By The Taiwanese don’t seem far too worried about the Nokia and Microsoft alliance and they just came up with a new tablet for Android.
It’s called the HTC Flyer and it’s so good it even comes with the standard “unlike any other” stamp on it. I’m telling you, whoever invests this much in marketing has something cooking.
HTC Flyer
The HTC Flyer is a 7 inch tablet that is powered by Android but not the 3.0 Honeycomb version. Instead, the Android version is unknown and it’s mixed with a HTC Sense software and a 3D homescreen.
Up to here things aren’t particularly impressive for the HTC Flyer to make it in the rough world of gadgets and iPads.
The screen of the HTC Flyer is also up to date and still not impressive as it features a LCD that runs natively at a 1024 x 600 resolution.
When we get to the battery of the HTC Flyer we find something that really is quietly brilliant. It can keep the capable hardware of the HTC Flyer up and running for a few hours of video playback and somewhat less for gaming situations.
HTC Flyer
The really amazing bit is how the listed stand by period for HTC’s newest tablet is the equivalent of two months.
When you ring it up for whatever you want, you get the full attention of a 1.5 GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage (which, of course, is expandable).
When it comes to actually turning your HTC Flyer into a mobile phone you’ll have to rely on the HSPA+ connectivity which ties you to AT&T or T-Mobile for the moment. The future may hold more versions but HTC is keeping a lid on that.
And they’re using the same approach to releasing the pricing for the HTC Flyer.
HTC Flyer
You know what I find fascinating?
It’s how HTC came up with the Flyer which is clearly a capable device and then decided to advertise the Aluminium case as its biggest selling point. They even gloss over new “Scribe technology” which recognizes hand-writing and drawings.
I mean, the Aluminium part of the HTC Flyer is pretty slick but the hardware and software combo are even better.
