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HTC’s Upcoming tablet

Taiwanese company has filed a trademark on the name "HTC Scribe, " which is described as a "handheld wireless device, a tablet computer. "HTC has not formally announced the new product, that rumor is a 7.0-inch screen and a version of Google's Android operating system designed specifically for tablets.

The company may announce the product this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, or in February at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Analysts speculate that a HTC tablet a strong alternative to iPad, unable to compete with the PC market at the prices.

Tablet sales are expected to more than double this year, led by IPAD success. Hewlett-Packard, Research in Motion, Motorola, Toshiba and Asus all have either recently started or tablets expected soon. Many of the new aircraft will rotate the tablet-optimized Android 3.0, the possibility of a fork in the Google mobile operating system, which might require different versions of apps for phones and tablets increases.

HTC is in a strong position to successfully Android tablet world's largest producer of Android phones release. The company will release Evo Shift - Sprint 4G latest smartphone - January 9 and is set to a 4G-compatible device for Verizon launch.