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As of today, for as little as $35 you can own a tablet computer—thanks to India. This is huge in the economy of development technologies, but is it enough to close the digital divide?

The arena floor of the tech marketplace is littered with the casualties of the ongoing tablet price wars, some of whom are merely bloodied while others, like the HP TouchPad, are down for the count. Despite the recent pricing capitulations of HTC and BlackBerry, who both lowered prices on their tablets - the Flyer and the Playbook, respectively - by as much as $200 apiece, some makers are resisting pressure to drop their prices.

With Canadian activist Victor Alboini already buying into BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and rumors that Carl Icahn may join him, a top analyst suggests there’s little interest in another company taking it over.

The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.

New Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook presided over the company's first major media launch since taking over from Steve Jobs in August, but the latest version of the iPhone he unveiled did not excite investors, sending its shares down as much as 5 percent.

Amazon's Kindle Fire, is a hot order item. Sources say Amazon has recorded more than 250,000 porders for its tablet at an average of 50,000 orders per day.

Today, Oct. 4, Apple held its keynote event in Cupertino, Calif., to discuss the upcoming product line from the globally revered technology company. CEO Tim Cook took center stage, as this was his first keynote in his current role.

Shares of BlackBerry developer Research in Motion fell to a new yearly low as Apple started to introduce its iPhone5. Apple CEO Tim Cook said 93 percent of the Fortune 500 are testing it.

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The stock is up on rumors floating around the market that RIMM has retained an investment banker to ponder strategic options.

Apple is slated to announce its next flagship smartphone -- the iPhone 5 -- on Tuesday, capping months of speculation and anticipation with a roll-out that's expected to define the industry. But no one smartphone can deliver everything.

Sprint Nextel Corp., the third largest wireless and telecommunications network carrier in the U.S., has recently signed a multi-billion dollar deal with California-based Apple Inc. to purchase 30.5 million units of the iPhone 5, over the next four years.

With the advent of the Apple’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” event rumors are strengthening that there will be only a iPhone 4S and no iPhone 5.

Research in Motion, which has been denying reports that its BlackBerry Messenger might launch on non-BlackBerry platforms, might be having second thoughts.

Apple Inc.'s next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, will be unveiled in hours in the United States, and is expected to break Apple's all previous launch-day sales records.

Competitors are feeling the heat this week as Amazon's new Kindle Fire wowed consumers and undercut other tablets - in some cases, by hundreds of dollars. The Fire's low price point appears to be forcing down those of other tablets as well, with the HTC Flyer the second slated such product to be discounted at Best Buy this week.

The imminent release of Apple’s latest product on Tuesday has customers musing on their wishlists for the new iPhone. Mobile advertising network inMobi announced recently that results of their iPhone-focused study indicate that a staggering 41 percent of mobile users in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada intend to buy the iPhone 5, if Apple does indeed release a next-generation product.

PlayBook tablets drop in price at Best Buy and other retailers in the U.S. and Canada.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone5 is coming. The tech world assumes the incoming device is a monster of a device, displaying all of Apple's game-changing capabilities and aesthetic finesse. The rival camps have reason to panic.

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