Don’t be confused. The Iconia Tab A501 is not the A500, it just looks exactly like it. Josh Miller/CNET The Acer Iconia Tab A501 is the Acer Iconia Tab A500 with 4G and a no-commitment price of $480 (16GB) and $550 (32GB); about $100 or so more than the A500. For the price of a two-year contract, AT&T offers the …

The countdown to the new iPhone 5 has begun, and antsy Apple fans want to make sure they are among the first to get the phone. Today, Apple e-mailed invitations to reporters asking them to join the company on October 4 at 10 a.m. PT for a special event at Apple’s Cupertino, Calif., headquarters. Apple didn’t specifically mention the iPhone …

Could billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn be the answer to Research In Motion’s woes? Wall Street apparently thinks so, as RIM’s stock rose nearly 7 percent today on speculation that Icahn may have taken a stake in the company, BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis, citing traders, told Reuters today. “We believe that, if true, this would be viewed positively, as …