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The niche product innovator Apple has once again proven is gigantic market dominance with quarterly sales covering 75% of the tablet market, as Ganaccord Genuity reports. There is no clear competitor to the Apple iPad in the foreseeable future even with producers dropping prices to give their tablets an edge. Apple’s 11 million iPad units sold in the September quarter is expected to be...

Japanese firm Rakuten has purchased Kobo for $315 million in a move that will inevitably favor the Canadian company. Rakuten has one of the largest e-commerce platforms that will give Kobo access to new markets. Kobo's CEO Michael Serbinis added that "This transaction will greatly strengthen our position in our current markets and allow us to diversify quickly into other countries and e-commerce categories."

Panasonic unveiled its new Toughpad line of Android-powered tablets with buzzwords like “revolutionary” – and these tablets may just be that. Set for release in Spring 2012, the main selling point of the 7” and 10” Toughpad A1 tablets is their resistance to extreme conditions; Panasonic’s teaser promotional video is certainly impressive and shows the punishment these tablets can handle.

Built NY introduced Slim Neoprene Sleeve for Kindle Fire – a tablet sleeve featuring several stylish designs. This neoprene tablet case will protect the device from minor impacts and will keep damaging elements far away from the Amazon Kindle Fire . The sleeve combines unique color patterns with slim and lightweight design.

Set for a November 16 release in the U.S., the T-Mobile Springboard tablet PC is an impressive entry into the market in most areas. The 7” tablet is yet another with the Android 3.2 operating system and the Qualcomm dual-core 1.2 GHz microprocessor keeps things running quickly. Storage is 8MB, and this can be expanded with SIM and micro SD cards.