HTC has debuted their first tablet ever, The Flyer. HTC is a machine when it comes to putting out quality Android devices, delivering precise tightly engineered hardware, putting it under a sleek casing, and making Android groupies go nuts. Following the post we covered earlier regarding 3 other devices HTC debuted, you can’t help but think they’re just competing with themselves.
The HTC Flyer has some of that iconic presence the company is known for, it looks good, it’s got the sweet software, and similar hardware to every device released in the last year. Have a look.
- Android 2.4 Gingerbread
- 7″ Super LCD
- 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor with 1Gb RAM
- 32Gb internal storage with expansion via microSD
- 1.3MP Front facing camera, 5MP rear facing camera
Now look at what the competition has in-store.
Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1″ Quick Specs:
- Android 3.0 Honeycomb
- 10.1″ TFT display
- 1GHz Dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor
- 16Gb or 32Gb internal storage
- 2MP front facing camera, 8MP rear facing camera
LG G-Slate Tablet Quick Specs:
- Android 3.0 Honeycomb
- 8.9″ HD Multi-touch display
- 1GHz Dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor
- 32Gb internal storage
- 2MP front facing camera, 5MP rear facing camera and flash with Full HD 1080p and 3D video capture
I realize there’s alot of software integrations involved with the Flyer: Sense UI updates, the stylus integration(allowing you to draw, paint, write, etc.. on the screen), and the new Onlive gaming service which allows you to stream games over the web. I’m glad gaming came up. How do you think the Flyer is going to perform with the other devices as a gaming platform?
There is one thing that it might have going for it, pricing, but since noone has released any information regarding that on any of these devices it’s hard to say. I’d be willing to bet the Flyer is going to cost less than the other two. What do yall think of the Flyer?
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The HTC Shift is!!!
and it is real tablet and phone, perfect combination!
So this is where all their resources went… Those of us outside the US who want a cutting edge smartphone (and couldn’t care less for these stupid couch computers) get an almost insulting lineup of jumped up low and midrange last year devices while every US mobile carrier probably has a standing order for a proper dualcore 4.3” qHD display 2.4 phone…
I think if the HTC came out 6 months ago it could have been something… now… it is a joke. No tablet optimization, none of the forthcoming tablet optimized apps will run on it, and thanks to Sense and the pen, it almost certainly will never see (official) Honeycomb support.
One word…pitiful.
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