A closer look at the HTC Flyer’s screen, stylus, and Scribe

This morning HTC announced its 7-inch Flyer tablet , and unlike the hoards of Android tablets we’ve seen in the last couple of months, it’s got something that frankly reminds us a bit of Microsoft’s original tablet push… a stylus! The Flyer doesn’t come with just any old capacitive stylus, however — HTC has worked with N-Trig , the company that has made digitizers for convertible PCs like the Dell Latitude XT , to implement a much more accurate writing or doodling experience. And well, it basically makes it unlike any other Android tablet on the market right now. We spent some time with N-Trig and the Flyer today, focusing quite a bit on the new stylus and “Scribe” software , as HTC calls it — hit the break for some details on both the software and hardware and a short video of how that pen actually works when put to the screen. Gallery: HTC screen, stylus, and Scribe hands-on Continue reading A closer look at the HTC Flyer’s screen, stylus, and Scribe A closer look at the HTC Flyer’s screen, stylus, and Scribe originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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