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Friday 8 January 2016
HTC December revenues lowest in 10 years
HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$6.517 billion (US$198.1 million) for December 2015, down 36.64% on month and 57.08% on year. The monthly figures were also the lowest...
Thursday 7 January 2016
HTC teams up with Under Armour to launch UA HealthBox
HTC has teamed up with Under Armour to launch UA HealthBox, a connected fitness system kit comprising of three devices: a wearable wristband, a heart rate monitor and a Wi-Fi connected...
Wednesday 6 January 2016
HTC denies report about selling HQ building
HTC has denied a local media report indicating that the company plans to liquidate its headquarters building located in Hsintien, northern Taiwan.
Wednesday 30 December 2015
Inventec buys HTC building to house business-use PC R&D headquarters
Notebook ODM Inventec on December 29 announced the acquisition of a factory/office building located in Taoyuan City, northern Taiwan, at NT$6.060 billion (US$184.5 million) from smartphone...
Tuesday 29 December 2015
HTC pushing VR device for car demonstration purposes
High Tech Computer (HTC) has cooperated with car vendors such as Audi and will start using its virtual reality (VR) device, the HTC Vive, to provide demonstration services for new...
Monday 28 December 2015
Taiwan market: Handset sales down slightly in November
Sales of handsets in the Taiwan market totaled 765,000 units in November, down slightly from the previous month, according to data compiled by local retail channels. Smartphones currently...
Thursday 24 December 2015
HTC, Huawei to release new smartphones in 1Q16, says paper
HTC and Huawei both are expected to launch their respective new smartphones in the first quarter of 2016, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
Monday 21 December 2015
HTC ties up with Audi to promote HTC Vive
HTC has signed a cooperation agreement with automaker Audi and will install its HTC Vive virtual reality (VR) devices in Audi's flagship shops in 2016 to enable consumers to review...
Friday 18 December 2015
HTC virtual reality business to take off in 2016, says chairwoman
Smartphone vendor HTC is poised to launch its first VR (virtual reality) device, Vive, in April 2016 and develop its VR platform, and will further develop augmented reality (AR) technology,...
Thursday 17 December 2015
HTC to be prohibited from selling HTC One M9 in Germany
HTC is likely to be prohibited from continuing to sell its HTC One M9 and other models in Germany for violating a patent involving voice coding technology owned by Acacia, according...
Thursday 17 December 2015
Qualcomm to land a majority of chip orders for high-end Android phones in 2016
Qualcomm is expected to secure the bulk of chipset orders for high-end Android smartphones in 2016 as vendors including Samsung Electronics, HTC, Sony Mobile Communications, LG Electronics...
Tuesday 15 December 2015
HTC to set up virtual reality product experience center in Taipei, Taiwan
High Tech Computer (HTC) has announced it will cooperate with Syntrend, an IT mall in Taipei, to establish an experience center for consumers to test its virtual reality product HTC...
Friday 11 December 2015
Taiwan market: Handset shipments down in 3Q15, says paper
Shipments of handsets in the Taiwan market totaled 2.26 million units in the third quarter of 2015, down 17% sequentially and 12% on year, the Chinese-language Liberty Times...
Wednesday 9 December 2015
HTC to launch Vive in April 2016
HTC has announced via Facebook that its first virtual reality (VR) device, the HTC Vive, will not be available to consumers until next spring.
Monday 7 December 2015
Virtual reality market value to hit US$70 billion in 2020 due to app developments, says TrendForce
Consumers' relentless pursuit for richer audiovisual experiences has propelled the popularity of virtual reality (VR) devices and drawn in more companies to invest in this market...