Prices of digital tablets likely to drop

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. consumers are finding the price of digital tablets dropping sharply, a trend that could continue, market analysts say. "If you have an uncompetitive product, you're going to have to take it and and move the inventory. And one way to do that is to lower price," said Avi Greengart, an industry analyst at Current Analysis. Greengart said RIM lowered its prices -- down to $299 for the 64-gigabyte BlackBerry PlayBook -- because the firm was planning to exit the market. Prices will also come down as software upgrades become available and because