Are there still doubts that this 2011 is going to be the year of the tablet? Dozens of tablets are going to flood the technology market this year, some from large manufacturers and others from somewhat more modest companies. But nobody wants to be left out of this sector, of that there is no doubt. The Taiwanese HTC has been defoliating the daisy for a few months in this regard, and it seems that its first proposal is beginning to take shape.
In fact, through an anonymous leak, the Norwegian site Amobil has already had the opportunity to make a first more or less accurate approach to the HTC Flyer, which will be the name by which we know one of the tablets that the Taiwanese company launches during this year. However, the price and date of sale has not been said yet, although it is proposed that the launch will take place from the month of April.
First of all, a surprise: it will not be released with Android 3.0 Honeycomb (Google's system specifically designed for tablets), but with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The reason would have to be found in the deadlines that HTC handles. It seems that the company's engineers would not arrive in time to adapt Honeycomb to the needs of the device, so the latest version of the platform would have to be acquired by update.
For the rest, in performance this HTC Flyer suspiciously reminds the Samsung Galaxy Tab. For example, it has a seven - inch screen with a resolution of 1,024 x 600 pixels. The processor will be the Snapdragon of one GHz we've seen in the HTC Desire HD. In addition, the camera system will be dual. In other words, you have two sensors for photos and video: one of five megapixels with LED flash and another of 1.3 megapixels on the front.
The connectivity of the HTC Flyer will be complete: Wi-Fi, 3G, GPS and Bluetooth, as well as external USB 2.0 and HDMI ports. The design of the HTC Flyer is the same as that of a large mobile, reserving when touch accesses on the front of the tablet, for the usual Android functions: back, start, menu and search.
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