14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung just a short time ago made the official announcement of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, but it looks like the product is going through an episode of partial unavailability much like a certain other slate did and, to a certain extent, still does.
Not too long ago, the long-awaited Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet finally went on sale, much to the delight of eager buyers.
This would, under any other circumstances, be a piece of news unmarred by difficulties, but it looks like, for one reason or another, some stores in certain regions aren't getting their share.
At the moment, there is no way of knowing exactly what caused this, since the information that made it to the net so far is very scarce.
One reason could be logistics, although it is hard to imagine that Sony forgot to ship the products on time, hacking woes or not.
Another possible reason could be insufficient inventory volumes, but this would still let stores sell a few before ending up with empty stocks. As it is, however, some retail locations never got even one model.
Looking at it, this is not altogether different form the way ASUS' Eee Pad Transformer ended up largely unavailable just minutes after its release.
Due to a combination of high demand and low supply, said to be caused by component shortages, the product sold out within minutes of release and has been in low supply, near the point of unavailability, ever since.
Thus, that Samsung's own slate would go through a similar experience isn't totally shocking, although there is still the possibility that this is just a minor hiccup instead of real supply issues.
Then again, saying that "we expect most retail locations to have inventory by tomorrow while supplies last," does leave room for interpretation when it comes to the company's probably stock.