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We previously mentioned that the US version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab was artificially restricted from making phone calls. Devices sold in countries outside of the US are able to make phone calls, while devices sold inside the US have that ability removed.

Well, less than a week later, hackers have already found a solution for the T-Mobile version of the Galaxy Tab. By installing the European version of the base software on a US model, the calling features are re-enabled.

This is not yet a perfect solution. The European version of the Galaxy Tab software doesn’t support the 3G wireless bands needed by T-Mobile, so for the moment this breaks the ability to browse the web over 3G on the tablet. But hackers on the xda developer forums are already working on a solution for that issue.