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HTC to focus on fewer smartphones, more ‘Hero’ devices in 2012
In 2011, HTC sold dozens of different handsets based on roughly fifteen core devices (that’s a little more than one core device per month). But after a sharp decline in profit late in 2011, HTC is now looking to tighten things up and focus more an quality rather than quantity for its handset portfolio in 2012. Phil Roberson, from HTC UK,…
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Sprint Adds EVO 4G and EVO View 4G to ‘End of Life’ list
The newly-updated Sprint ‘Expected Upcoming EOL’ list now includes two HTC EVO family devices that will be phased out in the near future. The EVO 4G and the EVO View 4G have been added to Sprint’s latest list of devices nearing end-of-life. The EVO 4G is tentatively scheduled to reach this milestone this week with…
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HTC partners with IBM to gain a momentum in the enterprise market
HTC has formed a new partnership with IBM which they expect will help the company reach its goal of selling 100-million devices per year. The new agreement with IBM will help HTC gain a stronger foothold in the enterprise market with the integration of IBM’s smart business applications on HTC devices. Details about the IBM and HTC…
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Sprint beginning to remove Carrier IQ from HTC devices
In December, Sprint stated that they would remove the network diagnostic tool Carrier IQ, from all their devices. Now, an HTC representative has confirmed that they are working with Sprint to begin removing the infamous software from HTC devices. The first HTC device on Sprint’s network to actually have Carrier IQ removed was the HTC…
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HTC profits for Q4 of 2011 drop as competition heats up in the Android segment
After a great Q3 of 2011 where the Taiwanese company posted a $624 million profit, HTC is now reporting that year-over-year profits in the fourth quarter of 2011 dropped 26% to $364 million. This is the first drop in profit for HTC in the past two years and analysts are predicting that this decline will…
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Unofficial HTC Super Tool roots and unlocks over a dozen HTC phones
A new tool dubbed “HTC Super Tool” is now available on XDA-Developers and promised to be the only tool you’ll ever need to root and unlock the bootloader on your HTC phones. One interesting addition that the HTC Super Tool offers which we have not seen anywhere else is the ability to “De Sense” your…
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HTC granted injunction against IPCom in Germany
While HTC may have lost a patent case in the U.S. market, things are looking a little more positive in Germany where HTC was granted an injunction against IPCom this week. Since early 2009, the two companies have been locked in legal battle over 3G patents which are held by IPCom. Here’s a little history…