HTC Flyer could be a 7-inch tablet with yesterday’s OS and last year’s specs

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Unconfirmed reports claim to reveal the specs of an unannounced tablet soon to be unveiled by HTC. Norwegian enthusiast blog amobil claims to have sources and an internal document that provide details surrounding HTC’s forthcoming “HTC Flyer” tablet. Thought to launch as one of HTC’s first tablet offerings, the device curiously has specs that barely seem competitive following the barrage of tablets we saw introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month. Purported specs include a 7-inch 1024 x 600-pixel display, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 3G connectivity, a 5-megapixel rear camera, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, 4GB of internal storage, DLNA, an HDMI-out port and the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS with HTC Sense. Unless HTC plans on bringing a knife to a gunfight, expect one of two things to happen when the Flyer is finally announced — either these specs are off base, or this device will be on the budget end of several tablets (possibly including the HTC Scribe) announced in succession by the popular Taiwan-based cell phone maker. Along those lines, amobil also notes that HTC is preparing a 10-inch tablet with LTE connectivity to launch in the second half of the year.

[Via Android Community]

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12 Comments
  • Anonymous

    HTC = Have This Crap

  • http://twitter.com/mfg68 Matt Galo

    Maybe these specs are wrong, since they’re not very good. I just got an idea. BGR, if you’re listening, you guys should report really crappy specs so that the company (in this case HTC) will send you a “leak” with the real specs of the device! It’s genius! /sincerelynotsarcastic

  • http://claimid.com/155/ 155

    It’s not fair. Gingerbread is a phone os, honeycomb is a tablet os. Maybe they chose gingerbread, to keep phone support?

  • Anonymous

    I am trying to figure out what everyone means by Tablet OS exactly.

    Someone explain it in detail for me. I know the difference in iOS from iPhone to iPad but everyone is on this “HoneyComb” was designed for Tablets kick. The reason Google had to develop a version for their Tablets is because Froyo/Gingerbread scaled poorly. Google’s words there, not mine.

  • Anonymous

    ………now onto this thing. HTC has made some kick ass hardware in the past. Why would they release this plastic piece of shlt?

  • Ces

    DOA

  • Anonymous

    HTC =
    Here to There Conservative
    Hail To Conservatism

    They drove Winmob designs (fairly) for half a decade (TouchPro being the lowest point), and then iPhone comes in and walks all over them with something new.

  • Anonymous

    Man HTC dropped the ball on this one. No Honeycomb? What are they thinking?!

  • Cer

    Bringing a knife to a gunfight is the best phrase ever.

  • Brett

    Last years specs? So it’s an Ipad?

    • Anonymous

      The iPad is 9 months old, so it would be pretty weird if the specs on it weren’t about a year old unless Apple has some sort of time machine.

  • Juke Box Hero

    “or this device will be on the budget end of several tablets”

    This is what I’m betting on/hoping on. For that purpose, these specs are fine, it’s basically on par with the Galaxy Tab (except for the 4GB memory, which kinda blows, hope it has a SD slot). I actually like the 7″ tablet form factor, much more handy. If this comes out in the next couple of months around $200-$300 unsubsidized, that would work for me.

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