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RIM got a bit of good news on Thursday when its PlayBook tablet received federal certification, allowing for it to be used by government agencies.

Apple has currently made some strides in the area of high definition (HD) displays for their future mobile devices. The iPhone 5 and iPad 3 are rumored to be producing HD displays that will support a lineup of 1080p movies through Apple TV, possibly hitting the market this fall. Utilizing more powerful hardware, the mobile devices are expected to run iOS 5 which can support 1080p video file output.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: InterDigital, Express Scripts, Alaska Communications Systems Group,Mellanox Technologies, and BioSante Pharmaceuticals. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Travelzoo, Seagate Technology, LM Ericsson Telephone, F5 Networks, and The Cheesecake Factory.

Nokia fell to a loss in the second quarter as it faces tough competition from Apple and Google's Android-powered smartphones, and recorded a restructuring charge. However, excluding one-time items, it managed to beat analysts' expectations.

Intel slashed its 2011 PC growth forecast to a range of 8 percent to 10 percent, a move many analysts had expected from the chip giant as tablets are cannibalizing PC demand.

RIM suffered another loss on Tuesday when its lead PlayBook developer defected to Samsung.

Nokia is scheduled to report its second-quarter results on July 21 before the market opens.

The 4.3-inch Samsung Galaxy S2 has sold about 3 million units worldwide.

Samsung’s Epic 4G is currently available on Sprint.

Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 is on the way, but will it be able to remove its flaws of the past? The answer, however, is likely to be no.

Even if recent sales figures suggest otherwise, the future of 3D is not just in the movie theater but at home as well.

Droid Bionic is not the only phone which will grace the Verizon 4G LTE tag. Other top notch phones which it has to compete with on Verizon 4G LTE are Samsung's Droid Charge and HTC Thunderbolt.

Samsung is expected to launch four versions of the smartphone in the U.S. in July, and is expected to provide stiff competiton to the iPhone 5, which is expected in September.

With the growing momentum in the smartphone market, Nokia is pushed to slash the price of its handset by 10 percent in Q4 of 2011 to boost its sales globally.

A mushrooming breed of soothsayers in tech websites and blogs are predicting the demise of Apple iPhone, and by extension, arguing that the Google Android OS will beat Apple's iOS as the mobile operating system of choice in future. What essentially fuels the iPhone demise talk is the apparent edge Android phones have in terms of certain specs like screen size, processing power, battery life and camera capability.

So far, 2011 has proven the year of the Android with exciting new smartphones powered by the Android operating system hitting the market. However, considering the prospect of a feature-loaded iPhone 5 and Apple's key patent victories, questions have been raised on whether the iPhone will end up stealing the show.

Samsung is preparing to release another iPhone 5 competitor at the IFA event in Germany in September, Yahoo Korea reported.

The year 2011 has been 'the year of Android' so far with exciting new smartphones powered by the Android operating system hitting the market. However, considering the prospect of a feature-loaded iPhone 5 and Apple's key patent victories, questions have been raised on whether the year 2011 will remain 'the year of Android', or iPhone will steal the show at the end.

The 4.5-inch Hercules is expected to arrive next month and will run on Android 2.3 or Gingerbread juice.

Analysts say losing to Apple could cost HTC financially.

At $49, an iPod Shuffle or iPhone 3GS is not the cheapest way to enjoy the bounties of an Apple ecosystem, as AT&T has just the dropped the price of a refurbished iPhone 3GS to $9.