frenzy757: On my T-Mobile Galaxy Tab the sim card slot is right next to the micro sd slot. It 's easy to pop out.
Bigchris: I bought mine without a contract and without any service. It works great on wifi only!
also does this mean if I travel to europe that I can pop in a sim card from there and get access to the internet?
Great, I was worried from some of the post that I read that it wouldn't work if you didn't get service. I want to use it on WiFi only.
I bought the wifi only version from BestBuy...it's the Sprint version which they sell, but does not get activated. I'm really loving the device.
Now because I travel internationally and can't use my Sprint EVO in Europe, I'm going to return the Sprint one and get an AT&T version so that when I'm in Europe I can use Skype, Google Voice (whenever they turn it on internationally), etc. Certainly, not a fan of AT&T, but their selling the TAB using their iPad data plan, which I spent all day confirming what it means. Basically, you can buy either 250mb or 2gb. The service runs for a month and if you don't set it to auto-renew, you can just not pay for a given month. So basically, I could use data in December, not in January, then in February and only pay for the 2 months of usage not 3 and still keep the line active. And you can cancel the contract at anytime. To be fair, you would have to pay an additional charge for the international usage and the int'l really is for one given month that you can turn on and off.
And before anyone says it doesn't work for voice how will you make the skype call or gvoice, it does have a mike camera and speaker...probably have to use a corded headset or the speakerphone.
if you use the device WIFI only you (sans carrier plan), how will u get updates like Gingerbread, or other periodic updates?
I thought I saw on some forum here that wireless tether wouldn't work from one android device to another. Can anyone confirm or deny this? I was thinking about buying a tablet and tethering my Motorola Droid 1 to it. Thanks in advance.
So you didn't actually buy the wifi only version, you bought the 3G Sprint one off contract? Right?
Because best buy will be selling the wifi only version for $499.99
According to 2 BestBuy stores the "wifi" only version is the one with the Sprint logo..you just don't have a contract activated and it certainly wasn't $499, it was $599. If there was a wi-fi only version, I'm not sure why a non-contract version of Sprint would be sold to potentially compete against a lesser costing wi-fi version.