2012′s barely begun and the price of tablets is already plummeting. RIM’s ongoing woes mean that its BlackBerry PlayBook is cheaper than ever at just £169 for the entry-level 16GB model, although be careful – that price is only in certain shops, such as Dixons, and other retailers are still charging significantly more

Motorola’s Xoom was the first Android Honeycomb tablet, and there’s a new one incoming: forget the Xoom Family Edition and its software bundle; the Xoom 2 is smarter, faster and more powerful than its predecessor – and it looks like it’ll be here by Christmas. So what can we expect?