It's great that you got one that isn't locked, but worth mentioning for others thats Samsung is indeed locking the bootloader on some (many?) of the wifi-only 10.1 devices.
(As far as I know, all of the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Galaxy Tab 7 Plus devices are sold unlocked, for now.)
Well, heck, maybe I'm wrong. :-) I haven't actually done it yet, but I can pull up a "Warning: Installing a different OS can void your warranty, are you sure?" message.
I don't have a 10.1, but I did spend a few hours reading through many of those threads last week before I decided against purchasing one for my wife. (We ended up going with the 7+ model instead.)
For what it's worth, my understanding is that there are workarounds to flash an unsigned kernel, it's just a real pain. Also, I think you would get the message you are seeing even if it were unlocked... my Galaxy S2 gives me the same warning before letting me into download mode.
Also, I think you would get the message you are seeing even if it were unlocked
Right. I was thinking that if it were locked it wouldn't have such a thoughtful warning and the option to proceed. But this reasoning could be wrong obviously.
Well there are little folios and docks for the Samsung too, and Bluetooth keyboards, etc. I got an accessory which looks to allow functioning as a USB host...so perhaps I will be able to use a USB keyboard and mouse?
This is my first tablet so it's something of an experiment for me to figure out how practical it's going to be for me to use it in various circumstances.
Not that I am aware of, other than it's been on the market longer and maybe it will have fewer "version 1.0" bugs.
I'm actually trying to not be disappointed about taking a step down in CPU and GPU capacity. I think the ASUS probably had some ports the Galaxy Tab doesn't.
Instead I went out last night and bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. https://twitter.com/#!/marshray/status/154039917322838017
The bootloader isn't locked, but the 'Heimdall' flash backup/restore tool doesn't work with it. (yet :-)