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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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Wednesday 2 November 2011
LTE to become mainstream in mature smartphone markets in 2012, says HTC
HTC will continue to strengthen its market leadership in the LTE-enabled smartphone segment and believes LTE phones will become the mainstream in mature smartphone markets in 2012,...
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Wintek looks to improved profits in 4Q11
Touch panel maker Wintek is expected to see its profits and gross margin continue to improve in the fourth quarter of 2011, buoyed by increasing shipments of one glass solutions (OGS),...
Tuesday 1 November 2011
HTC conservative about 4Q11 outlook
HTC expects its revenues to drop 1-8% sequentially to NT$125-135 billion (US$4.18-4.51 billion) for the fourth quarter of 2012, and its shipments will sink 1-8% to 12-13 million units...
Tuesday 1 November 2011
HTC to complete new plant in early 2012, say sources
HTC is expected to complete construction of its new plant in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan in early 2012 with a production capacity of 40 million smartphones a year, according to industry...
Thursday 27 October 2011
China Mobile to strengthen cooperation with Taiwan partners
China Mobile will continue to strengthen its cooperation with Taiwan-based makers for the development of TD-LTE products from chipset solutions to end market devices. MediaTek, HTC...
Tuesday 25 October 2011
Competition for LTE-enabled smartphones to heat up in 2012
Competition among handset vendors for a bigger share in the US LTE-enabled smartphone market is set to intensify in 2012 when Sprint Nextel starts kicking off its LTE services in...
Wednesday 19 October 2011
HTC expected to offer additional NFC-enabled smartphones in 2012
While NFC-enabled smartphones are still unlikely to become mainstream models in 2012, HTC is expected to continue to offer NFC smartphones in 2012 to differentiate from iPhones, according...
Wednesday 19 October 2011
HTC acquires 100% stake in Inquisitive Minds
HTC has taken up a 100% stake in US-based Inquisitive Minds for US$13 million, according to a company's filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).
Tuesday 18 October 2011
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipment growth under 10% in 4Q11
Shipments of handsets from Taiwan makers will grow at a slower-than-expected pace in the fourth quarter of 2011, affected by the launch of iPhone 4S and the suspension or cancellation...
Monday 17 October 2011
HTC emerges as 4G smartphone leader in US in 2Q11, says NPD
HTC ranked as the top vendor of 4G smartphones in the US market in the second quarter of 2011, comprising a 62% share of the segment, according to data released by market research...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Opera looks to develop new businesses via acquisition; step up cooperation with Taiwan device makers
Browser developer Opera Software will target Internet companies in four segments – advertisement, messaging, payment and social networking – for future acquisition in...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Taiwan market: CHT to launch HTC Mango phones in November
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will begin to market HTC's two Mango phones, the HTC Titan and HTC Radar, in the Taiwan market from November 1. CHT will also launch a value-added service center,...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Microsoft Mango system will rise, says HTC executive
President of High Tech Computer (HTC) North Asia Jack Tung, commenting on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 Mango system, pointed out that the smartphone industry is developing into an...
Friday 7 October 2011
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments reach 23 million in 3Q11
Shipments of handsets from Taiwan grew 10% sequentially to 23 million units in the third quarter of 2011, buoyed by the release of a number of ODM feature phones by handset vendors...
Friday 7 October 2011
HTC intros new addition to Beats smartphones
HTC has introduced a new addition to its Sensation-series Android smartphones with integrated Beats Audio.