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HTC has sold part of its smartphone team to Google as it seeks to turn around its business.
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Friday 17 August 2012
Asia-Pacific-based OEMs dominate chip spending growth on home turf, says IHS
On a worldwide basis Apple and other multinational OEMs may be the leading semiconductor purchasers in 2012, but within the all-important Asia-Pacific region it is the locally based...
Thursday 16 August 2012
HTC lacks brand marketing, CEO says in memo to company
HTC has been facing operating challenges. Company CEO Peter Chou indicated that problems such as lack of brand marketing, cross-department communication and execution have been causing...
Tuesday 14 August 2012
China market: HTC-like device sold for less than CNY1,000
A number of smartphones resembling HTC handsets have been developed by China's white-box handset makers and are being priced at as low as less than CNY1,000 (US$157), according to...
Monday 13 August 2012
Nokia, HTC to unveil Windows Phone 8 smartphones in September, say sources
Nokia and HTC have been accelerating development of Windows Phone 8-based smartphones in a bid to halt their declining market shares by launching new models ahead of the release of...
Monday 13 August 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to see decreased 3Q12 handset shipments
Taiwan-based makers will ship a total of 16.32 million handsets in the third quarter of 2012, dropping by 15.0% on quarter and by 33.5% on year, according to forecast by Digitimes...
Tuesday 7 August 2012
HTC sees revenues down sharply on-year in July
HTC saw its revenues dip 16.7% on month and 44.5% on year to a five-month low of NT$25 billion (US$834.45 million) in July. For the first seven months of 2012, revenues amounted to...
Monday 6 August 2012
HTC to launch 5-inch smartphone in September-October, say sources
HTC will step into the large-size smartphone segment by launching a flagship model with a 5-inch display featuring a resolution of 1794 by 1080 pixels in September-October, according...
Friday 3 August 2012
HTC sees fall in 3Q12 sales with lower margin
HTC has announced financial results for the second quarter of 2012, which met its revised guidance. Looking forward, the smartphone firm expects to post sequential decreases in both...
Tuesday 31 July 2012
VIA expects on-month growth in July revenues
After seeing declining revenue performance in the first half, CPU maker VIA Technologies expects its revenues in July will enjoy on-month growth, but due to China market is having...
Monday 30 July 2012
AT&T to cut HTC One X price by half, says paper
AT&T will more than halve the contract price of HTC's One X smartphone sold through its channels from US$199 to US$99 starting July 30, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...
Monday 30 July 2012
Strong demand for smartphones in 2Q12 continues to drive the worldwide mobile phone market, says IDC
The worldwide mobile phone market grew 1% on year to 406 million units in the second quarter of 2012, as Samsung Electronics and Apple shipped almost half of the world's smartphones,...
Wednesday 25 July 2012
HTC adjusts workforce
HTC has been adjusting human resources in its production, R&D, and sales teams. Industry sources believe corporate restructuring is necessary as HTC's sales have been declining...
Tuesday 24 July 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 19 million handsets in 2Q12
Taiwan-based vendor HTC and ODM/JDM makers together shipped 19.19 million handsets in the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 21.8% on quarter but decreasing by 16.9% on year, according...
Monday 23 July 2012
HTC amends strategy, reduces stake in Beats
HTC has amended its development strategy and is likely to slow down its acquisition plans after announcing that it has reached a deal of selling nearly half of its holdings in audio...
Friday 20 July 2012
Taiwan market: Samsung ranks as top smartphone vendor in June with over 40% share, says paper
Samsung Electronics managed to retain its top-vendor title in Taiwan's smartphone market in June with a 41.5% share in terms of sales volume, up from 35.8% in the previous month,...