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Samsung first showed off the new Galaxy Tab 10.1v in January 2011 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

As I write it’s about 9 months since I first laid hands on my beloved Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v, I am still enjoy using it everyday for a swag of reasons.

The reason I am writing today is I am getting… peeved.

The question on the lips of every Galaxy Tab 10.1v owner is. “Where are my Galaxy Tab 10.1v Updates?”

The only Android upgrade for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v that we have had since its release was a minor upgrade/bug fix from 3.0.1 to 3.0.1 – How does that work?

I admit when I first read of the initial Galaxy Tab 10.1v upgrade I was quite excited. I had visions of Android 3.1, no, maybe even 3.2, then again why mess around, let’s go straight to 4.x amd Ice-Cream Sandwich.

With the strength of Google, Samsung, and Vodafone working together (so I thought), I was sure to have a long future of Android Operating System upgrades to enjoy well into the future.

Things are not quite working out the way I (and thousands of others) planned.

The first Android update came through so quietly, I almost missed it, I must have blinked. Since then, news of our next O/S upgrade has been searched for online like nuggets in a Gold rush.

I read forum posts, have lurked around Google’s Android Help pages and rattled Samsung’s and Vodafone’s cage on a regular basis looking for a glimmer of hope. So far the news has not been brilliant.

All I seem to get are messages from fellow (disappointed at best) Galaxy 10.1v owners looking for a concrete answer, while the three companies concerned are playing “Pass the parcel” saying it is everyone else’s problem but theirs.

The question I ask myself is would I have still purchased my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v if I had known that it’s upgrade future was possibly nil, probably not.

Who, these days would buy (or manufacture) a computer product, software or hardware if it was a complete dead-end. Tablet PC’s are more akin to your notebook computer than your smartphone, and as such have a much longer life cycle between replacements.

To me, this makes it obvious that the Galaxy Tab 10.1v is long overdue for a new version of Android, and I would expect support for the device for at least 2 years after the Galaxy Tab 10.1v’s retirement date.

Now don’t get me wrong, my 10.1v works hard. A full battery charge lasting me on average about 2 days.
I use it for three email accounts, multiple WordPress Blog interaction, Twitter & Facebook (multilple accounts of each via Seesmic – I know, I know), eBay (the app & 2 Browsers – Dolphin & Maxthon Mobile), Games when I can, Skype and Google Talk with friends and family multiple times a day.

And even after this length of time (and trouble), I still think my original Galaxy Tab 10.1v is a weapon of a mobile device, I just think it deserves (and we deserve) a better version of Android.

How hard can it be?

The hurt is becoming more prickly each day with the constant stream of application updates via the Android Market, for software (apps) that are moving farther and faster away from my poor old version of Android Honeycomb 3.0.1. ;-(

Unfortunately the Galaxy Tab 10.1v Upgrade is still unavailable, I have seen evidence of a GT-P7100 Tablet (a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v) running Android 3.2.1. I have attached the image here for you below.

Are you, like me, starting to feel you are reaching the limits of your current Galaxy Tab’s O/S? Are forced closes a little more common now than they were?

If my desktop or notebook computer starts behaving this way, the easy solution is an Operating System re-installation.

An upgrade to a more complete version of Android in the form of version 3.2 through 4.x will be a long step in the right direction for a lot of people who feel penalised for being an early adopters of this great device, and saying that the GT-P7100 was only ever a Google Experience Device is ridiculous and certainly no excuse.

“Where are my Galaxy Tab 10.1v Updates?”

Cheers

Flash

Tagged as: 10.1v Update to 3.2.1, Android update for GT-P7100, Galaxy Tab 10.1v Updates

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