Just a couple days ago, Samsung revealed the encore to the Galaxy Tab 10.1, the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1), showcasing the company’s incredible ability to iterate slates using decidedly uncreative names. Today, a fresh bit of hardware looking suspiciously like that new Sammy slate made its way through the FCC’s gauntlet of tests. This fresh bit of kit comes sporting AT&T-friendly WCDMA/HSPA 850/1900 and GSM 850/1900 radios, 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth and a GT-N8000 model number. Who knows if this ten-inch tab is destined for our shores or if it’s the UK model masquerading as such, but only time will tell. Want to know more? Feel free to do some digging in the full filings linked below.

Update: As one of our astute commenters pointed out, this is likely to be the Galaxy Note 10.1 given the 2-megapixel front-facing shooter you see above — the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) comes with a VGA unit.

Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) with 3G radios hits the FCC, gets Uncle Sam’s stamp of approval? (update: probably the Galaxy Note 10.1) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:05:00 EST.