14 DAY TRIAL // Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is expected to officially announce its first tablet PC in February this year, during the 2011 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
HTC is yet another leading smartphone designer expected to unveil a tablet PC powered by Google's Android operating system, after companies like Motorola, Samsung or LG took their first steps in this direction.
While Samsung already launched such a device, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and Motorola and LG are expected to make their official announcements this week during the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, HTC might await another month before unveiling the device.
According to a recent article on DigiTimes, the said tablet PC would be released under the name of HTC Scribe, at least this is what sources from Taiwan-based makers of components state.
The first tablet PC from HTC is expected to arrive on the market with a 7-inch touchscreen display, while running under the next version of Android, Honeycomb. HTC should launch it sometime between February 14-17, at MWC.
Although the said device would be launched next month, HTC is still expected to make an appearance on the floor at CES, although it does not have its own exhibition space there.
The smartphone maker is expected to launch its first LTE-based Android handset at the show, a device that would be released on the airwaves of Verizon Wireless in the United States.
The operator has fired up its LTE (Long Term Evolution) network in the country about a month ago, and is expected to unveil the HTC Thunderbolt (Droid Incredible HD) this week, the first smartphone to offer support for the new airwaves.
HTC should also launch a new Android-based mobile phone that would offer support for Sprint's WiMAX network, the EVO Shift 4G, successor of the HTC EVO 4G, which became available last year.
Although nothing was announced officially on the matter, previous rumors pointed at these upcoming handsets from HTC too, and there are great chances that we would learn more on them later this week, so stay tuned.