had been pushing for Motorola to sell its patents, a move he has argued could raise billions of dollars. Some analysts had said the deal could hobble Motorola, which relies on intellectual property to compete.

Icahn said in a statement Monday, "this is a great outcome for all shareholders of Motorola Mobility, especially in light of today's markets."

Motorola was founded in 1928 and in 1983 unveiled the world's first commercial portable cell phone, according to its website. The company split with its sister Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI), which is focused on business and networking operations, at the beginning of the year. The separation made Motorola Mobility nimbler and more focused on its core operations, but it faces a highly competitive smartphone market.

Last month, Motorola reported a 28% rise in second-quarter revenue, thanks to strong tablet sales, but the device maker provided weak guidance for the current quarter because of delays in launching speedier 4G devices.