Taiwan based electronics manufacturer HTC has recently made its official foray into the tablet market with its new Jetstream tablet.  Although HTC made a little noise with the HTC Flyer last year, the new Jetstream will actually be a direct competitor to the iPad 2…well; actually it will be a direct competitor to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Palm TouchPad.

HTC's new Android based tablet could be a competitor to Apple's iPad 2

The new Jetstream will utilize Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system and will have a 1.5-gigahertz processor and will also have a 10.1-inch screen.  Although HTC has had a lot of success when working with Google (HTC Evo 4g, Evo 3D, HTC Thunderbolt, etc.), the tablet market has been dominated and will continue to be dominated by Apple.  That being said, Apple does need competition in the tablet market, and the HTC-Google team is the right team to do just that.  Samsung made the mistake of not only making a tablet that many courts deemed too similar to Apple’s iPad (an absolutely horrendous ruling by any court and Samsung should look for a new corporate litigation team), but also engaging in the legal battle with Apple all over the globe.  However, HTC not only is a powerful, successful company in its own right (much more successful than Samsung in the smartphone market), but also has the ability to look at Samsung’s mistakes and not follow in Samsung’s footsteps.

The "King of the Tablets," Apple's iPad 2 has been untouchable.