HTC Working On A Tablet To Crush The Apple Tablet

According to anonymous sources, HTC is working on a Google tablet that will compete with the yet-to-be-announced Apple tablet. This is not a repeat from a decade ago when tablet PCs were going to “change the world.”

HTC, who have been working closely with Google for the past 18 months have several working models of a touch tablet including one model, is based on the new Google Chrome Operating System say sources.

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Call me a pessimist but, after a decade of tablet PCs that are "all the rage" never taking off....I think I'll just take a wait and see attitude this time around.

I have a HTC HD2, lets say "mobile phone" and i must say that HTC is not bad at the high class.

I'm not sure about these crippled tablets. As an college student I've been using a tablet PC for all my class notes, programing, and CAD modeling work for the past five years or so (a Toshiba system first, now a HP). In my opinion anyone going into college (or even high school if you can have a laptop there) should consider a tablet. The handwriting recognition is pretty incredible at this point. I'm not sue how they work with anything other than a Windows OS so it might not be for some of you.

When I saw "HTC wants to make a touch tablet PC" I was very interested until I got to "with Google Chrome operating system", then I lost hope.

Chrome OS is too fenced in and baby-fied for my taste.

Now if they somehow made a tablet version of the Android OS with all of the apps available to the tablet PC, I might continue to be interested.

Azhar said:

When I saw "HTC wants to make a touch tablet PC" I was very interested until I got to "with Google Chrome operating system", then I lost hope.

Chrome OS is too fenced in and baby-fied for my taste.

Now if they somehow made a tablet version of the Android OS with all of the apps available to the tablet PC, I might continue to be interested.

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An Android OS tablet is as unappealing as Google Chrome. If it can't support Windows 7 or some kind of desktop Linux distro it's dead on arrival.

They are NOT working on "crushing" the apple tablet. I'm sure the two are taking very different approaches. The Apple tablet will be very media centric, while the Google tablet will be very connection/work centric. The two have very different goals.

SixtyWattMan said:

An Android OS tablet is as unappealing as Google Chrome. If it can't support Windows 7 or some kind of desktop Linux distro it's dead on arrival.

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I do think we are going to see Windows versions of this type of device. For my my Windows 7 tx2 does a good job of being a tablet when its useful and a good laptop for most of the time I use it.

I use to have a lot more hope for tablets but for most people in most situations they want a keyboard. Heck most of the people that I know that have tablet PCs don't even use them as tablets.

But a machine that works as a convential laptop, works with all of my software, and can be a tablet is just neat. Sure it's not light, but its a full power and functional laptop which means HD movies, music from Zune, light gaming, Office, etc.

What these companies dont realize is the simplicity and intuitive menus that apple products have. I can't teach my parents beyond the basics of windows but they understand apple menus easily. As for me, the thing that I keep seeing in these products is how locked in the software is and how the lack of user driven development limits how much the software or product can expand. Google can spit out what they themselves want all they want but they need to know that that product is only going to appeal to a set number of people. No expansive app store or community driven development = fail from the start.

Tablets are great now. The only thing is people don't want to pay more for anything, except apple products. I love my tx2500 I use it at work everyday to take notes during meetings & as a honking Zune player. HP is the only company trying to make affordable tablets. One Note is the killer app with no substitute anywhere. I am writing this with the pen. Works really well I only corrected three words using windows 7.

onenote is great and only really used to full potential with a tablet

Steve said:

Call me a pessimist but, after a decade of tablet PCs that are "all the rage" never taking off....I think I'll just take a wait and see attitude this time around.

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You're a pessimist I'd agree with you if what was being released was a traditional Tablet PC; however, we're not going to be looking at something that's going to be hot, eat batteries and encompass the usual convoluted Windows menu structures.

einer2060 said:

I have a HTC HD2, lets say "mobile phone" and i must say that HTC is not bad at the high class.

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Agreed. HTC are putting out some very nice kit. The Magic wasn't bad and the HD2 is certainly a big step in the right direction. Very quick & very tidy - feels good too.

Azhar said:

When I saw "HTC wants to make a touch tablet PC" I was very interested until I got to "with Google Chrome operating system", then I lost hope.

Chrome OS is too fenced in and baby-fied for my taste.

Now if they somehow made a tablet version of the Android OS with all of the apps available to the tablet PC, I might continue to be interested.

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If they don't do it then someone else will. Expect it to be modded in no time.

heatlesssun said:

I do think we are going to see Windows versions of this type of device. For my my Windows 7 tx2 does a good job of being a tablet when its useful and a good laptop for most of the time I use it.

I use to have a lot more hope for tablets but for most people in most situations they want a keyboard. Heck most of the people that I know that have tablet PCs don't even use them as tablets.

But a machine that works as a convential laptop, works with all of my software, and can be a tablet is just neat. Sure it's not light, but its a full power and functional laptop which means HD movies, music from Zune, light gaming, Office, etc.

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I'm sure we'll see Windows devices - isn't Asus working on a keyboard that runs XP/7? Not much effort to lose the k'board Agreed, though - I too prefer a physical k'board, but then I wouldn't be using such a device for heavy office productivity. The virtual k'board on the HTC HD2 does a very good job. Perhaps it's a combination of the high resolution screen, good predictive engine & the quick processor. Add 'Swipe' in to the mix and you could be flying.

Something like this would be great to take to a meeting instead of a padfolio - take your notes, save as a text file, boom. Can pull up data and share with everyone instead of passing around a laptop. My only concern is that I'd like it to be priced in the lower end of the market, which probably won't happen. We all know Apple is going to have one that costs a gazillion dollars, but Google/HTC should try for a good, lower price point.

mastercheeze said:

Something like this would be great to take to a meeting instead of a padfolio - take your notes, save as a text file, boom. Can pull up data and share with everyone instead of passing around a laptop. My only concern is that I'd like it to be priced in the lower end of the market, which probably won't happen. We all know Apple is going to have one that costs a gazillion dollars, but Google/HTC should try for a good, lower price point.

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Agreed. I would love to have one such tablet for my school related problems, but since I'm on a student budget I'm forced to go and buy a netbook....

Ah well. I'm not hoping for anything truly revolutionary, but here's hoping that the tablets are at least cheaper than a mid-level laptop.

So, a new rumored product is rumored to crush another rumored product?

I like the concept of a tablet. However I would want mine to be more like an e-reader that had normal web access and the ability to be used like a PC. Did I just discover an actual purpose for ChromeOS?

The first generation tablets simply were at the wrong price point, were unwieldy and offered little for the average consumer. IF you were in the small niche and did not mind paying extra for the features you still ended up with with an underperforming overweight device.(lets not get into battery life) I found them useful but rarely worth the price.

The new tablets are closer... Basically instead of being a notebook with a twisting display, they are closer to what I feel most consumers want... A PC the size of a notebooks lcd display. The problem is to make the secondary revenue firms have become addicted too they want the devices to be as closed as possible. Apple wants to jail all their devices... Google wants great control of hardware limits to force more user to their Clouds.

I think going forward Smart Phones, a Kindle sized tablet and a larger tablet(guessing 10 inches or so) are the areas will will see firm focusing. It is only a mater of time for someone to guess the right mix...or finds a way to make it work. I would love to see a deal for a 10 inch or so tablet with subscription prices for the WSJ below the current paper only prices. Unlike the kindle edition where prices actually increase...(likely due to ad revenue decreases)

I agree with Ponder. 1st couple tablets weren't very friendly, but most of the notebooks made between 2002 & 2006 were either too heavy or too expensive. Consumer versions are still on the heavy side, but business versions are great! I love my HP 2730p.

I'm curious to see if the apple product makes it past the first two months of hype or just fades into the background of functional but not hype machine like apple tv.

Somehow, I think that HTC woul come out with some killer hardware then muck it up by loading it with proprietary connectors.

Heh. Everyone else out to 'crush' Apple has done SO well