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If you are a subscriber to Sprint’s network and are on the lookout for a spanking new tablet, then here’s news for you – Sprint will be making available their very first 4G LTE tablet to the masses this coming November 11th, where you will have to fork out $549.99 for this bad boy. Depending on your budget, you are able to activate the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 with one of the new, aggressively priced month-to-month tablet rate plans, where 300MB of 3G/4G LTE data will cost you $14.99, while folks who figure out that 300MB is pittance might want to settle for a more comfortable 3GB data at $34.99 per month. Heck, if you think that this amount is still not enough, you can always double the bandwidth for $49.99 monthly, and go all the way with 12GB of data for $79.99 each month. Sprint claims that their new data plans deliver 20% more data, dollar-for-dollar, compared to what AT&T delivers. Does this mean you will be casting your sights on the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 from Sprint from the beginning of November onwards?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 from Sprint announced, Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update arriving on Sprint this October 24th,

The back and forth continues. US International Trade Commission Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender has made an initial ruling that some Samsung’s devices violate four Apple patents, including one iPhone design patent (the one you see above) and three software patents. Apple didn’t manage a clean sweep, as Samsung was cleared of treading on two more patents, but the verdict still carries the all-too-familiar potential for a trade ban if the ITC maintains the findings in its final review. It’s bleak news for the Korean company, which faced an initial loss to Apple at the ITC just last month — even though large swaths of the mostly Android-based Galaxy phones and tablets in the dispute have long since left the market, an upheld verdict gives Samsung one less bargaining chip in a protracted legal war.

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If you are a Sprint subscriber who has been waiting far too long for the carrier to offer the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, we are harbingers of good news – all of your waiting are about to pay off dividends, as the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 will soon arrive on Sprint, taking advantage of the Sprint 4G LTE network. We have taken a look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 in our rather comprehensive review, so if you are interested to know what else is inside this particular tablet that should be taken note of (pun not intended), reading the review might help with your final purchase decision.

There is still no word on pricing and availability, but now that the proverbial cat is out of the bag, you need not fret. It should not take too long before the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 arrives on Sprint’s store shelves, virtual or otherwise.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 variants (SPH-P500 and SCH-i915) hit the FCC, Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ROM leaked ,

When it rains, it pours. As if to clear the decks, Samsung has passed three devices through the FCC’s scrutiny at the same time. Two, the SPH-P500 and SCH-i915, are LTE-equipped tablets respectively headed to Sprint and Verizon with a dash of mystery; their label images imply a pair of Galaxy Tab 2 variants, but both have previously been spotted in as yet unverified benchmarks that allude to much faster Snapdragon S4 processors instead of the Tab 2’s TI chips. The SPH-L900’s dimensions and dual-mode support make for a safer bet, pointing to what’s likely the Galaxy Note II for Sprint. We’re less concerned with the hardware details so much as when everything ships — although we may get a clearer picture of the Sprint Galaxy Note II’s fate around October 24th, the tablets aren’t linked to any kind of public schedule, official or otherwise.

Update: Not long after Sprint’s Galaxy Note sequel arrived in the FCC, US Cellular’s flavor — the SCH-R950 — also made it through the federal approval process.

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Samsung P500 and i915 tablets for Sprint and Verizon, Galaxy Note II for Sprint reach the FCC (update: Note II for US Cellular as well) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The FCC played host to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 recently, although this particular model is slated for a specific mobile carrier in the US, namely T-Mobile, where it came accompanied with the model number Samsung SGH-T779. Part of the documentation revealed a tablet sized device which was developed by Samsung thanks to the brand name being in the image itself, not to mention T-Mobile branding in full view as well. This is a 4G enabled tablet, and the FCC model came with 16GB of internal memory to get you started right out of the box.

It must be said that when the SGH-T779 picked up its Bluetooh SIG Certification, it was linked to a different tablet, the SGH-i497, which is actually a variant of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 that was headed for AT&T. Simple deduction skills mean the Samsung SGH-T779 ought to be headed for the T-Mobile platform in due time. No idea on pricing or availability though as at press time.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note receives FCC certification, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 arrives at the FCC,