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 (NASDAQ: 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 (NYSE: 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.)