Taiwan's HTC to launch iPhone rival in U.S.
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Taiwan smartphone maker High Tech  Computer Corp. (HTC)  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's   iPhone.
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Apple Inc. will start selling its  iPhone on June 29, a debut that will test whether the company's  design success with Mac computers and iPod media players can  carry over into mobile handsets.
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Apple launched its new iPhone in US retail stores Friday to brisk demand as some New Yorkers lined up to get their hands on the latest offering from the computer and gadget maker which packs a cell phone, music player and web browser.
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(InfoWorld) - The phone many exhibitors and attendees are talking about won't even be on display at next week's 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, the year's largest mobile industry exhibition. Software and phone developers are comparing the products they'll exhibit at the conference toÂ the iPhone, even though Apple Inc. won't be at 3GSM and the iPhone isn't available yet. Funambol Inc. plans to show off its Linux-based applications, including mobile e-mail, as an open alternative to Apple's phone, which is based on proprietary software. One handset maker, Neonode AB, says that the iPhone follows its design lead. Neonode introduced a buttonless, fully touchscreen phone in 2004 and plans to announce a new one at 3GSM. A Nokia Corp. marketing executive will sit on a panel at the conference entitled "Mobile Music: The Apple Factor." The panel could touch on the competition the iPhone will present to manufacturers such as Nokia and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB that are already selling phones that include music players. The references to the iPhone hint at the threat it poses to existing phone makers. "Because the iPod has been so successful, it's difficult to discount the carry-through success that Apple could have in the mobile arena," said Nick McQuire, an analyst with the Yankee Group. Apple announced earlier this year that the iPhone, its highly anticipated combined music player and mobile phone, will go on sale in the U.S. in June and should reach European markets in the fourth quarter. While the threat of the iPhone might loom in the background at 3GSM, Apple's arch-rival, Microsoft Corp., may plan on trying to steal center stage. Microsoft is scheduled to make an announcement Monday and some experts suspect the software giant will introduce a new version of Windows Mobile. "It's likely they'll make some form of announcement around the next iteration of Windows Mobile 5.0. The question is when it will be ready to be shipped," McQuire said. In April last year, Microsoft said it was working on the successor toÂ Windows Mobile 5.0, code-named Crossbow. Microsoft said then that the new release would include strong links to Office 2007 and Exchange 12 and an instant messaging feature. Unconfirmed reports online suggested the operating system would be introduced either late last year or early 2007. Crossbow could also feature support for VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol), although Microsoft would be unlikely to highlight that feature because some operators discourage mobile VOIP, McQuire said. Phone makers that use software from Symbian Ltd. and Research In Motion Ltd. could react to a new Windows Mobile release by highlighting their broad device portfolios, McQuire said. Operating systems like Symbian, which can enable interoperability with Microsoft back-end programs, have an advantage over Windows Mobile because they run on a wider variety of phones, he said. New handsets introduced at the conference will likely fall into two primary categories: HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) and enterprise devices, McQuire said. The HSDPA phones will be thin and have good battery life, an improvement over first generation 3G phones that were "clunky," he said. High Tech Computer Corp., Toshiba Corp. and Nokia may all introduce new handsets aimed at business users. With the increased use of phones by business users to access corporate data comes concern over security. A number of companies including Spansion Inc., Discretix Ltd., AdaptiveMobile Ltd., McAfee Inc. and Trend Micro Inc. all plan to highlight mobile security issues and products. In addition, more and more phones come with support for Wi-Fi, enabling services that can roam between mobile and Wi-Fi networks. A number of companies plan to introduce or exhibit products that support some facet of a converged Wi-Fi and mobile service. Boingo Wireless Inc. will introduce software for developers that will enable use of its Wi-Fi roaming network from Symbian and Linux phones. Kineto Wireless Inc. will also exhibit at the conference and Shanghai company E28 Ltd. plans to introduce its second generation of dual-mode Linux-based phones.
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A handheld device that recognises the way a finger sweeps across the screen has been developed by Taiwanese phone maker HTC.
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US technology giant Apple picked mobile phone operator T-Mobile on Wednesday to launch its iPhone handset in Germany, with deals in more countries expected as the group prepares for the European roll-out of its latest gadget.
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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.
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With its innovative touch-screen technology, the HTC Touch is poised to join the ranks of would-be iPhone killers.
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Apple's much-hyped iPhone handset goes on sale in the US late on 29 June.
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Apple's iPhone is set to get a jump on its competitors and spark a flurry of new phone designs, regardless of how well the device actually sells.
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HTC will beat iPhone to the punch in Germany as that country's three largest cellular operators say they expect to start selling the Touch device by the end of June.
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With Apple holding a press event in London next Tuesday, expectations are running high that the iPhone will make its long-awaited European debut. But if the iPhone is unveiled next week, will it be in its current form or as a 3G handset? The answer to that question could go a long way toward determining whether the mobile device enjoys as much initial success overseas as it has in the U.S.
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The iPhone is getting ready for work. On Monday, AT&T announced business plans for Apple's popular touch-screen device, and there are reports that IBM will soon announce Lotus Notes e-mail for the iPhone.
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Germany&#39;s three leading mobile  operators will start selling the HTC Touch smartphone from  end-June -- earlier than Apple&#39;s  iPhone, which the HTC  Touch hopes to rival.
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Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile division will sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone in Germany, where the eagerly awaited gadget will go on sale in November, company officials said Wednesday.
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If you're craving an iPhone but just can't bite the bullet on two years of AT&T service, you could always move to Germany. A report in a newspaper there says that T-Mobile will be Apple's service partner when the gadget launches in Europe later this year.
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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.