14 DAY TRIAL // In early September, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has unveiled officially its 7-inch Android-based tablet PC, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, but did not offer specific info on the device's availability on the market.
Shortly after the company announced the slate, Vodafone stepped up and went official with plans to carry the solution in Europe, but it seems that other carriers might do the same.
We already learned that 3UK has plans in this direction, and it seems that others would follow, including T-Mobile, which had the solution on display at its stand at IFA in Berlin.
According to a recent article on Pocket-lint, both T-Mobile and Vodafone are expected to bring the device to various markets in Europe, though specific info on this lack at the moment.
However, it seems that Samsung won't stop here when it comes to pushing the new Android tablet to the market.
WP Hong, executive vice president and head of Product Planning Team, Mobile HQ, reportedly stated the following: “From America and the European carriers, all the way to China, we have already agreed deals.”
Basically, this confirms rumors that Samsung would plan on launching the solution via more than one carrier in the various countries where Tab is set to make an appearance.
And since we're in the rumor area, we should note that the company is expected to push the Galaxy Tab on the United States market via three major carriers there.
The rumor originally started with the emergence of a CDMA flavor of the device headed for Verizon, which was later on said to be on its way to Sprint too.
On top of that, the solution was spotted at FCC with GSM support on board, suggesting that AT&T would also be among the carriers to get it.
It seems that T-Mobile might be the only major US carrier to be left out of this, though things might turn out differently, especially with Galaxy S available via all operators in the US, and with the company signing distribution agreements for the European market.