If You Can't Beat 'Em, You Can't Eat 'Em

Tech Crunch has a report out that Samsung has decided since it can not beat Apple AAPL at the tablet game, it might as well give them away for free. The South Korean electronics manufacturer is teaming up with Best Buy BBY to give away Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets if you buy a Samsung 3D HDTV. The TV has to cost at least $1,500 in order to get the tablet. You can buy either the 46-inch or 55-inch version of the TV, and you get the tablet for free. The promotion starts on Sunday August 21 and runs through August 27. This sounds a lot like deflation to me. (The title was a jab at New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley, who infamously responded to a question about higher food inflation by saying iPad prices were coming down.)