Nov 16, 2010 21:11 GMT  ·  By

Galaxy Tab, the Android-based tablet PC that started selling in the United States last week, has been hacked to support voice calling, a feature that was not available with the device at launch.

Of course, the Samsung Galaxy Tab is a 7-inch tablet PC, which makes it a little too big for being used as a mobile phone for voice calls.

However, the slate comes to the market with similar hardware with the high-end Galaxy S smartphone from Samsung, and it can handle voice calls too, except for the US flavor of the device, which landed on shelves without the feature enabled.

According to the guys over at XDA Developers, they managed to find a way to bring the capability to a Galaxy S device available on T-Mobile's airwaves.

What they did was pretty simple, as they took the files from the international Galaxy Tab (P1000), and flashed them to the T-Mobile Galaxy Tab.

However, it appears that the process itself is a bit more complicated than this, and that only the T-Mobile version of Galaxy Tab would be capable of supporting voice calls after being hacked.

Even so, some suggest that it won't be too long before the Galaxy Tab flavors available at Sprint and Verizon would get their share of voice calling features.

All the necessary details on what the process involves can be found on this thread on the XDA-Developers forum.

Those who would like to try the solution on their devices too, just as to see how it goes, should know that the move will void the warranty.

The rooting of a Galaxy Tab is quite simple at the moment, since a one-click solution for making the move was already found, but the process would still pose issues in case the device is broken and needs to be repaired.

Those who would still want to try the solution out should head over to the XDA Developers to learn more on the matter.