Motorola Mobility buys 3LM to counter RIM's BlackBerry

LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. – Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., the mobile-phone maker spun off from Motorola Inc., today bought business software maker Three Laws Mobility Inc., aiming to attract corporate customers with alternatives to the BlackBerry smartphone.The agreement was completed in late 2010 and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Increasingly, corporations are testing Apple Inc.’s iPhone and devices such as Motorola’s Droid that run on Google’s Android software as a possible alternatives to Research In Motion’s BlackBerry for corporate e-mail. It’s been reported that Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. are among those considering whether to let their staff use...