HTC's Flyer tablet in India soon

The competition is hotting up for 'tablets' in India, with Taiwanese handset maker now bringing its 'Flyer' to India in the next few weeks.

"HTC Flyer will be launched shortly, in the next couple of weeks," HTC Corporation President (South Asia) Lennard Hoornik said.

HTC Flyer's competitors in India include Samsung's Galaxy Tab, Blackberry Playbook and the Apple iPad.

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The seven-inch touch screen tablet has a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It has 1GB of RAM and an in-built memory of 16GB and a 5 megapixel camera.

Though the company declined to comment on the pricing, it maintained that it would be "competitive with other devices".

Blackberry Playbook is expected to be launched in the country by the end of the month (pricing not announced), while Apple iPad (priced at about Rs 29,500) and Samung's Galaxy Tab (about Rs 26,000) are already available here.

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The price of the PlayBook in India could range between Rs 22,000 and Rs 32,000, depending upon its storage capacity, from 16 GB to 64 GB. Globally, PlayBook is available at USD 499, USD 599 and USD 699 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions, respectively.