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HTC seems to be the only company shipping a tablet with Gingerbread (Android version 2.3), a smartphone operating system, since Google unveiled Honeycomb, the search giant's tablet OS. HTC is also the only company with the Sense UI, an Android overlay which distinguishes its Flyer tablet from the collection of Android rivals.

I have managed to get ahold of this tablet, which HTC announced at Mobile World Congress in February. This was a preproduction sample in what I'm told is the finalized packaging. And even though the software is incomplete, it looks like the combination of the Sense UI and the reliable Android 2.3 is quite powerful, and will provide users with an entirely new tablet experience.

Flyer Specs Recap
To recap, the Flyer is a seven-inch tablet with a 1,024 x 600-pixel resolution that comes with a single core 1.5GHz processor. It has 1GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The Flyer includes a five-megapixel rear-facing camera that can record HD video clips and a front-facing camera for video calls, as well as HSPA+, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS support. A WiMAX version dubbed the EVO View 4G will be coming to the Sprint Network this summer. A Wi-Fi only version also called the HTC Flyer will hit Best Buy shelves this spring.

What's in the Box

The Flyer comes packaged with a white, fake leather case, a charger that unfortunately includes a nonstandard/proprietary jack (for the time being), a USB cable which has the same nonstandard jack on one side, headphones, and a pressure sensitive N-trig pen. Sprint has confirmed the pen will be sold separately with the EVO View 4G.

The Screen
As the Flyer is switched on, its resolution is salient. The Flyer offers a greater pixel density than the larger iPad. This makes for exceptionally sharp screen imaging and clear detailing. I could read even the finest text. The colors on the display are vivid and realistically interpreted; even though colder hues prevail (probably because of the user interface design).

The screen contrast is consistent and is only slightly lost if the tablet is exposed to direct sunlight, which is a shortcoming with all HTC mobile devices. Screen sensitivity to touch and finger movements is timely and there are no problems with precision.

The Pen