Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 WiFi CyanogenMod 9 pre-alpha available

By George Wong on 02/21/2012, filed in Home > Tablets

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 WiFi CyanogenMod 9 pre alpha available If you own a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 WiFi tablet, and you can’t wait for Samsung to push out the official update to Ice Cream Sandwich for the tablet, you’re in luck. The CyanogenMod team has been hard at work at completing CyanogenMod 9 for the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and has got something to show for it. Although it is only in its pre-alpha stage, CM9 for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 seems to be pretty stable, with all of its main features working except for its camera. The perks? You get Ice Cream Sandwich, and all of Samsung’s TouchWiz and bloatware stripped from the tablet.

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Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

CyanogenMod: CyanogenMod is an alternative firmware that is based on the Android operating system. It is seen as more versatile that the stock firmware which comes in such devices, offering more features and options such as theme support, Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) compatibility, a huge repository of Access Point Name list (APN), an OpenVPN client, a souped up reboot menu, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and USB tethering support, the ability to overclock your device's CPU and perform enhancements, and soft buttons among others. One good thing about CyanogenMod is the obvious omission of pre-installed spyware or bloatware.

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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