T-Mobile or AT&T GTab??

**vjr021** · 04-15-2011, 04:25 AM

Here is my dilemma... I want OUT of my iOS world... My thoughts are to go with a NORMAL phone (thinking Nokia E52) and a Gtab...

I am currently on AT&T with a F&F plan... and I have a Sprint Data (mifi) card I use for WiFi when I am not at home.

I know the differences between the CDMA tabs, those won't work, as I travel overseas quite a bit.

My thoughts are to get a GSM tab.

T-Mobile will let me defer payment... I tried a t-mobile tab, but was not pleased with the service signal strength (sprint was better if you could believe that).

AT&T wants the whole nut up front, but I hear there is less bloat with TMo, and more features...

Anyone have any thoughts on the two?

thanks!

**clevin** · 04-15-2011, 06:09 AM

Does ATT tab have free motile hotspot?

**hkklife** · 04-16-2011, 06:16 PM

AT&T does NOT have mobile hotspot with the stock ROM. They also block sideloading of apps (ie non-market app installs including the Amazon App store). Again, this can be fixed by a ROM change. They are supposedly working on a fix for it but I wouldn't count on anything when Samsung are involved.

That said, the AT&T version has almost zero bloatware and is the only US version that can be hacked to be used as a GSM phone for voice calls.

AT&T's bands are also better supported for use oversas, I believe, so you can use 3G whereas T-Mobile's Tab is limited to EDGE only.

I'd say that the AT&T is definitely the most desirable domestic Tab, followed by T-Mobile, then Sprint, then Verizon. The VZW just got a nice software update but AFAIK both CDMA versions still have BT HID profiles crippled. The GSM versions also have 16Gb of internal storage, whereas the CDMA ones just have 2Gb.

**vjr021** · 04-28-2011, 08:39 AM

If you root this tab can you side-load apps? How can you get around this???

AT&T recently offer $349 tabs (refurbished) online... No Contract.

Seems like a killer deal.

**hkklife** · 05-01-2011, 11:08 AM

Not sure about rooting the stock ROM but I know running Overcome on my AT&T Tab you can sideload all day long.

Is that refurb deal still going on now? Sounds like a fantastic deal if so....I definitely think the AT&T Tab has the overall best combination of attributes & bands of the ones available in the USA right now. Of course, if the price is right, any available Tab is still a nice unit!

**vjr021** · 05-01-2011, 11:40 AM

Last is checked they did

**stew1411** · 05-01-2011, 12:41 PM

does super one click work with g tabs? cuz on the program you can click enable sideloading and now my cappy cam sideload apps

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**circleinsidebox** · 05-01-2011, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by stew1411

does super one click work with g tabs? cuz on the program you can click enable sideloading and now my cappy cam sideload apps

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yes sir, thats what i used to root my wifi only tab