PRICE WAR: Samsung Galaxy Tab P1010 at Rs 14,000 now

It seems like 2012 will end up as the year of the tablet PC consumer as the action is just hotting up and hopefully by the time the year ends there'd more consumers with tablet PCs than mobile phones in India.

Price cut is definitely an effective weapon for the tablet makers in India battling a stiff competition from the low-cost devices. Research in Motion kicked off the 2012 with a bang by slashing the price of its PlayBook tablet by 50 per cent.

Motorola soon followed with a price cut for its Xoom tablet. Now Samsung has also joined the race, slashing the price of its Galaxy Tab (7-inch, Wi-Fi variant) by Rs 6,000.

If you had been waiting to own a Samsung Galaxy Tab at a bargain, the Indiaplaza deal is definitely a good one. However, keep in mind, it's not the 8.9 or the 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab.

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The Samsung Galaxy Tab P1010 is selling with a price tag of Rs 13,999 at online shopping site, Indiaplaza.

Earlier, the device was spotted selling for Rs 19,999 at letsbuy.com, where it has already sold out though. Another online retailer flipkart.com is still featuring the device as 'coming soon'.

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To refresh your memory, the Samsung Galaxy Tab P1010 is powered by a 1GHz Cortex A8 single core processor, and features 16GB of internal storage, 7-inch capacitive touchscreen with 1024x600 pixels resolution, Android 2.2 Froyo operating system.

For connectivity, the device supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Also, it features full suite of Google Apps, including the Android Market.

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Motorola Xoom now available online for Rs 21,500

The Motorola Xoom tablet is now available for reduced prices in India, with Koovs.com selling the 32GB Wi-Fi only model for as low as Rs 21,500 (44 per cent discount) and the 32GB Wi-Fi + 3G model at Rs 25,000 (29 per cent discount).

For now Motorola has not officially confirmed the price cut, and there is no word as to when such prices will be seen in retail shelves across the country. Not all online retailers have reduced prices, with Letsbuy.com not featuring any changes. Flipkart has the 32GB Wi-Fi only model retailing at Rs 26,850.

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Motorola may soon officially reduce prices however, as the Motorola Xoom 2, and Xoom 2 Media Edition Honeycomb tablets were also introduced recently, and are expected to arrive in India by early this year.

The Wi-Fi only 32B model is available for nearly Rs 10,000 less, making it quite a good deal for those interesting in a 10.1-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet, due to get an Ice Cream Sandwich update soon enough. The Xoom also features a 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor, 1GB RAM, a 5MP rear camera, and a 2MP front camera.

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RIM extends BlackBerry PlayBook 50 per cent discount offer by a week

After an overwhelming response to its New Year's 50 per cent discount offer on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, RIM has announced it will be extending the offer for another week.

According to the company, the 16GB and 32GB models had the highest sales off the shelves during the limited period offer. Retailers and distributors (Redington and Ingram) are currently awaiting more stocks from the company, with the device sold out in stores across the country. More than 12,000 PlayBook tablets were bought in the four days the offer lasted, from December 28th to 31st.

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It certainly looks like the offer worked. The BlackBerry brand has become increasing popular amongst India consumers, and we've already highlighted the solid build quality and well-tuned hardware of the device. Perhaps the upcoming Android and Java app support, combined with the slashed price offer, really clinched the deal.

If you didn't make it in time last year, you have a week to get one for yourself at half the price. The PlayBook tablets are currently priced at Rs 13,490 for the 16GB model, Rs 15,990 for the 32GB model, and Rs 24,490 for the 64GB model.

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