Buying Google from Motorola brought good luck to RIM
Monitoring investor statistics on RIM fluctuations is both amusing and frustrating. The last surprise in the form of buying Google from Motorola Mobility led to an increase in shares of RIM. The main thinking must have been: “Since Google buys Motorola, patents must be worth something — RIM has more patents and more phones on the market, which means they may not be as hopeless as we thought.”
Of course, nothing has changed for RIM except for investor relations, which has led to growth. But it's too early to rejoice, some people think that RIM will not cope well because they have no partners. (How about HP?)