One of the highlights of the MWC 2011 exhibition, currently taking place in Barcelona, was the announcement of the first tablet by HTC Flyer. HTC Flyer is a small 7 "(1024x600) tablet weighing 415 grams, the body of which is made of a single piece of aluminum.
The heart of the tablet is the System-On-Chip Qualcomm MSM8255 with a Qualcomm Scorpion processor core operating at 1.5 GHz. Adreno 205, which is one of the fastest GPUs on the market, is used as a video accelerator.
HTC Flyer is equipped with 32 GB of internal memory with the possibility of expansion through microSD-cards, and 1 GB of RAM. The tablet has at its disposal a 5 MPc camera with support for auto and touch focus, and for making video calls there is a 1.3 MPx front camera. In addition to WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS, Flyer supports data transmission in HSPA / EDGE / GPRS mode.
However, the main feature of the tablet from HTC is not how much the hardware component, how much software and related services. HTC Flyer is equipped with a real capacitive stylus and supports HTC Scribe technology. This technology will allow not only to perform basic things like drawing, interacting with controls, but also to create full-fledged text notes with the ability to synchronize text with a recorded sound series. In addition, HTC Scribe supports syncing notes with your Evernote-account.
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The HTC Watch service will provide access to dozens and hundreds of movies online (Video-On-Demand), and the client of the OnLive cloud service to a huge number of PC games. However, nothing is known about the fate of the last two services in the Russian Federation: content licensing is a complicated thing.
The novelty will be running Android Gingerbread with a proprietary interface HTC Sense, which has been redesigned and adapted for tablets. An upgrade to Android Honeycomb is scheduled for the second quarter of 2011.
A funny feature - the capacitive buttons change their location depending on the orientation of the device in space. The device's battery capacity is 4000 mA / h, which is equivalent to 4 hours of continuous video playback.
Approximate dates of appearance in retail - the end of April / beginning of May. Preliminary cost - 30,000 rubles.