The HTC Flyer had always been a nice tablet device with decent specifications, though the relatively high price has never done any good. Further, Android 3.2 Honeycomb has begun to show its age, though a way out of this seems to be on the horizon. Take for instance the efforts of the Xda developers’ forum member Aiden M, who has posted a ROM named Skyfire. It is still in its … [Read more...] about HTC Flyer Gets Android 4.0 ICS
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Good e-Reader Week In Review: Tablet News
Reflecting on the happenings in the tablet field this past week, what comes to the fore is that there has been no major tablet launches during the period though the usual doses of rumors and speculation had its share of limelight all along. The biggest news of the past week has of course been the way the Apple iPad almost steamrolled the competition by announcing total sales … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Week In Review: Tablet News
Sprint All Set to Phase Out BlackBerry PlayBook And EVO View 4G
The writing has already been on the wall and now that's the way things are likely to unfold in the next few days. Sprint is all set to wash its hands off tablet devices like the BlackBerry PlayBook and the EVO View 4G, as indicated in their listing for tablets to be reaching the end of life. One of the replacements that we know of right now is the 4G capable PlayBook that RIM … [Read more...] about Sprint All Set to Phase Out BlackBerry PlayBook And EVO View 4G
HTC Flyer to Get Android 4.0 Upgrade This Quarter
The HTC Flyer tablet device had started its journey with Android 2.3 Gingerbread as its OS. After that, the company had been prompt to upgrade the OS to Android 3.2 Honeycomb. HTC-Hub now reports that by this quarter, HTC will further upgrade the OS to Android 4.0 ICS. In all the upgrades up to now, HTC has not effected any major changes to its interface or screen layout. It is … [Read more...] about HTC Flyer to Get Android 4.0 Upgrade This Quarter
HTC Flyer Discontinued, Is the EVO View Next in Line?
Best Buy not only sold out stock of the HTC Flyer, but stopped further sales of the device thereafter. This had been the only source where one could pick up the HTC Flyer. There is, however, the HTV EVO View that is still available and by the looks of it will be available for some time now. This more so, as the device is about to receive a Honeycomb update, as per the site Good … [Read more...] about HTC Flyer Discontinued, Is the EVO View Next in Line?
Tablet Makers Resort to Price Cuts as Kindle Fire Rages
With so many tablet PCs doing the rounds, what was missing so far was the proverbial cat among the pigeons, one that would shake up the entire tablet game upside down. The Kindle Fire may have done just that, for with a price tag as nominal as just $199, the heat is already being felt by other tablet makers as they scramble to match Amazon on the price front. So with Kindle … [Read more...] about Tablet Makers Resort to Price Cuts as Kindle Fire Rages
HTC Flyer price slashed to INR 24K in India
The Indian market experienced one of its biggest cut in price of a tablet when HTC reduced the price of its "Flyer" tablet from INR 36,000 to INR 23,990. The high price of the tablet, it can be guessed, was a hindrance to its sale in the Indian market. This along with the fact that the Flyer still continued with Android 2.3 Gingerbread while others in the fray were moving on … [Read more...] about HTC Flyer price slashed to INR 24K in India
NVIDIA Tegra 3 based tablet prices to come down by spring
Tablet PCs based on NVIDIA's latest quad-core chip are the latest to come our way. In fact, they haven't yet come our way in the strict sense of the term and only a few tablets based on these have been announced. The Transformer Prime is the first off the block and is already on pre-order in Germany. After having lived with the NVIDIA Tegra 2 based devices for sometime now, its … [Read more...] about NVIDIA Tegra 3 based tablet prices to come down by spring
HTC tipped to launch quad core tablet in February
HTC is all set to launch its answer to the Asus Transformer Prime in the form of a new tablet PC running NVIDIA's latest Tegra 3 processor. As per rumors, the new tablet will be ready for launch at the Mobile World Congress event held in February. This, some believe will give the company a head start against its competitors who may be readying Windows 8 based products as the … [Read more...] about HTC tipped to launch quad core tablet in February
HTC Flyer Now Costs Just $300 at Best Buy
It's turning out to be a season of price cuts and heavy discounts. It had all started out with the now famous discount of the HP TouchPad, but the latest to be infected with the price cut bug is the Flyer from HTC. No one is complaining, however, especially since the Flyer has now come to be available for an affordable $299, down from the high flying $499 that it had started … [Read more...] about HTC Flyer Now Costs Just $300 at Best Buy