The HTC Flyer: Mobile Computing Then and Now

TOPICS:Android HTC Smartphones & Gear Tablets

The HTC Flyer has arrived. It is the latest device from HTC and their jump into the tablet market. This isn’t their first major move into the mobile computing world though. No, back when the UMPC was the big deal HTC brought out an innovative device that had the potential to take the world by storm. It didn’t but a quick look at the two of them together makes it clear: the Flyer is pretty much a direct descendant of… Oh just watch the video.

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Dan Cohen

Having a father who was heavily involved in early laser and fiber-optical research, Dan grew up surrounded by technology and gadgets. Dan’s father brought home one of the very first video games when he was young and Dan remembers seeing a “pre-release” touchtone phone. (When he asked his father what the “#” and “*” buttons were his dad said, “Some day, far in the future, we’ll have some use for them.”) Technology seemed to be in Dan’s blood but at some point he took a different path and ended up in the clergy. His passion for technology and gadgets never left him. Dan is married to Raina Goldberg who is also an avid user of Apple products. They live in New Jersey with their golden doodle Nava.

1 Comment on "The HTC Flyer: Mobile Computing Then and Now"

Jamie Poster | May 22, 2011 at 12:19 am |

I want one! It’s too bad that the inking isn’t great. Why can’t these companies take the inking from old school tablet PCs and make that implement well on the new crop of internet tablets?

Are you finding the stylus to be useful at all? Worth keeping?

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