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HTC to Sell Smartphones Under Its Own Name in China: Report

July 27th, 2010 by admin in HTC

Taiwan-based HTC will begin selling smartphones in China under its own name, as it begins a big campaign to create a brand presence, the Wall Street Journal reported July 27.

Until now, HTC has sold phones in China under the Dopod brand, but that will change with four new devices scheduled to arrive in September or October. According to the Journal, these include two touch-screen models, one a very high-end phone running a Windows Mobile operating system and the other a midrange handset running Google’s Android OS.

“We believe China is a good market for smartphone development,” HTC CEO Peter Chou told the Journal. “Consumers from China will love this kind of product because Internet penetration here is pretty high.”

Chou added that a strong percentage of consumers can afford a smartphone, though HTC has yet to set pricing for the new handsets.

HTC similarly worked—quite successfully—to build brand awareness in the United States, after first arriving under the badges of other brands. Some of the first HTC-made phones for American consumers were branded under the T-Mobile name. These have included the G1—the first Android-running handset in the United States—and later the carrier’s line of myTouch phones. Google’s Nexus One is also an HTC phone.

HTC has since released the HD2, the Droid Eris and—the phone thought to have solidified its standing as a major player in the U.S. market—the Droid Incredible. Following these were the first 4G-enabled handset in the United States, the Evo 4G. The Android operating system is widely considered a growing rival to Apple’s dominance in the United States, and a good part of HTC’s success here has come with its alignment with Google.

“HTC has gone from the edge to the cutting edge,” Pund-IT Research analyst Charles King told eWEEK at the time of the Droid Incredible’s launch. “It stands as evidence that the game should not be handed to Apple by default. There are people out there with great ideas and great design concepts, and with Android they have an OS to build those on.”

In 2009, HTC sold 11.7 million phones—a figure that research firm IDC has forecast to zoom to more than 60 million by 2012. Currently, 80 percent of HTC’s revenue comes from sales in Europe and United States, but China is poised to skew that figure. By the end of this year, HTC handset sales in China are expected to rise 50 percent over 2009’s total and continue heading upward.

“It’s interesting. Before we’ve come to do anything, we already have pretty high [brand] awareness,” Chou told the Journal, referring to HTC devices that have arrived in China through the gray market. Because of these phones, Chou estimates that 8 percent of China smartphone users are already familiar with the HTC brand—a good head start on the road the company is headed down.

What the gray market can’t offer, Chou added, is good services for consumers, which will definitely be part of the HTC strategy.

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HTC Wildfire available in India

July 26th, 2010 by admin in HTC

Now the Wildfire is available in India from various dealers across the country for as low as Rs.15000

Here are the features of the Wildfire

In other news still no official word about the Desire. We had a chance to play with the Wildfire and it’s certainly a very affordable Android phone running on Eclair 2.1. It’s a bit slow for some tasks but that’s not going to be a deal breaker.

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T-Mobile G1 Blaze rumors begin to swirl

July 26th, 2010 by admin in HTC, t-mobile

When you look at the high-end Android phones available today, you might notice that there are relatively few devices with sliding QWERTY keyboards.
Aside from the forthcoming Droid 2 and Samsung Epic 4G, there are no other devices with a 1GHz processor and a physical keyboard. However, there are rumors that HTC and T-Mobile will also have a device to add to the bunch.
The phone, according to rumors, is expected to arrive with a 1GHz processor, a 3.7-inch WVGA screen, and HTC Sense user interface. According to the rumors, it will also be HSPA+ capable, which means it will support T-Mobile’s fastest 3G technology. Adding fuel to the fire, the carrier recently wrote to its Twitter account to tell its followers that it will unveil its first HSPA+ smartphone later this summer.
According to an Engadget source, the phone could carry the name of G1 Blaze when it debuts, but it’s also been called the HTC Vision. To add to the confusion, a recently leaked T-Mobile road map shows a device the carrier calls the HTC Vanguard that it expects to launch in September, so I expect these to be one in the same. The fall launch would come right around the two-year anniversary of the original T-Mobile G1, so the G1 Blaze name also makes sense.
The rest of the phone’s hardware is unknown at this point, but I imagine we’re looking at it running Android version 2.1 or 2.2 with an 8-megapixel camera, a microSD card expansion, and the requisite support for Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth. With T-Mobile busy building out its superfast data network, I’d love to see this phone show up with a front-facing camera.

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New HTC HD Mini SIM Free Phone Launched

April 14th, 2010 by admin in HTC

A new mini edition of the HTC HD2 has now been released as a SIM Free phone, the HTC HD Mini is unlocked to all network operators allowing the user to insert a SIM card of their choice.

Following on from the success of their HD2 model, HTC have now released their first ‘mini’ phone. The HTC HD Mini takes nearly all of the features found in the previous HD2 and shrinks the main touch screen down from a massive 4.3 inches to 3.2 inches making for a far more pocket friendly phone.

The HTC HD Mini has now been made available as a SIM Free handset, this means that it is unlocked to all network operators allowing you to insert either a Pay As You Go or contract SIM card and retain your current mobile number and any contacts that you have saved to the card.

The SIM Free HD Mini is a great way to own this model without being tied to just one network as with contract deals, it also means that this latest HTC phone can be purchased as a present for others as well as making for a great replacement for a lost or stolen handset.

One other big advantage of SIM free phones is that there are no credit checks as with pay monthly deals, if you struggle to gain a contract deal from the networks due to a poor credit rating then the SIM Free HTC HD Mini is a good solution.

This new HTC phone runs on Windows 6.5.3 and offers a number of new software enhancements from the manufacturer, on the reverse of the handset is a 5.0 mega pixel camera with autofocus and a removable back cover.

Unlike the HTC HD2 the HD Mini is powered by a 600MHz processor rather than the whopping 1Ghz of the previous model, you may think this is a step down, however with the smaller screen size this new mini edition does not need the processing power required by the HD2.

Other features of this new phone include GPS with an internal digital compass, 3.5G data support for fast internet connections, WiFi, FM Radio and media player with a 3.5mm audio jack for using standard headphone sets.

There are a number of new phones on the market offering a similar 3.2 inch touch screen, these include the recently released Nokia X6 and Nokia N97 Mini, Samsung Omnia 2 and Sony Ericsson Vivaz. Other competition comes in the form of the Motorola Milestone which packs in an extra qwerty keyboard, the Nokia N900 for the same reason and the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 which offers a better feature set but is a more expensive phone.

HTC’s own range has just born two new models powered by the Android system as competition to Windows based devices, these include the HTC Desire and HTC Legend with the Legend offering the same 3.2 inch touch screen and 5.0 mega pixel camera as the HD mini.

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HTC Incredible Specs Revealed

April 9th, 2010 by admin in HTC

After much debate and discussion, the HTC Incredible’s specs have finally been confirmed, via the phone’s user manual which leaked early. While the phone is set to be released on April 29th, the folks at Phandroid have gotten the manual early and we’ve learned all we could ever want to know about the phone, like how to turn it on and off.

As rumored, the device will be carrying a 1GHz Snapdragon processor. Estimations of the screen size from pictures of the device had it pegged somewhere between 3.5 and 4.0 inches, and the real phone splits the middle with it’s 3.7-inch OLED screen. It will have 576MB of RAM and 512MB of Flash storage. I’ll also come with an 8-megapixel camera.

It will be running Android 2.1 (of course), with HTC’s Sense UI (of course). Now that the stats are all in the open, the HTC Incredible looks like it could be one of the better Android devices this year – although it won’t have the huge screen like the HTC Evo 4G or the insane graphics power like the Samsung Galaxy S.

Some rumors had pegged the Incredible at having something like 16GB of flash memory (unfortunately not true), but still looks like a solid device. Are you interested in getting such a phone? It’s being compared to the Nexus One, pretty heavily.
Nothing yet on pricing for the device. However, it’s coming to Verizon customers on April 29th.

Read: HTC Incredible Specs Revealed [HTC Incredible User Manual Gets Outed Early, Phone Will Feature Snapdragon Processor, OLED Screen] » TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities

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HTC Smart comes to India

March 31st, 2010 by admin in HTC

HTC and Airtel have announced the launch of the HTC Smart in India. The HTC Smart is a special phone from HTC owing to the fact that it runs neither on Google’s Android OS or Windows Mobile like most other HTC Devices do Instead, it is the first device based on Qualcomm’s Brew platform. Since Airtel is the network partner for the Smart, Airtel customers get an exclusive offer for data and content with HTC Smart

The HTC Smart offers easy-to-use widgets, browsing and connectivity at an affordable price. The phone also comes loaded with the HTC Sense UI that users are accustomed to on select Windows Mobile and Android devices. The Smart boasts of a 2.8-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with QVGA resolution and is equipped with a 3.5 mm stereo audio jack. The HTC Smart also includes a 3.0 megapixel camera. However there is no autofocus.

With the supported widgets, users can customize their device for quick access to contacts, photos, music and weather. The Smart also includes HTC’s Stream application that lets you check status updates of your buddies across various social networking sites.

Specifications:

Talk time:

Standby time:

Expansion Slot: microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

The HTC Smart will be available through Airtel in top 30 cities across the country at a Market Operating Price of Rs. 9,990 (taxes extra) and at all authorized HTC resellers.

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HTC Evo 4G Android phone will come to Sprint this summer

March 24th, 2010 by admin in Google, HTC

Sprint has announced that this summer it will be releasing the HTC Evo, a 4G Android phone. It seems like people have given up on an “iPhone killer” but this is quite a powerful phone.

Android 2.1 isn’t the only cool thing this phone comes with. The HTC EVO 4G will arrive with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, DUAL cameras – 8 megapixels for shooting forward and 1.3 megapixels for shooting backward. The forward facing camera will be able to do stills as well as HD video.

In terms of wireless yes, it’s a 4G phone, it’s got Wi-Fi, AND it has the built in ability to act as a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to eight, read again, EIGHT, devices.

Much to Apple’s dismay it will also come with, gasp, a Flash player and pinch to zoom. The jury is literally still out on whether Apple will let HTC keep the latter.

What’s the deal with 4G? Well, Sprint claims that their 4G at 6 megabytes per second is up to 10 times faster than 3g, if that’s the case it’s blazing fast. Equally as fast as most home services but alas, no 4g in my neighborhood yet.

According to Sprint, “Sprint currently offers 4G service in 27 markets, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Portland, Ore., San Antonio and Seattle. Following is a comprehensive list of markets by state where Sprint 4G is currently offered: Georgia – Atlanta, Milledgeville; Hawaii – Honolulu, Maui; Idaho – Boise; Illinois – Chicago; Maryland – Baltimore; Nevada – Las Vegas; North Carolina – Charlotte, Greensboro, (along with High Point and Winston-Salem), Raleigh (along with Cary, Chapel Hill and Durham); Oregon – Portland, Salem; Pennsylvania – Philadelphia; Texas – Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Killeen/Temple, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, San Antonio, Waco, Wichita Falls; Washington – Bellingham, Seattle. For more information, visit www.sprint.com/4G. ”

Hopefully you can find some 4G-ness around you so you can really take advantage of the speed, I can’t.

Lastly here are some of the more interesting specs on the phone:

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First 4G Phone, HTC Evo 4G, is on the Sprint

March 23rd, 2010 by admin in HTC

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, speaking at CTIA Wireless 2010 in Las Vegas, launched the first phone to take advantage of the carrier’s WiMAX network. The HTC Evo 4G is an Android smartphone with a 4.3-inch screen, similar in size and shape to the Windows Mobile-powered HTC HD2. The phone features HD video recording and an 8 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash. It also includes a 1.3 megapixel user-facing camera for video sharing features. To watch HD videos on a larger screen, the phone also features an HDMI output. The interface is the newest HTC Sense UI concept for Android, including the new friend stream feature that aggregates updates from a variety of social networking sites, including Twitter, Facebook and Flickr. Inside, the phone uses the 1 GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm. The phone will also use Adobe Flash in the Web browser.

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HTC Touch Pro3 - probably the last Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone

March 15th, 2010 by admin in HTC

Now that Microsoft has unveiled Windows Phone 7 Series’ imminent arrival, is there anything that could still possibly convince anyone to buy a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone? HTC sure hopes so: according to an xda-developers tipster, HTC is readying a Windows Mobile 6.5 packing sequel to the HTC Touch Pro2 called (surprise!) the HTC Touch Pro3 for launch in Q3 of 2010. In other words, right before Windows Phone 7 handsets start hitting the shelves.

The HTC Touch Pro3 is believed to be a 3.0-inch, WQVGA touchscreen device with a resisitive touchscreen, dual-band HSPA, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and GPS/aGPS, with a 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 CPU with 512MB of built-in memory and 256MB of RAM. It is thought to be a more compact phone than its predecessor, the HTC Pro2.

That’s not a bad looking phone, which makes the decision to ship it with Windows Mobile 6.5 all the more incredible. No one is going to want a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone after Windows 7 Series ships, and you won’t be able to upgrade WinMo phones to Windows 7 because of Microsoft’s tight control of hardware supported by the OS this time around.

In other words, anyone buying the HTC Touch Pro3 will find it almost immediately become obsolete. My guess is we’re just not likely to hear much about the Touch Pro3 when it comes out: all eyes are going to be on the horizon trying to spy the Touch Pro4.

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HTC Tattoo Running Android 2.1

March 11th, 2010 by admin in HTC

This should be a relief to not only HTC Tattoo users but also the general lower-end Android handset owners: the HTC Tattoo is getting an upgrade to Android 2.1. According to French Android website Frandroid, HTC has confirmed the upgrade:

Kindly note we understand that now that a phone running Android OS 2.1 is available that you are excited to get an update for your Tattoo. We are still working hard to building Sense for this new version but we expect to have the upgrade finished and ready to go soon. Please understand that it takes time to customize any Android version to ensure you have the intuitive experience Sense provides, and we hope you can be patient for just a little while longer.

The HTC Tattoo is one of the lower powered Android Phones, bringing a 2.8-inch screen, QVGA resolution and 528 MHz processor. The concern for handsets like the G1/Dream and other budget Androids is that their processors and specs aren’t strong enough to power the bulk/heft of Android 2.1’s robust features. If this development is indeed true, it should bring hope to owners of other devices as well.

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