HTC’s first tablet device the Flyer wasnt a huge success, now there are a few reasons for this, most reasons are arguable ie- everyone wants an iPad and may be its too small at just 7 inches of glass, but one reason i think we all agree on was the use of a Gingerbread ROM. Why put a phone rom on a tablet when the Tablet rom is available ?
Well it looks like HTC have at last started to develop a suitable rom for the Flyer based on the Honeycomb Android source, and trhat should make for a better device experience all together. Above you can see HTC have added Sense UI but its clearly a Honeycomb build as you can see by the signature Honeycomb notification area at the bottom.
The image below however gives me something to complain about, HTC have chosen to mess up the overall theme of Honeycomb and opt for their own lighter colors on the menus – just like Samsung did on the Galaxy Tab MK1 and that looked dreadful too untill you flashed a custom rom with stock android looks!!
So its kinda like HTC dont want to fully embrace the beauty of Android Honeycomb ! Not a good choice i think and not a choice that will sell more devices, may be Sense UI could still work on this tablet but as for the non genuine theme i have to say im not a fan at all .
HTC Flyer, well on its way to getting a much needed software upgrade.
