High Tech Computer Corporation

Infobox Company
company_name = High Tech Computer
company_
company_type = Public (TSEC: [http://www.htc.com/investor_service/04-investor-1.htm 2498] )
foundation = 1997
location_city = flagicon|Taiwan Taipei
location_country = Taiwan
key_people = Cher Wang, Chairwoman
Peter Chou, CEO
Fred Liu, COO
area_served =
industry = Telecommunications
products =
revenue = profit$3.65 billion USD (2007)
operating_income = profit$380 million USD (2005)
net_income = profit$366 million USD (2005)
num_employees = 4,930
parent =
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.htc.com hTC]
footnotes =

High Tech Computer Corporation (TSE|2498), known by its abbreviation HTC, is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of primarily Microsoft Windows Mobile-based portable devices. It was founded on May 15 1997 and initially was strictly an outsourcing company, an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM). Today, HTC provides its own HTC self-branded products, as well as supporting its operator-branded products and its OEM partners. HTC also owns Dopod as a subsidiary company. HTC is also a member of the Open Handset Alliance, meaning that it will conform to standards that allow the open source Android operating system to run on its hardware; The T-Mobile G1 (originally conceived as HTC Dream) will be the first phone to the market that will use the Android mobile device platform. It was released for pre-order through T-Mobile on September 23, 2008, and planned for availability in stores on October 22, 2008. [ [http://wireless.itworld.com/4267/htc-google-phone-080320/page_1.html HTC names Google phone, 'Dream'] ]

Corporate information

HTC's chairwoman is Cher Mi Wang, daughter of one of Taiwan's wealthiest men Wang Yung-ching, and the President is Peter H.T. Chou. In addition to being Chairperson of HTC, Cher Wang is also acting Chairperson 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 after being chosen by Microsoft as a hardware platform development partner for the Windows Mobile operating system (based on Windows CE). 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. [ [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/06_27/B399106it100.htm The IT 100 Companies: The Leading Tech Companies of 2005 ] ]

Product range

HTC products are sold under several brand names — HTC (hTC), Dopod (HTC's subsidiary company) and Qtek — and are often rebranded by major telecommunication carriers such as Orange, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, O₂, Vodafone, AT&T, Alltel, Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility.

HTC is the ODM for the following IT companies that retail Windows Mobile based PDAs: Dell (x50 series aka HTC Colorado), Fujitsu-Siemens, HP/Compaq, i-mate, Krome, Sharp Corporation., UTStarcom.

HTC announced the development of a UMPC (HTC Shift) following their strong Smartphone and PocketPC line.

Open Handset Alliance Smartphone

T-Mobile announced in August 2008 that they would produce the first smartphone to use Google's Android software and compete head-on with the Apple iPhone. The phone hardware will be manufactured by HTC and will be compliant with the open standards telecom effort of the Open Handset Alliance. Pending US FCC approval, the phone will be available to consumers in October.cite news
last = Holson
first = Laura
coauthors = Helft, Miguel
title = Smartphone Is Expected via Google
publisher = New York Times
date = 2008-08-14
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/technology/15google.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin
accessdate = 2008-08-15]

mart Phones (SmartPhone)

The product range developed by HTC include:

Ultra Mobile Phones (Mobile Computer, Sub Note)

Other products

*HTC Venus a smartphone designed by HTC for Sony Ericsson
*HTC Touch Family

ee Also

*TouchFLO
*TouchFLO 3D

External links

* [http://www.htc.com/ High Tech Computer Corporation Homepage]
* [http://www.htcwiki.com/ Official HTC wiki site contains info on how to set up and use HTC phones]
* [http://www.myqtek.com/ Qtek Europe]
* [http://www.qtek.fr/ Qtek France]
* [http://www.dopod.com/ Dopod China]

References