The HTC Flyer Review
by Anand Lal Shimpi on June 21, 2011 4:05 AM EST- Posted in
- Tablets
- HTC
- Android 2.3
- Mobile
- Flyer
The Display
HTC equipped the Flyer with a standard 1024 x 600 LCD display. There's no AMOLED at work here and the panel doesn't appear to be IPS, although it is of a reasonably high quality with decent off-center viewing angles.
Max brightness is a pretty typical 389 nits. Unfortunately at that brightness the Flyer, like most Android tablets, is pretty useless in direct sunlight.
You need closer to 600 nits to be usable outdoors in sunlight
Black levels are comparable to the Galaxy Tab 10.1, although contrast is lower thanks to the lower max brightness:
I should point out that even though 389 nits isn't enough to be useful in direct sunlight, it's more than sufficient for use indoors.
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piroroadkill - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - link
.. and should include the pen. Oh well.nitin213 - Friday, June 24, 2011 - link
At a recent roadshow in Singapore, HTC flyer was available for S$550 in a whispered deal (~US$460) and came bundled with the scribe and a cover.. I guess wait for similar deals in US if you really want it bundled.That said, I still went with an iPad even though i bought N1 immediately at launch. The key reason was quite simple... while numbers suggest that flyer is lighter, the smaller size meant it has much more heft and thus fingers get tired a bit faster (I was always holding flyer with a stronger grip). the scribe though useful addition wasnt always avlbl right away as there is no old-stylus style storage area on the tablet.. And lastly, the old adage.. never buy a first generation product from a company...I like HTC and am sure their next gen product would blow the competition, but flyer was not for me.
cheers
m.amitava - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - link
I've seen that HTC Sense's facebook app captures higher res images of your contacts than the regular facebook app so that when you receive a call ( I am on a Desire HD on Gingerbread) from your contacts, their pic doesn't come out as a pixelated hash.So in that small way I do prefer the Sense implementation
Impulses - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - link
HTC's whole FB contact integration system works better than the native one from the official FB app... That and the lovely lockscreen previews of calendar events, messages and music (plus app shortcuts now!) are the two biggest advantages that Sense has over stock Android. There's other minor things here and there (camera interface, motion sensing settings for the ringer, notification pane toggles, etc) but you can replicate most of them with market apps, and in some cases it's stuff that Honeycomb has addressed (and ICS surely will too).arbarath - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - link
nice tablet.. but too expensive..therealnickdanger - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - link
I wouldn't pay more than $200 for this. 7", not 10". Gingerbread, not Honeycomb. Poor battery life. You'd think with the that much thickness, they could have fit a huge battery in it. Oh well...xSauronx - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - link
I think 300 or so is a fair price with the scribe stuff included, tops, considering the size and screen quality. Maybe 250 (since the nook color can pack an ips panel in a 7" tablet for that)but 500? No way. Why do companies keep pricing their devices so poorly?
Souka - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - link
in attempt to recover part of development cost and because people keep buying themap90033 - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - link
I agree this is a rip off and not that great of a product...Cow86 - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - link
In Europe the pen IS included with every purchase, and the 16 GB model goes vor 499 euro's here...after the conversion maybe not really better value, but it's worth noting anyway. Puts it 20 euro's above the Ipad 2 16 GB wifi though, and I'm not sure a lot of people would pay that, except maybe the niche that really wants the scribe.