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HTC

HTC Corporation (traditional Chinese: 宏達國際電子股份有限公司) formerly High Tech Computer Corporation, is aTaiwan-based manufacturer of smartphones. The company initially made smartphones based primarily on Microsoft's Windows Mobilesoftware, but in 2009 it began to shift its core focus away from Windows Mobile devices to devices based on the Android operating system.

HTC is also a member of the Open Handset Alliance, a group of handset manufacturers and mobile network operators dedicated to the advancement of the Android mobile device platform. The HTC Dream, marketed by T-Mobile in many countries as the T-Mobile G1, was the first phone to the market that used the Android mobile device platform.

HTC's chairwoman is Cher Wang, the daughter of Wang Yung-ching, one of Taiwan's wealthiest men. Peter Chou serves as President and CEO, and HT Cho as Director of the Board and Chairman of HTC Foundation. HTC's CFO is Hui-Ming Cheng. In addition to being chair of HTC, Cher Wang is also acting chair of VIA Technologies. HTC's main divisions, including the IA (Information Appliance) engineering division and the WM (Wireless Mobile) engineering division, are ISO 9001/ISO 14001-qualified facilities.

The company's growth has accelerated dramatically since being chosen by Microsoft as a hardware platform development partner for the Windows Mobile operating system (based onWindows CE). HTC is also currently working with Google to build mobile phones running Google's Android mobile OS. HTC's sales revenue totalled $2.2 billion for 2005, a 102% increase from the previous year. It was listed as the fastest-growing tech company in BusinessWeek's Info Tech 100.

HTC has invested strongly in research and development, which accounts for a quarter of its employees. HTC runs a software design office in Seattle (nearby its North American headquarters) where it designs its own interface for its phones.

HTC's North American headquarters are located in Bellevue, Washington. This explains its strong connections with local companies Microsoft and T-Mobile USA, as well as the technologies and services they provide.

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TOP 10!

Enjoy our roundup of some of the best mobile phone stories you may have missed this week:

1. webOS 2.0 on Video.

Version 2.0 of Palm’s webOS has been treated to a leaked preview video and although it’s nowhere near as exciting as the HTC video, it’s still worth a watch! Running on an emulator, it provides a great insight into what will be coming out of Palm now that HP are on the scene.

2. Android Continues Market Share Increase.

During Q2, Android’s lead over RIM and Apple in the market share stakes increased again, up from 12% to 17%, while RIM fell from 41% to 39% and perhaps surprisingly given the recent release of the iPhone 4, Apple dropped from 25% to 23%.

3. Angry Birds Feast on BlackBerries.

The massively popular iPhone game has come to RIM’s BlackBerry OS, ensuring that no matter what phone you own, you get to fight some green pigs. It’s available for download from BlackBerry App World.

4. China Sees iPad Release.

The Apple iPad has been released in several new markets this week, with pre-orders also being taken at the amazing Beijing Apple Store in China. The other countries getting the iPad are Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador and Peru. According to sources at the event in China, the first customer in-line queued for sixty hours and purchased two.

5. Windows Phone 7 Shows up in a Bing Ad.

This awful Bing advert featuring Rachel Zoe of The Rachel Zone Project – ’stop searching and start retching’ – is bearable if you turn the volume down, but is notable for using Windows Phone 7, on that Samsung prototype again, to advertise the Microsoft search engine. How long will it be before WinPho7 gets an advert all of its own?

6. Another New Nokia Appointment.

We’ve seen a new CEO and a new UX expert join Nokia recently, and now the company has announced that they have a new CTO too. Ex VP of Software at Sun Microsystems, Rich Green, will be driving the compnay’s technical strategies forward and is quoted as saying they ‘don’t need to wait for Symbian^4′ to do so, but should ‘advance Symbian^3 at an aggressive rate’ now.

7. Skyfire Reaches Download Milestone.

Alternative mobile web browser Skyfire, now available on Android and with a little luck, soon to be seen on the iPhone too, has reached one million downloads on the Google platform alone. Skyfire is well-known for its video capabilities and a similar compression technique used by Opera on Opera Mini.

8. LG Going 4G in the USA.

While not especially relevant in Europe at this stage, LG could be bringing a 4G mobile phone to the US’s Sprint network, and it could be running Windows Phone 7. Sprint is a CDMA network, which may not be seeing the new Microsoft OS until 2011.

9. It Looks Like a Phone…

But it’s not. You could use your Sony Ericsson Walkman phone, your iPhone or whatever other device you like to listen to your music, but why bother when you can use an MP3 player that looks like an old brick-style phone? Complete with huge casing, massive buttons, a radio and built-in speakers, this is the retro way to listen!

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