HTC have just confirmed to Fierce Wireless that they’re giving up on the tablet segment, at least in USA. This move could have been anticipated in a while now and it’s sad to see one of the big companies in the phone biz not wanting to evolve past smartphones.
We were hoping to see a Galaxy Tab 10.1 rival from them or at least a Galaxy Note rival, but nothing.. and now this piece of news. HTC did say to Fierce Wireless that they will keep watching the market very closely and it considers releasing another tablet, but only if the product can compete with the iPad. Frankly speaking, they should get involved in the whole cheap 7 inch tablet, must like Amazon and ASUS. Look how well they’re doing, with Google predicting 8 million units of the Nexus 7 sold by the year end.
Also, I expect Amazon to sell even more than that in the following months. The problem is finding a selling point for HTC and its new tablets… Maybe HTC Scribe? PlayStation gaming? OnLive? HTC Sense? We’ll have to wait and see…
