Samsung has denied rumours that there is a "massive inventory" of unsold Galaxy Tab tablets because the device is not selling as well as many would have expected.
A media outlet called MoneyToday (ed : no link in the Reuters report), was the source of the "news" which refers to "market rumours" stating that Samsung was sitting on several hundred thousands units.
A spokesperson for Samsung flatly denied it saying that "We don't comment on market speculation but such talk is absolutely groundless" before adding that "Our tablet strategy is offering a broad product range with different sizes to support wider customer choice."
Samsung sold more than three million of its smaller 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab hybrid smartphones and paper launched a bigger 10-inch tablet at Mobile World Congress last month.
The Register suggests that the Tab was a "foot-in-the-door" product, one that allowed it to take a six months lead over the rest of the competition, allowing it to become the second best selling tablet around.
Yesterday, Samsung launched two more refined Galaxy Tab devices, a 8.9 and 10.1-inch model, both of which do not come with any voice capabilities unlike the original Galaxy Tab.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab can be purchased from Best Buy from as little as £349 with a free 16GB microSD card, that's less than half the suggested retail price it carried at launch.