Most peoples’ lists of top tablet competitors doesn’t include Taiwanese mobile manufacturer HTC — the company unsuccessfully tried to enter the tablet market in May of 2011 with the HTC Flyer, but it was widely considered a flop and production was canceled before the end of the year. Another HTC tablet, the Jetstream, also failed to make a major impact.
Now, HTC is reportedly planning a comeback attempt with an unnamed tablet that will “definitely” arrive sometime in the future, according to PC Advisor.
Details on HTC’s upcoming mystery machine are slim, but a spokesperson told PC Advisor that it will have a “unique selling point” to separate it from competition, such as Apple’s iPad, Amazon’s Kindle Fire, Google’s recently released Nexus 7 and Microsoft’s upcoming Surface tablet.
The new tablet will likely follow suit with HTC’s previous tablets and run some version of Android OS. The release date is still unknown.
HTC made a name for itself with its state-of-the-art Android smartphones. However, the company has had little luck expanding into the tablet market while its smartphones have found increasing competition from other producers, including Samsung and Motorola. HTC recently slashed its Q2 revenue prediction by 13%.
The company was also reportedly not asked by Microsoft to build phones for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 mobile OS.
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Image courtesy of iStockphoto, woraput. The image is not representative of the HTC tablet discussed in the above article.
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