HTC unveils Android 2.4 based tablet ‘HTC FLYER’ at MWC 2011

HTC, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, today announced its first tablet, the HTC Flyer at MWC 2011. HTC Flyer is 7 inch tablet which runs on Android 2.4 Gingerbread operating system unlike  Samsung Galaxy Tab II which has also been introduced at MWC uses Android 3.0 Honeycomb. This HTC tablet is powered with 1.5 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and features  5 mega pixel rear camera,1.3 mega pixel front camera, 3D homesceen, HSPA+ compatibility ,1 GB RAM, 32 GB internal storage, 4000 mAh battery,Wi Fi and Bluetooth. HTC Flyer offers 7 inch  touch-sensitive screen with 1024 X 600 resolution and weighs 420 grams.Aluminum unibody design with touch and pen interaction make HTC Flyer unique among all tablets. Also it is the first tablet with HTC Watch video service, HTC Scribe Technology and OnLive cloud gaming.

HTC Flyer’s tablet-focused HTC Sense experience focuses on surprising and delighting people with its gorgeous 3D home screen. A unique carousel of widgets puts a user’s most important content and information at the visual center of the experience. The HTC Flyer tablet also offers uncompromised Web browsing with Flash 10 and HTML 5.

HTC Flyer comes with a stylus to let its user experience new HTC Scribe Technology which offers  groundbreaking pen experience and it can be used to take notes, sign contracts, draw pictures, or even write on a web page or photo. , A feature called Timemark enables you to capture the audio of a meeting in line with your written notes, so tapping on a word in your notes instantly takes you to that exact place in time in the audio recording of the meeting. Notes are also integrated with the calendar so when there is an appointment reminder you are automatically prompted with an opportunity to begin a new note or in the case of recurring meetings, to continue where the last meeting left off.  In an industry first, the HTC Flyer tablet also features built-in synchronization with Evernote.

Streaming Mobile Movies with HTC Watch
The HTC Flyer tablet premieres HTC Watch, HTC’s new video download service. The HTC Watch service enables low-cost on-demand progressive downloading of hundreds of High-Definition movies from major studios. The intuitive, natural design of the HTC Watch service makes it easy to find the latest movie and video content, while advanced technology on the back-end enables instant playback over the HTC Flyer tablet’s high-speed wireless connection.

Mobile Cloud Gaming with OnLive
HTC takes mobile gaming to an entirely new level by being the first mobile device in the world to integrate OnLive Inc.’s revolutionary cloud-based gaming service. OnLive is leading in the home gaming market by letting people play top video games on their televisions and computers without the need to buy expensive gaming hardware or software. When integrated fully, the OnLive service will enable customers to pipe the OnLive service through the HTC Flyer tablet’s broadband wireless to their television sets, or let them play directly on the tablet. When integrated on the HTC Flyer tablet, people can play a variety of games, including hits like Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, NBA 2K11 and Lego Harry Potter.

HTC Flyer – Key Features

Weight

420 grams (14.82 ounces) with battery

Display

7 inch touch-sensitive screen with 1024 X 600 resolution

CPU speed

1.5 GHz

Platform

Android™ 2.4  with HTC Sense™

Camera

5 megapixel color camera with auto focus

1.3 megapixel front camera

Memory

Internal storage: 32 GB
RAM: 1 GB

Battery

Battery type: Rechargeable battery

Capacity: 4000 mAh

Standby time:

Up to 820 ~1470 hours

Video Playback:

Up to 4 hours

Network

HSPA/WCDMA:

Europe/Asia: 900/AWS/2100 MHz

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Multimedia

Audio supported formats:

Playback:.aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9)

Recording:.amr, .aac

Video supported formats:

Playback:.3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .avi (MP4 ASP and MP3), .xvid (MP4 ASP and MP3)

Recording:.3gp

Internet

Wi-Fi:

IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth

Bluetooth® 3.0 with A2DP for wireless stereo headsets

GPS

Internal GPS antenna