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Thursday 26 March 2009
Smartphone market share increases rapidly worldwide, says AdMob
Despite challenging economic conditions, smartphones continued to gain significant market share worldwide over the past six months, rising from 26% to 33% of demand in February 2009,...
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Taiwan market: Touchscreen handsets to dominate market in 2Q09
The Taiwan handset market is set to become a battle field for touchscreen-enabled mobile phones in the second quarter as HTC (High Tech Computer), Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics...
Tuesday 24 March 2009
HTC allowed to ship Android-powered handsets to Germany in the meantime, says paper
High Tech Computer (HTC) will be allowed to ship its Android-powered smartphones to Germany in the meantime as a petition court in Germany has decided to review in four weeks an injunction...
Thursday 19 March 2009
Samsung to begin competing with HTC in Android-powered handset segment in 3Q09
Samsung Electronics will be the first among the top-five handset vendors to roll out Android-powered handsets, and the company will start competing for market share in the Android...
Wednesday 18 March 2009
HTC relying on 3G handsets for business growth in China in 2009, says CEO
HTC (High Tech Computer) has regarded 2009 as crucial to the promotion of its 3G handsets in the China market, and the company expects its handset sales in China to double this year...
Friday 13 March 2009
HTC likely to unveil HTC Maple handset in April, says paper
High Tech Computer (HTC) is likely to unveil its new QWERTY handset, the HTC Maple, in the upcoming CTIA Wireless 2009 trade fair which will be held in Las Vegas from April 1-3, according...
Thursday 12 March 2009
Worldwide smartphone sales reached its lowest growth rate with less than 4% increase in 4Q08, says Gartner
In the fourth quarter of 2008, worldwide sales of smartphones to end users reached 38.1 million units, an increase of 3.7% on the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Global...
Monday 9 March 2009
HTC not to lower first-quarter sales projection despite slow February sales and alleged patent infringement lawsuit
High Tech Computer (HTC) has no plans to lower its sales projection for the first quarter of this year despite slow sales in February and the alleged patent infringement lawsuit filed...
Friday 6 March 2009
Court ruling in favor of IP-Com may prevent HTC shipments in Germany
The District Court of Mannheim Germany announced its judgment regarding one of High Tech Computer's (HTC's) patent infringement cases with German company IP-Com on March 5, according...
Thursday 5 March 2009
Smartphone sector sees healthy growth in Western Europe in 4Q08, says IDC
The Western European smartphone market experienced good performance in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker. Vendors shipped 9.3 million units,...
Thursday 5 March 2009
HTC and Orange to jointly launch Android-powered HTC Dream in France
High Tech Computer (HTC) and Orange will jointly launch the HTC Dream in France on March 5, making Orange the third service provider to market the Android-powered smartphone in Europe,...
Tuesday 3 March 2009
HTC and SKT jointly launching HTC Touch Diamond in South Korea, says paper
High Tech Computer (HTC) and SK Telecom (SKT) will jointly launch the HTC Touch Diamond smartphone in South Korea this month, although HTC is planning to launch its second-generation...
Friday 27 February 2009
HTC invests additional US$8 million in Shanghai plant
High Tech Computer (HTC) will commit an additional investment of US$8 million into its subsidiary in Shanghai, China for equipment installation, according to a company filing with...
Tuesday 24 February 2009
Taiwan market: HTC launch new Touch Cruise with aggressive pricing
High Tech Computer (HTC), on February 23, launch its second-generation HTC Touch Cruise smartphone in the Taiwan market with a suggested price tag of NT$16,900 (US$487), representing...
Friday 20 February 2009
Kionix g-sensor shipments to grow 15-20% in 2009, sources say
US-based accelerometer (g-sensor) design company Kionix is expected to see 15-20% growth in its g-sensor product shipments in 2009 because it has successfully cut into the supply...