T-Mobile on Monday doubled its tablet 
computer offerings, to four, with the introduction of its own branded device, the SpringBoard -- a collaboration with Google -- and its own version of Samsung's successful Galaxy Tab 10.1. The SpringBoard was made by Chinese manufacturer Huawei.
The tablets will work with T-Mobile's high-speed HSPA+ data network , which the carrier calls 4G .
The Bellevue, Wash.-based carrier, the third-largest in America by subscribers, is a small player in the tablet market, currently offering online Dell's Android -powered Streak (refurbished) for $89 and the T-Mobile G-Slate with Google, made by South Korean LG Electronics, for $299. The original Galaxy Tab and new Streaks are listed as out of stock on T-Mobile's web site.
Both tablets run the latest version of Google's Android, 3.2, optimized for tablets.
'Affordable' Price?
Prices for the new devices were not announced by T-Mobile, though T-Mobile is marketing it as "affordable," nor was a release date. The company said they will be available in time for the holidays.
The SpringBoard has a 7-inch HD multi-touch display, sports a 1.2-GHz dual-core mobile processor, and comes preloaded with applications for Blockbuster on Demand, Netflix and T-Mobile TV. Unlike Apple's iPad, it supports Adobe Flash Player. It's equipped with 1.3-megapixel front-facing and five-megapixel rear-facing cameras and shoots 720p for HD video capture.
"The T-Mobile Springboard is an implementation of Huawei's MediaPad announced in June," said tablet expert Jeff Orr of ABI Research. "T-Mobile USA has a longstanding relationship with the Huawei Devices organization from the 3G USB modems currently offered by the mobile carrier."
Its 16 gigabytes of storage is expandable to another 32 gigabytes with an SD card slot.
Increasing The Portfolio
"Our customers expect the ability to access and share content on the go at 4G speeds, so we've created a 4G tablet portfolio of 7-, 9- and 10-inch tablets with their busy, highly mobile lives in mind," said Jeremy Korst, vice president of mobile broadband and emerging devices, T-Mobile USA in a press statement. "The T-Mobile SpringBoard with Google and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 are the perfect evolution of T-Mobile's tablet portfolio, providing consumers with the right choice of tablet to easily look up a recipe at the grocery store, update social media sites on the bus or stream movies and music in the back seat of the car."
The Galaxy Tab has a 10.1-inch HD touchscreen display, 1-GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and full Adobe Flash Player support and ships with T-Mobile TV, Qello, Samsung Media Hub, Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD demo, SIM City Deluxe demo, Blio eReader and Zinio.
The cost of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 on Verizon Wireless, where it is currently available, is $529 for the 16 GB model and $629 for the 32 GB model.
T-Mobile is owned by Deutsche Telekom and could soon be part of AT&T if the government approves a merger deal.
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