Buoyed by the favourable ruling handed down by the Federal Court this week and an avalanche of anticipation from Aussies yearning to own the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung said on Thursday that it is rushing to ship the devices into Australia.

Yet the controversial tablet computer will not hit the shelves by Friday afternoon, according to Samsung Australia's Tyler McGee, citing logistical realities.

As per the court's ruling, McGee said that Samsung is not allowed to bring in the gadget to Australian shores until after the court's appointed deadline for Apple to file an appeal against the Wednesday decision had lapsed.

"We can obviously move fairly quickly once we see what we can or cannot do," the Samsung executive told the Sydney Morning Herald as a form of assurance that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 would be moved from its source into Australia at the soonest possible time.

One thing is sure though, McGee said, the much-awaited Samsung gadget will hit Australian stores before Christmas time.

In that respect, Samsung has been assured by major retailers of carrying the Galaxy, with the company adding that thousands of Australians have already indicated their desire to buy the product once it becomes locally available.

Citing an informal survey conducted by Fairfax after the lifting of the ban, Samsung said that as many as 11,000 readers have indicated that they'll troop to the stores where the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be sold.

"It just reaffirms our belief that we have a fantastic device in the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and we're very proud that there are consumers out there that have stood beside us in this long process and I look forward to being able to give them the opportunity to purchase the device and to use the device," McGee was reported by SMH as saying in expressing his appreciation for the so far positive feedbacks.

The only stumbling block still looming for the South Korean firm is the possibility of a not-so-distant reversal of the Federal Court ruling, which apart from quashing the injunction won by Apple also declared that Samsung may have been unfairly marginalised by an earlier ruling.

While preparing for the Galaxy's store deployment, McGee said that as far as Apple's next move is concerned, Samsung is in a wait-and-see mode.

However, many experts believe that a reversal in the immediate weeks or months would be remote for now.

The latest Federal Court decision, according to Peter Black of the Queensland University of Technology, was practically free from any "novel question of law ... and when the stay is lifted on Friday, Samsung will be free to sell their Galaxy Tab."

For the Australian High Court to even consider an Apple appeal on the matter would be next to impossible, Black said.