HTC Flyer price cut to $99 at Best Buy (update: price is back at $299)

October 6, 2011 By Jeffrey Van Camp

It may be a mistake, but Best Buy's online site currently lists the HTC Flyer for $99.

It looks like the $200 price of the Amazon Kindle Fire and the amazing sellout of the HP TouchPad when it hit $99 has ignited more cuts. Best Buy is now listing the 7-inch HTC Flyer for $99, reports TechCrunch. Currently, the page for the Flyer is down (likely due to demand), but you may be able to find one at a local Best Buy. At $100, the Flyer is a great deal. The device is a bit slower than some competitors and it runs a modified version of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), but it will do everything you need a tablet to do, and is rumored to be getting a Honeycomb update soon.

If you do pick up the Flyer, check out HTC’s special stylus that sells separately. The Flyer is built to interact with it in some unique ways. Unfortunately, there is no place to store the stylus on the Flyer.

Let us know if you are able to find the deal. It may have been an accident on Best Buy’s part. We aren’t sure at this point.

Update: Looks like it was a little too good to be true. Best Buy’s HTC Flyer page is now back up and it is priced at $299 again. What a shame, though the price did seem too good to be true. We apologize for posting this article prematurely.

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Ian Bell at 10:24am 6th October 2011 Looks like the price is back up to $299 according to the Best Buy website. Was the $99 price an error?
Ian Bell at 10:22am 6th October 2011 Can the Flyer run the latest version of Android? For $99, this would be a great addition to a kitchen, guest room etc.
Mike Dunn at 10:04am 6th October 2011 That would be rough to buy the $99 tablet, and then have to put down 80 for the stylus. Cause of that I don't think I'm going to jump on this deal, but I can see me putting down $99 for a Playbook.