[Desire HD General] timoti.sy:
TL;DR

Pros:

1. Same experience as the DHD + Bigger screen + Scribe

2. Great build quality and size

3. Performance and Battery are acceptable

Cons:

1. No accessories

2. Some apps aren't available in the Android Market (though you can shoehorn apks in there)

3. We feel HTC has abandoned the Flyer. (But hey, as long as they get me to 2.0, I'll forget about HTC and have faith in XDA. If not, there's always the Gold Card.)

For those who want 10.1, the Puccini is coming out end of the year with Scribe Tech and HC/ICS.

Your Questions:

1. Battery life is comparable to the DHD with all our mods.

2. Didn't notice any problems with 3G connectivity from what I'm used to with the DHD.

3. Rooting - Depends what HTC Flyer you buy. It's currently not yet supported by htcdev.com. Only HBoot 1.14 and 1.11 are supported by revolutionary.io. Only Software version 2.0 is supported by revolutionary.io. I have Hboot 1.14 with Software version 1.48. It still won't update OTA. It's updateable via gold card though.

Upon rooting, there are some promising ROMS already. Samuel, who made Honeysense, which I promote to be on par with VU, is in one of the teams. They've also enabled phone capabilities on the thing.

I haven't rooted as I don't really find the need to. You guys know how much of a battery brat I am as well as someone who hates lag. And you get none of these on the Flyer. I've actually tried the SGT 10.1 with touch wiz as this was originally what I wanted, and found I made the right choice all along with regards to performance.

I usually use the Flyer for notes, project timelines, movies, music, emulators, email, signing pdf's and emailing them, doodling, drawing on people's faces, and more.

It's scheduled to be updated to 3.2. And since it's "rooted" a lot of ROMS are coming up fast.

It doesn't take much of a learning curve as with Honeycomb as it is Gingerbread. It doesn't feel like a phone OS on a tablet. Although I have some grudges with regards to having to reach out to tap something while gripping both sides (landscape mode).

There are a few things I will not mention because you will not notice them and if you do, it will bug you. I have mentioned one in the PH Flyer thread and bugged some people. :D

The form factor is perfect. It's just the right size for portability and media consumption. I bring it with me all the time. Most people choose to look over my shoulder than with someone on an iPad. Probably because I'm playing Zelda Ocarina of Time while the iPad user is playing bejeweled.

For aesthetics, it's the best built tablet out there on par with the iPad. Aluminum unibody with just the right thickness. It's not that heavy as well. The iPad 2 is heavier in my opinion. The SGT 10.1 feels bulky after using this. The screen is the same as the DHD's.

What I don't like about it is the fact that there are NO ACCESSORIES for it. No screen protector, no jelly case, no pouch, no whatever. They don't even know what it is. But it does come with its own white pouch. And you can order cases online like what most of the PH Flyers did.

All in all, I think it's a great tablet. The only tablet I'm interested in other than this would be the Asus Transformer, the Acer A100 (although build quality sucks), and the SGT 8.9.