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HTC smartphone biz revamp
HTC has sold part of its smartphone team to Google as it seeks to turn around its business.
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Saturday 4 February 2012
Smartphone and PC vendors to treat WP8 differently, say sources
Although information indicates that Microsoft's next-generation handset platform, Windows Phone 8 (WP8), will support an array of technologies and functionalities, including dual-core...
Tuesday 17 January 2012
Taiwan ODMs considering cash only transactions with Kodak
As Kodak is facing bankruptcy crisis, rumors about the company filing lawsuits against Apple, High Tech Computer (HTC) and Fujifilm as a last resort to help its financial situation,...
Monday 16 January 2012
LTE smartphones to account for 4-5% global shipments in 2012
With nearly 50 telecom carriers around the globe having launched LTE services, global shipments of LTE-enabled smartphones are expected to reach 25-30 million units in 2012, accounting...
Friday 13 January 2012
Smartphone vendors to limit new models
Smartphone vendors including HTC, Research in Motion (RIM), Sony and Motorola Mobility all are likely to adjust their strategies by reducing the number of new models launched each...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
CES 2012: HTC intros 4G LTE Windows Phone
HTC has unveiled the HTC Titan II, the company's first Windows Phone to run on a 4G LTE network, which is being showcased at the ongoing 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show...
Monday 9 January 2012
HTC December revenues decrease
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$26.363 billion (US$870 million) for December 2011, dropping 14.80% on month and 20.32% on year.
Thursday 5 January 2012
Taiwan market: Smartphones account for 55% of total handset sales in December
Sales of smartphones in the Taiwan market totaled 450,000 units in December 2011, accounting for a 55% share of a total of 820,000 handsets sold in the month, according to data compiled...
Thursday 5 January 2012
HTC reducing IC orders, say sources
IC orders placed by HTC with international IC players in the first quarter of 2012 will be over 20% lower than it ordered in the fourth quarter of 2011 due to a slowdown in demand...
Wednesday 4 January 2012
HTC to unveil quad-core, LTE-enabled smartphones in MWC, says paper
JPMorgan Chase has recently upgraded the stock of HTC to "overweight," expecting the vendor to unveil new high-end smartphones powered by Nvidia's quad-core Tegra 3 CPUs...
Friday 30 December 2011
China market: Nokia to face strong competition in Mango segment in 2012
Nokia's plans to launch its Windows Phone 7.5 Mango smartphones in the China market in the first half of 2012 may face challenge from comparable high-end models rolled out by HTC...
Thursday 22 December 2011
Taiwan market: HTC smartphone sales to top one million units in 2011
Sales of HTC smartphones in the Taiwan market will top over one million units in 2011, accounting for 40% of the segment compared to 20% a year earlier, according to Jack Tong, president...
Wednesday 21 December 2011
Wintek to ramp up one-glass touch panel shipments in 2012
Wintek is expected to see the ratio of its shipments of OGS (one glass solution) touch-panel solutions increase to over 20% of its total touch panel shipments in 2012 compared to...
Wednesday 21 December 2011
Joint venture from Motech, GET and Taiwan Polysilicon put on hold
The joint venture between Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech, solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET), and polysilicon supplier Taiwan Polysilicon Corporation has been put...
Tuesday 20 December 2011
Impact of ITC ruling on HTC less than expected
The final decision of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in favor of Apple in a patent dispute with HTC will have limited impact on HTC as the scope of patent violation and...
Wednesday 7 December 2011
HTC reports 30% sequential revenue decline for November
HTC has posted consolidated revenues of NT$30.94 billion (US$1.02 billion) for November, down 29.86% on month and 19.6% on year, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock...