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High Tech Computer

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Company type	Public (TSEC: 2498)
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Taiwan
Key people	Cher Wang (Chairwoman), Peter Chou (CEO), Fred Liu (COO)
Revenue	$2.3 billion USD (2005)
Operating income	$380 million USD (2005)
Net income	$366 million USD (2005)
Number of employees	4,930
Website	hTC

High Tech Computer Corporation (TWSE: 2498), known by its abbreviation HTC, is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of Microsoft Windows Mobile portable devices. It was founded on May 15 1997 and 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 company is reportedly working on an Android-based phone, dubbed the Dream, that will be on the market by the end of 2008.

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.

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 and Telus.

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.

Smart Phones (SmartPhone)

The product range developed by HTC include:

Pocket PC Phones (Touch Phone, PDA Phone)

Ultra Mobile Phones (Mobile Computer, Sub Note)

Other products

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

Controversy

The latest SmartPhone and PocketPC devices from HTC are supposed to be the most powerful devices on the market. There's a catch though: HTC has neglected to include the necessary drivers needed for the devices to come to their full potential. A site suggesting a class action lawsuit has been created to motivate HTC to take corrective action. The site also serves as a forum for users to provide feedback as well as stay current on any updates.

External links

• High Tech Computer Corporation Homepage
• Official HTC wiki site contains info on how to set up and use HTC phones
• Qtek Europe
• Qtek France
• Dopod China

References

1. HTC names Google phone, 'Dream'
2. The IT 100 Companies: The Leading Tech Companies of 2005
3. Holson, Laura (2008-08-14). "Smartphone Is Expected via Google". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-15. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
4. HTCClassAction.org

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Qtek	Qtek 6080 Qtek 7070 Qtek 8010 Qtek 8020 Qtek 8060 Qtek 8080 Qtek 8100 Qtek 8200 Qtek 8300 Qtek A8300 Qtek 8310 Qtek 8500 Qtek 8600
Dopod	Dopod S300 Dopod S301 Dopod 310 Dopod C500 Dopod 515 Dopod 535 Dopod 565 Dopod 566 Dopod 575 Dopod 577W Dopod 585 Dopod 586 Dopod 586W Dopod 595 Dopod 710 Dopod 710+ Dopod C720 Dopod C720W Dopod C730 Dopod C750
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3	HTC P3000 HTC P3050 (HTC Touch CDMA) HTC P3100 (HTC Touch Diamond CDMA) HTC P3300 HTC P3301 HTC P3340 HTC P3350 HTC P3400 HTC P3400i HTC P3401 HTC P3450 (HTC Touch) HTC P3452 (HTC Touch Color) HTC P3470 HTC P3600 HTC P3600i HTC P3650 (HTC Touch Cruise) HTC P3651 (HTC Touch Cruise P3651) HTC P3700 (HTC Touch Diamond) HTC P3701 (HTC Touch Diamond) HTC P3702 (HTC Touch Diamond P3702)
4	HTC P4000 HTC P4100 (HTC Touch Pro CDMA) HTC P4300 HTC P4350 HTC P4351 HTC P4500 (HTC TyTN) HTC P4550 (HTC TyTN II)
5	HTC P5500 HTC P5510 HTC P5520 HTC P5530
6	HTC P6000 HTC P6300 HTC P6500
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Qtek	Qtek G100 Qtek G200 Qtek S100 Qtek S110 Qtek S200 Qtek S300 Qtek 1010 Qtek 1020 Qtek 2020 Qtek 2020i Qtek 9090 Qtek 9100 (HTC Wizard) Qtek A9100 (HTC Wizard) Qtek 9600 (HTC Hermes)
Dopod	Dopod S1 Dopod P100 Dopod S500 Dopod S505 Dopod D600 Dopod D600 (Action Version) Dopod S600 Dopod E616 Dopod P660 Dopod 686 Dopod 696 Dopod 696i Dopod 699 Dopod 700 Dopod M700 Dopod S700 Dopod P800 Dopod P800W Dopod D802 Dopod D805 Dopod E806C Dopod D810 Dopod 818 Dopod 818C Dopod 818 Pro Dopod 828 Dopod 828+ Dopod 830 Dopod 838 Dopod 838 Pro Dopod C800 Dopod C858 Dopod P860 Dopod S900
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Qtek	Qtek 9000
Dopod	Dopod 900 Dopod U1000
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