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HTC Flyer update brings Honeycomb

Shane McGlaun, Dec 5th 2011 Discuss [6]

T-Mobile just got its own flavor of the HTC Flyer last month even though the tablet crossed the FCC back during the summer. The tablet is a nice little gadget that has been around for a while. The device has been making do with an old version of the Android OS for a while now. HTC Flyer users in France at the HTC-hub have reported that the software update is now rolling out OTA. Read The Full Story

HTC Flyer tablet now available for T-Mobile

Rue Liu, Nov 2nd 2011 Discuss [2]

The T-Mobile compatible HTC Flyer tablet has finally arrived. We've been expecting this version since a 3G capable HTC Flyer tablet with support for T-Mobile bands surfaced at the FCC back in June. HTC posted the product page for the device today, revealing a price of $299.99 with a new service plan from T-Mobile, although the carrier has yet to begin advertising the device on its own web site. Read The Full Story

Ice Cream Sandwich adds native stylus support to Android

Chris Davies, Oct 21st 2011 Discuss [3]

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich includes native support for smartphones and tablets with a digital stylus Google has confirmed, including pressure recognition, hover tracking and nib-tilt, with differentiation between pen and finger use. A specific stylus API, spotted by Reddit among the Android 4.0 highlights, can differentiate between a stylus, finger, mouse and eraser, as well as support pens with up to three buttons. Previously, devices like the HTC Flyer and Samsung Galaxy Note required custom pen-control systems be created to handle their digital styli. Read The Full Story

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Tablets finally undercutting $500 iPad, but will it matter?

Chris Burns, Oct 10th 2011 Discuss [17]

As you already may well know, the iPad is not a tablet PC, it is an iPad. Thus is the brilliance of the brand-masters at Apple and thus is massive success the iPad has seen so far. What we’ve been seeing over the past few months is a welcome change on the part of many manufacturers and carriers trying to sell their tablet computers in the face of a very much iPad-saturated market: price cuts. A whole heck of a lot of price cuts, in fact, with everyone from HTC to Lenovo cutting tablet prices on carriers and in big time tablet-pushing stores like Best Buy.

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Best Buy HTC Flyer goof frustrates $100 slate shoppers

Chris Davies, Oct 6th 2011 Discuss [41]

Red faces and frustrated shoppers at Best Buy today, with the retailer refusing to honor a $99.99 sale price advertised online for the HTC Flyer. Eagle-eyed shoppers caught the Android 2.3 Gingerbread WiFi-only tablet market down by $200 from its regular price, but Best Buy is now claiming it is a SKU error and won't be offering the Flyer sub-$100. Read The Full Story

HTC Flyer tablet $299 at Best Buy starting in October

Chris Burns, Sep 30th 2011 Discuss [14]

Best Buy and HTC must have had a sit-down recently regarding the Flyer tablet that's been out for some months, because come October 1st, the price of this tablet will be reduced by $200 from its original price of $499.99 to its lowest price ever, $299.99. It's time to drop those tablet prices, ladies and gentlemen, and it's not just because the Amazon Kindle Fire is scaring the cheese out of the competition (not verified, but quite possible). Low sales and the ever-deepening pool of tablets out there certainly has had an impact on the price of tablets across the board, as evidenced here in the Flyer and the now sold-out TouchPad from HP. Read The Full Story

HTC Flyer Honeycomb 3.2 update leaked with screenshots

Rue Liu, Sep 5th 2011 Discuss [9]

The HTC Flyer 7-inch Android tablet that boasts an optional stylus looks to be getting its Android 3.2 Honeycomb update very soon. MoDaCo's Paul O'Brien got a hold of a beta version of the update along with the "Sense 1.1 for Tablets" update and has publicly released the ROM for all to download and has also tossed up some screenshots of the new interface. Read The Full Story

HTC Puccini Called Jetstream on AT&T, Additional Screenshots Leaked

Chris Burns, Aug 18th 2011 Discuss [6]

We certainly know a lot about the 10-inch tablet known as the HTC Puccini considering it's not yet truly officially announced by its manufacturer or its US carrier. We've seen screenshots, bits of hardware, release dates, and specs all along the way. What we've gathered thus far and what we're to understand from these newest two screenshots revealed today is that this tablet will be called the HTC Jetstream as it flies in to the USA on AT&T's 4G network, be it what AT&T calls 4G at the moment or LTE in the distant future. An AT&T 10-inch Android tablet made by HTC, sound like a winning ticket to you? Read The Full Story

OnLive UK launch September 22 with 100+ streaming games

Chris Davies, Aug 11th 2011 Discuss [1]

OnLive has announced that it will be launching its UK streaming gaming service on September 22, with a 100+ line-up of titles on offer from day one. Available for HDTV, PC, Mac, and iPad and Android tablet play, the new UK service will be fully connected with the existing US service, allowing gamers in both countries to take each other on in multiplayer titles with complete voice chat support. Read The Full Story

Evernote Goes Tablet Style on Android

Chris Burns, Jul 12th 2011 Discuss [2]

Joyous day of awesome days, Evernote now has a tablet version available for all Androids. While they certainly did have integration with tablets before - we're looking at you, HTC Flyer - this is the first time Evernote has presented a version of their environment made to work on all larger screened Android 3.x Honeycomb-laden devices. This version will give you the ability to create notes continent rich text, lists, and checkboxes, and there's a brand new widget, speed improvements, and more! Read The Full Story

HTC Flyer Dock up for disappointing pre-order

Chris Davies, Jun 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

HTC's docking station for the Flyer tablet has turned up for pre-order in the US, with Best Buy listing the cradle ahead of delivery in 1-2 weeks time. Pocketables spotted the $49.99 accessory, which holds the Flyer in portrait orientation and basically provides a pass-through for the USB connector on the bottom edge of the slate. Unfortunately, that means the dock as a whole is pretty underwhelming. Read The Full Story

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HTC Flyer WiFi Review

Chris Burns, May 23rd 2011 Discuss [18]

Let’s take a look for a bit at the United States’ first look at HTC’s Flyer tablet. As you may well know by now, there’s another version of this device out there by the name of EVO View 4G – have a look at our hands-on with that version of the device from back at CTIA 2011. The device we’re looking at here and now is the Best Buy-sold version of the device being here a WiFi-only piece of hardware. This device has a nice silver metal and white plastic chassis, Gorilla Glass front over a 7-inch 1024 x 700 pixel resolution capacitive touchscreen working with a 1GHz single-core processor and Android 2.3.3 with HTC Sense 2.1 for Tablets. And it’s got a pen. Is this the writer for you?