Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 headed T-Mobile’s way

By Tyler Lee on 09/28/2011 09:27 PDT

A while back the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 was spotted at the FCC carrying T-Mobile’s radios. Well, if you were hoping to get your hands on the tablet, the good news is that according to T-Mobile’s Twitter account, the tablet will indeed be headed the carriers way. Unfortunately details are a bit scarce at the moment, but T-Mobile has promised that more will be revealed as the weeks come by.

For those interested at what could possibly be revealed, unfortunately don’t expect blazing 4G LTE speeds that Verizon users are currently enjoying. The FCC filing revealed that T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will only support the maximum of a HSPA connection, but we guess for T-Mobile users who were hoping for more than just a WiFi version of the tablet should be somewhat appeased. Stay tuned as we’ll keep you updated as more information is revealed.

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HSPA+ is also known as Evolved High-Speed Packet Access. It is a mobile broadband protocol that was defined by the 3GPP standard, release 7. In Theory, the HSPA+ data rate can go up to 84 Mbps (Megabits per second) downstream (to the mobile), and 22Mbps upstream (back to the tower). These numbers are achieved by using multiple streams, so they should be considered theoretical and peak performance numbers. The HSPA+ specifications support up to 168Mbps of theoretical peak rate. Although many HSPA+ carriers call it 4G, it is very different from 4G LTE.

Samsung Samsung is a South-Korean conglomerate which counts many subsidiaries like Samsung Electronics, which you probably know very well, but also Samsung Heavy Industries which builds ships, or Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung Securities and many more. Samsung is responsible for an amazing 20% of South Korea's exports. In the consumer electronics world, Samsung has gone from being a company with a reputation for cheap products to becoming one of the most respected companies in the world.

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