Posts Tagged ‘HTC’

HTC to Launch an App Store!?

November 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

According to a story on the Financial Times, HTC is seems to be set on starting up their own App Store. Of course, they have their own channel on Windows Marketplace, but this step would give them control over Android app sales.

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HTC Doubles Smartphone Sales year-on-year

August 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

HTC has announced that between July 2009 and July 2010, the vendor sold twice as much smartphones. In 2009, July was worth €225 million which rose to €575 million in 2010.

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Nexus One Suffers from Component Shortages

July 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

HTC seems to have problems supplying operators in Europe with enough Nexus One phones to fulfill local demand. The company is already switching from Samsung’s AMOLED screens to Sony’s SLCD’s.

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Vodafone to Launch Nexus One in Europe

April 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

UK consumers could already purchase the Nexus One from Google, but now Vodafone will also be offering the device in various EU markets. The kickoff for the device will be on April 30th in the UK.

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HTC Will not Acquire Palm

April 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: PalmOS | 2 Comments »

According to Reuters, a source within HTC has confirmed that the Korean cellphone vendor will not be acquiring Palm. HTC decided so after checking Palm’s financials.

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HTC Fixes the Legend’s Android Market Block

April 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

HTC has finally started to roll out a solution for all those consumers that are locked out of certain apps on the Android Market, an issue which we addressed when the phone launched last month.

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Huawei Also Eyeballing Palm

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

Next to HTC, Reuters expects Huawei to already be talking with Palm about a takeover. Huawei is a competitor of HTC that is known for many operator branded phones in Europe and the US.

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HTC Eyeballing Palm

April 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

According to a story from Bloomberg, HTC is playing around with the ideas of releasing their own mobile operating system or just to acquire Palm. HTC is currently ruling the Android and Windows Mobile markets.

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AE10: Centralizing the User Experience

March 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

The biggest sponsor behind the Android Experience was HTC. No wonder they took the stage to discuss where they are heading with Android, how it matches up with Windows Mobile and centralizing the User Experience.

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Google Blocks Apps on HTC Legend

March 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

The HTC Legend has just gone on sale in The Netherlands. Several early buyers discovered that various applications can’t be found in Android Market while they are available on other devices.