If the purchase of IDCC patent portfolio related to the offensive or defensive move concerning Android platform, then it needs to be done rather quickly to slow the momentum. AAPL and MSFT want to kill the leader (GOOG) now, then deal with each other later. The manufacturing companies using Android need to make decision to have licensee from AAPL, MSFT, NOK soon. If it is too expensive, they may abandon Android and join Window7 mobile.