Best Buy and HTC announced at CTIA this week that Best Buy stores would have the exclusive pre-order rights on the WiFi HTC Flyer Android tablet. The little tablet will go on sale "this spring" according to both firms. I wish they would just tell us when the tablet would land. The tablet will run Android and use the HTC Sense UI over the top.
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Best Buy lands WiFi HTC Flyer launch exclusive
EVO View 4G Hands-On
This year at CTIA 2011 we’ve gotten extremely close to the EVO View 4G. Like so close that we’re basically married now. We saw this device earlier this year at Mobile World Congress 2011 as the HTC Flyer but we did not get to get nearly as close as we’d have liked, but then again, it wasn’t quite ready for the spotlight in its then-unfinished form. Here we have a device that’s much closer to what you’ll be purchasing in the store – a competitively sized and functioning tablet that’ll go in direct competition with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 we got the opportunity to check out earlier today.
Sprint HTC EVO 3D and EVO View 4G tablet get fully detailed
Hardware specs on two of HTC's other devices for CTIA 2011 have emerged, with the guts of the HTC EVO 3D and HTC EVO View 4G both apparently leaked. According to BGR, Sprint will be officially announcing the EVO 3D with a 4.3-inch qHD 960 x 540 autostereoscopic 3D display, a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon 8660 processor, twin 5-megapixel cameras on the back for shooting 3D photos and video, and an HDMI port for outputting 1080p HD regular video and 720p HD 3D video.
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HTC EVO View 4G trademark: Sprint WiMAX Flyer incoming?
Looks like the HTC EVO View 4G really is incoming at CTIA 2011 next month, with HTC filing a couple of trademark applications for the mysterious new device. Good and EVO spotted the listings - here and here - which confirm both the name and the 4G connectivity; we still don't know, however, whether the device is a smartphone or a tablet.
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1m HTC Flyer orders tipped as pen-slate interest tentative
Supply chain guesstimates certainly aren't the most definitive way to judge a product's potential, but in the face of a reported 12m iPad 2 orders for Q2 2011 alone, talk of HTC having orders for a twelfth that amount of their Flyer slates doesn't seem all that ambitious. According to a Chinese Economic Times report, HTC has ordered 1m Flyer tablets up to the end of August 2011.
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Sprint readying EVO View tablet, Nexus S 4G and EVO 3D for CTIA?
That Sprint has ambitious plans for CTIA 2011 was obvious; the carriers hefty 2.5hr presentation at the show was evidence of that. According to the latest leaks, however, there should be no shortage of devices to fill that slot: an EVO View tablet that's tipped to be a CDMA version of the HTC Flyer, according to Engadget's anonymous source, together with a Samsung Nexus S 4G.
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HTC Flyer palm-rejection wins tableteer approval [Video]
As the tablet ecosystem hurriedly juggles to face the new iPad 2 threat, attention turns to slates with differentiating features to see if they've got what's needed to stand their own against the Apple juggernaut. The HTC Flyer's stylus input option may not have met with universal approval at its MWC 2011 launch, but it looks like those keen on digital inking may well have a solid experience with the 7-incher. Carrypad tested out one of the most important features, palm-rejection, to see if the Flyer could hold up to proper pen use.
Video demo after the cut
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WiFi-only HTC Flyer up for pre-order
The WiFi-only version of the HTC Flyer has shown up for pre-order in Germany, with retailer Cyberport listing the 7-inch slate for €499 ($686). Your money gets you the same 1024 x 600 capacitive touchscreen with active stylus, Android 2.4 Gingerbread with customized Sense, and 5-megapixel camera, but omits the integrated 3G/HSPA connection (and the need for a carrier agreement).
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HTC Flyer priced by Amazon Germany
HTC's Peter Chou wasn't talking pricing for the HTC Flyer when the company launched the 7-inch slate yesterday, but that hasn't stopped Amazon Germany from listing the tablet already. While there's still no release date for the Android 2.3 Gingerbread tablet, we do know it will be €699 ($944).
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Recap Of New HTC Smartphones, Tablet, and Announcements From MWC 2011
We had quite a rush of HTC news live from MWC 2011 this morning, so here’s a recap in case you didn’t catch everything. Our very own Chris Davies got plenty of hands-on time with the new product line up from HTC including the Incredible S, Wildfire S, Desire S, Chacha, and Salsa smartphones, as well as the Flyer tablet. Other HTC announcements included an updated version of their HTC Sense, a new video chat app, new support for OnLive cloud gaming service, and their partnership with Qualcomm to develop multi-core devices.
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HTC Flyer Live [Video]
HTC’s Flyer promises to bring another new angle to the Android tablet marketplace, with its stylus input and HTC’s focus on note-taking and content creation. A 7-inch slate in a slick unibody aluminum and matte-finish plastic, HTC aren’t allowing us to hold the prototypes at the MWC 2011 reveal, but from what we’ve seen we’re already impressed. Check out our first impressions after the cut.
Stylus Wars: HTC Strikes Back
The HTC Flyer is an anomaly. So far, stylus-driven tablets have either been bargain-basement slabs with resistive touchscreens and hair-tearing usability, or expensive Windows-based machines with slick active digitizers but software more suited to desktop than pen. We’ve grown used to jabbing at our tablets with our fingers; Steve Jobs has even told us that’s the only way a modern slate really works. So where does the Flyer come in?
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