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Monday 10 January 2011
HTC to invest US$500,000 to set up R&D subsidiary in China
HTC has decided to establish an R&D subsidiary for handset-use and Internet-based software in China with an initial investment of US$500,000, according to the company. The subsidiary...
Monday 10 January 2011
HTC to launch Brew smartphone Freestyle via AT&T in US
HTC will launch HTC Freestyle, its second Brew Mobile Platform (Brew MP) smartphone following HTC Smart launched in January 2010, through cooperation with AT&T in the US market...
Friday 7 January 2011
AT&T to launch 20 4G handsets and 12 Android smartphones in 2011
AT&T plans to introduce 20 4G handsets and 12 Android-based smartphones in 2011 in order to counter Verizon Wireless which will begin to market iPhones in cooperation with Apple...
Friday 7 January 2011
Google giving priority to cooperate with Motorola, Samsung and HTC on Android 3.0 tablet PCs
Google has apparently given priority to Motorola, Samsung Electronics and HTC for cooperation to develop tablet PCs that will run on Android 3.0 Honeycomb, according to industry so...
Friday 7 January 2011
CES 2011: HTC unveils three 4G smartphones with three carriers
HTC has unveiled three new 4G smartphones in cooperation with US-based carriers AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint at CES 2011, making the company apparently a leading supplier...
Thursday 6 January 2011
HTC announces December revenues of NT$33 billion
Smartphone vendor HTC has announced that unaudited consolidated revenues for December 2010 totaled NT$33.087 billion (US$1.131 billion). Total consolidated revenues of fiscal 2010...
Thursday 6 January 2011
HTC and MediaTek make equity investment in NetQin
HTC and MediaTek have both committed equity investment in Hong Kong-based mobile security service provider NetQin Mobile. With the new capital, NetQin will continue to strengthen...
Thursday 6 January 2011
HTC to ship 10 million 4G smartphones in 2011
HTC's shipments of 4G-enabled smartphones supporting either LTE or WiMAX are expected to top over 10 million units in 2011, accounting for 20% of its shipments, according to an estimate...
Thursday 6 January 2011
CES 2011: Nvidia to ship at least 15 million Tegra series processors in 2011
Nvidia, with orders from tablet PCs, smartphones and car electronics, is expected to have already landed orders for about 15 million Tegra-based processors in 2011. Tegra will become...
Tuesday 4 January 2011
HTC to showcase two Android smartphones through Verizon, Sprint at 2011 CES
HTC does not have exhibition space at the upcoming 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) but that will not stop the smartphone maker from debuting an Android LTE (Long Term Evolution)...
Thursday 30 December 2010
ITE shipping touch controller ICs to HTC, says paper
Taiwan-based IC design-house ITE Tech has begun shipping its capacitive touch controller ICs to the supply chain for of HTC through touch panel module maker TPK Touch Solutions, according...
Wednesday 29 December 2010
Handset vendors prefer notebook to handset makers for outsourcing tablet PCs, say Taiwan handset makers
With handset vendors stepping into tablet PCs, priority is being given to notebook ODMs rather than handset makers for outsourced production, according to Taiwan-based handset make...
Tuesday 28 December 2010
HTC appoints new COO
HTC has appointed former Sony Ericsson VP of Global Operations Matthew Costello as its new COO.
Tuesday 28 December 2010
Apple, RIM, HTC to account for 50% of global smartphone shipments in 1Q11, say Taiwan makers
Taiwan-based makers or handsets or components, based on orders received, have estimated that Apple, RIM and HTC will ship, respectively, 19-20 million, 14-15 million and 8-9 million...
Thursday 23 December 2010
HTC fifth most profitable handset vendor in 2010, says paper
In 2010, Nokia shipped the most handsets, Samsung Electronics posted the highest revenues and Apple was the most profitable, accounting for 40% of worldwide profit in the handset...