HTC Flyer

   The only big thing HTC had at the Mobile World Congress was a tablet - the HTC Flyer. And is not a bad product as they have integrated some new multimedia applications and the hardware specifications are good also. I am glad and was expecting HTC to get into the tablets market.

-- DISPLAY:  TFT, touch sensitive screen, 1024 x 600 pixels, 7  inches.

-- CPU:  Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.5 GHz processor.

-- MEMORY:  1GB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  32 GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, HD video recording,

Secondary - 1.3 MP, video chat, video calling.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, micro-USB port 2.0, HDMI port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity

-- BATTERY:  no official details.

-- MULTIMEDIA:  SRS WOW HD virtual surround sound, dual-speakers, stylus pen

-- OS:  Android Gingerbread (2.4) upgradable to Honeycomb 3.0, HTC Sense UI, Adobe Flash 10.1 support, HTML 5.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking, 3D games, HTC Scribe, Timemark, HTC Watch, OnLive.

   As mentioned the hardware specifications are good. Now in terms of software Flyer has an improved HTC Sense made especially for tablets offering a unique 3D home screen with lots of widgets. The tablet comes with HTC Scribe technology introducing integrated digital ink innovations. Using the stylus pen, you can take notes through a digital handwriting system, draw or modify pictures. With the Timemark application you can capture the audio of a meeting inline with the notes taken, as tapping on a word from notes will take you in the exact place in time in the audio recording of the meeting.

   HTC has a new premiere with this Flyer device - the HTC Watch. This is a streaming mobile movies platform which enables low-cost on-demand progressive downloading HD movies 'from major studios.' And now the great part is the Onlive cloud gaming platform present on this tablet. Trough OnLive users can connect and access hundreds of games and by connecting the Flyer to a TV through HDMI port - which can bring the feeling of using a console. I really liked the part from the presentation at the Mobile World Congress where someone was connecting a wireless controller (just like the XBOX one) and was playing connected to a TV just like any XBOX, Playstation or WII would.

   Now there are of course things to improve but this is the HTC`s first tablet so is good for now. I did not understand why they could not make it run with Honeycomb from the beginning. I hope HTC will announce a 10.1 inches tablet and with better hardware in the near future.

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HTC Facebook phones

   HTC announced, a few days back before the Mobile World Congress start, that they will have a 'big thing' in Barcelona for their customers and fans. In my opinion they were a big disappointment with the products presented. And I like HTC as I have a Desire so I was really badly  surprised of their approach. They announced the successors of Wildfire (with the S version), Desire (the new Desire S) and Incredible (the Incredible S). Now I am not going to write an article regarding the three devices as I do not believe these worth the time and effort. Wilfire S, Desire S and Incredbile S are just minor upgrades from the originals. HTC could have done a better job if they would have made upgrades with the new Gingerbread and Sense to the devices announced about one year ago.

   Anyway the new thing is the Facebook phone but this is not that much of a surprise. They released two models which have a Facebook button for fast access to Facebook application and features.

HTC Chacha

-- DISPLAY:  TFT, capacitive touch screen, 480 x 320 pixels, 2.6  inches.

-- CPU:  600 MHz processor.

-- MEMORY:  512 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  512 MB ROM, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash,

Secondary - VGA, video chat, video calling.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0 with FTP/OPP for file transfer and with A2DP, micro-USB port v 2.0, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Ambient light.

-- BATTERY:  1250 mAh.

-- MULTIMEDIA:  Facebook button, QWERTY keyboard.

-- OS:  Android Gingerbread (2.4), HTC Sense UI, Adobe Flash 10.1 support.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking, Facebook widgets.

HTC Salsa

-- DISPLAY:  TFT, capacitive touch screen, 480 x 320 pixels, 3.4  inches.

-- CPU:  600 MHz processor.

-- MEMORY:  512 MB RAM

-- STORAGE:  512 MB ROM, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash,

Secondary - VGA, video chat, video calling.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0 with FTP/OPP for file transfer and with A2DP, micro-USB port v 2.0, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Ambient light.

-- BATTERY:  1520 mAh.

-- MULTIMEDIA:  Facebook button.

-- OS:  Android Gingerbread (2.4), HTC Sense UI, Adobe Flash 10.1 support.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking, Facebook widgets.

   As you can see the 2 devices do not have outstanding features and are the same with other HTC products (like the Wildfire for example). The only difference is the Facebook button which can be used for access to Facebook application, instant upload of photos, quick check-in and others. I wonder what happened with the HTC Innovation...

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