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HTC Flyer price and UK launch date spotted

by Sarah Griffiths on 17 March 2011, 08:30

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Tablet-tastic

HTC's tablet offering, the Flyer, is set to get its UK launch in mid April, according to an online price spot.

The 7 inch tablet might not be as skinny as the new iPad 2 but it does include a pressure-sensitive stylus, which is designed to let users annotate emails, documents and web pages.

HTC's Flyer has been spotted on Clove's website [via Recombu] for £600 and the website said it will go on-sale in mid April.

There is also a handful of accessories shown off on the site, including a spare stylus, which costs £40 plus an HDMI converter cable and in-car charger.

It will be interesting to note how well HTC's tablet does up against Apple's new iPad2 and the Android dual-core offerings.

It is thought that early adopters of the Flyer will get a Honeycomb update around 6 weeks after its launch and the tablet will feature HTC Sense optimised for tablet use as well as HT Watch, a video streaming service and a cloud-based mobile gaming service powered by OnLive.

The stylus, which should make note-taking much easier than relying on a touch screen keyboard, also boasts a feature called Timemark that lets users capture the audio of a meeting in line with their written notes, a lot like a LiveScribe smartpen.

The tablet touts a 1.5GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage (plus a microSD expansion slot) and has a micro-USB port and all the usual sensors - ambient light, accelerometer, compass - as well as GPS, Bluetooth, Wireless N and HSPA.

Camera-wise it boasts a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera and a 5 megapixel auto-focus shooter at the rear.

Here is a picture of the HTC Flyer.

 



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The tablet touts a processor,

Dude! No way. :surprised:
I think the key to success in the tablet market is to undercut Apple on price since they otherwise have the market sewn up. There's just nothing terribly attractive about an Android device that costs more than the iPad, and I have a feeling the market will feel the same way.