Taiwan&#39;s HTC to launch iPhone rival
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Taiwan smartphone maker High Tech  Computer Corp. (HTC) (2498.TW) said on Tuesday it will launch  one of its own-brand touch-screen phones in the United States  by the end of the year, as it seeks to compete with Apple&#39;s   iPhone.
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Verizon will be able to compete against AT&#38;T, the exclusive carrier of the iPhone, with its advanced 3G services, CEO says.
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Apple Inc.&#39;s  highly  anticipated iPhone, with service provided by AT&T Inc. ,  will go on sale June 29, the company said on its Web site on  Sunday.
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As reported earlier this month, the HTC Touch smartphone will soon be made available in the United States by mobile carrier Sprint for a price of $249 USD.
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Reports from Taiwan suggest that Apple may launch next month a new iPod that looks, feels and works like an iPhone, but without the phone part.
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Taiwan&#39;s High Tech Computer Corp., the world&#39;s largest developer of smartphones that use Microsoft software, plans to launch more than ten mobile phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants) armed with Qualcomm Inc. chips by the end of this year, the companies said Wednesday.
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(InfoWorld) - An executive in Microsoft's entertainment and games division Tuesday hinted that Microsoft may be developing its own Windows Mobile OS-based rival to Apple's iPhone. Speaking at Citi's annual Global Technology Conference in New York on Tuesday, Mindy Mount, corporate vice president and CFO for Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, said it's not "unreasonable" to think that Microsoft will integrate photo, music, and touchscreen features into a Windows Mobile product in the future, though she declined to comment on the specifics of when or what that might look like. Microsoft's idea with Windows Mobile has been to move everyday business capabilities, such as accessing e-mail, from the PC to the mobile device. However, most people "tend to have one phone for personal as well as work [use]," Mount said. "Being able to do pictures and music is something that consumers are going to want, so it's a natural thing for us to want in our product roadmap." Microsoft is rumored to be evolving its Zune multimedia player -- its rival to the iPod -- with new features out by the holiday time at the end of the year, though Mount declined to confirm this on Tuesday. But a hybrid product melding Zune, which so far has had lackluster response from consumers, with Windows Mobile features is not completely unrealistic for the future. Microsoft has already worked with hardware partners to develop Windows Mobile handsets with touchscreen capabilities that are similar to the iPhone's. For example, the HTC Touch from High Tech Computer is one of the latest Windows Mobile devices to offer users the ability to use a touchscreen to scroll through e-mail and contacts and browse Web pages. But the HTC Touch smartphone, which is available in the U.K., Europe, and Asia and should makes its North American debut later this year, doesn't have the type of multimedia capabilities that give the iPhone an edge over rival smartphones, at least in the short term. Market research firm iSuppli said Tuesday that in July, its first full month of release, the iPhone outsold popular competitors, such as the Research in Motion Blackberry and Palm Treo devices. Regarding RIM, comments Mount made Tuesday also seemed to shoot downÂ speculation last week that Microsoft is in talks to purchase the Canadian maker of mobile hardware and software. "We don't comment on rumors, but what I would ask people is what that really gets you," she said. Much of RIM's success has been with the device portion of its BlackBerry business, whereas Microsoft has been very successful with using third parties to build its Windows Mobile devices, Mount said. The company sold 11 million Windows Mobile licenses last year and expects to do 20 million in the current fiscal year. "We're pretty happy with that roadmap right now," she said. That roadmap so far does not include Microsoft offering hardware for its Windows Mobile OS, which also means if the company did release an iPhone rival based on Windows Mobile, it's unclear whether it would be through a third party or from the company itself. Still, if the Xbox 360, Zune, and Milan table-top computer with touchscreen features the company previewed earlier this year are any indication, Microsoft seems to be warming up to the idea of offering consumer hardware devices alongside its traditional software, so an iPhone rival from the vendor is within the realm of possibility.
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High Tech Computer Corp. celebrated its 10th anniversary on Thursday with a rare compliment from Apple Inc.: the company adopted the same name HTC uses on one of its smartphones for the iPod touch.
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Apple has teamed with T-Mobile to launch the iPhone in Germany the same date the device debuts in the UK.
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Like the iPhone, the HTC has a touch-navigation interface, although it's designed for a different audience. Still, it's pretty impressive.
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Germany's three leading mobile  operators will start selling the HTC Touch smartphone from  end-June -- earlier than Apple's  iPhone, which the HTC  Touch hopes to rival.
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InfoWorld - Taiwanese handset maker High Tech Computer&#160;(HTC) is racing to put out the first smartphone based on&#160;Microsoft&#39;s Windows Mobile 6 OS, a company representative said Wednesday.
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Taiwan smartphone maker High Tech  Computer (HTC)  said on Wednesday it will launch 10  new PDAs and smartphones using chips from U.S.-based Qualcomm  Inc  by the end of the year.
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Next month, residents of a Farglory Land Development housing project in Taiwan will be invited to test a new mobile phone from BenQ, the T80, that uses NFC (near field communications) technology to access home security systems and pay for items including subway rides.
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Coming too soon at too low a price Apple will release a second-generation, lower cost iPhone in September for an iPod-like price of $249-299 - if a Chinese-language newspaper report citing Taiwanese industry moles is to be believed, that is.â¦
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Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp (HTC)  , the world's top smartphone maker, said on Wednesday  its sales grew about 20 percent in the fourth quarter,  indicating a decline in the growth rate for December.
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HTC plans to launch more than ten mobile phones and PDAs armed with Qualcomm chips by the end of this year.