High Tech Computer Corporation
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| Type | Public (TSEC: 2498) |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters |  Taoyuan, Taiwan |
| Key people | Cher Wang (Chairwoman), Peter Chou (CEO), Fred Liu (COO) |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Revenue | ▲$2.3 billion USD (2005) |
| Operating income | ▲$380 million USD (2005) |
| Net income | ▲$366 million USD (2005) |
| Employees | 4,930 |
| Website | htc.com |
High Tech Computer Corporation (TSE: 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.[1]
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[edit] Corporate information
HTC's chairwoman is Cher 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.[2]
[edit] 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.
The product range developed by HTC include: (newest first)
[edit] Smart Phones (Windows Mobile Standard)
| Phone | Release | Weight | OS | CPU | RAM | Display | Keyboard | Wifi | GPS | Camera |
| HTC Wings (S730) | 2007-12 | 150g | WM6 | 400MHz | 64MB | 2.4" | Y | N | N | 2.0MP |
| HTC Phoebus | 2007-11 | 150g | WM6 | 201MHz | 128MB | 2.6" | Y | Y | N | 1.9MP |
| HTC Iris (S640) | 2007-11 | 112g | WM6 | 400MHz | 64MB | 2.5" | Y | Y | N | 1.9MP |
| HTC Cavalier (S630) | 2007-07 | 120g | WM6 | 400MHz | 64MB | 2.4" | Y | Y | N | 1.9MP |
| HTC Libra (S720) | 2007-06 | 138g | WM6 | 400MHz | 64MB | 2.4" | Y | N | N | 2.0MP |
| HTC Vox (S710) | 2007-04 | 140g | WM6 | 201MHz | 64MB | 2.4" | Y | Y | N | 2.0MP |
| HTC Monet (S320) | 2006-10 | 140g | WM5 | 201MHz | 64MB | 2.2" | N | N | N | 1.3MP |
| HTC Excalibur (S620) | 2006-10 | 130g | WM5 (now with WM6) | 201MHz | 64MB | 2.4" | Y | Y | N | 1.3MP |
| HTC Oxygen (S310) | 2006-09 | 105g | WM5 | 200MHz | 64MB | 2.0" | N | N | N | 1.3MP |
| HTC MTeoR (S350) | 2006-07 | 115g | WM5 | 300MHz | 64MB | 2.2" | N | N | N | 1.3MP |
| HTC Startrek (S410) | 2006-05 | 99g | WM5 | 194MHz | 64MB | 2.2" | N | N | N | 1.3MP |
| HTC Tornado | 2005-10 | 106g | WM5 | 200MHz | 64MB | 2.2" | N | Y | N | 1.3MP |
| HTC Hurricane | 2005-07 | 107g | WM2003SE | 220MHz | 64MB | 2.2" | N | N | N | 1.3MP |
| HTC Amadeus | 2004-11 | 106.5g | WM2003SE | 200MHz | 32MB | 2.2" | N | N | N | 0.3MP |
| HTC Feeler | 2004-11 | 102g | WM2003SE | 200MHz | 32MB | 2.2" | N | N | N | 0.3MP |
| HTC Typhoon | 2004-10 | 103g | WM2003SE | 200MHz | 32MB | 2.2" | N | N | N | 0.3MP |
| HTC Tanager | 2003-04 | 127g | MSSP2002 | 132MHz | 16MB | 2.2" | N | N | N | External |
| HTC Voyager | 2002-11 | 130g | MSSP2002 | 132MHz | 16MB | 2.2" | N | N | N | External |
| HTC Canary | 2002-11 | 120g | MSSP2002 | 132MHz | 16MB | 2.2" | N | N | N | External |
[edit] Pocket PC Phones (Windows Mobile Professional)
| Phone | Release | Weight | OS | CPU | RAM | Display | Keyboard | Wifi | GPS | Camera |
| HTC Sedna (P6500) | 2007-11 | 220g | WM6 | 400MHz | 128MB | 3.5" | N | Y | Y | 3.0MP |
| HTC Touch Diamond (P3700) | 2008-06 | 110g | WM6.1 | 528MHz | 192MB | 2.8" | N | Y | Y | 3.2MP |
| HTC Touch Pro (P4600) | 2008-06 | 165g | WM6.1 | 528MHz | 288MB | 2.8" | Y | Y | Y | 3.2MP |
| HTC Pharos (P3470) | 2008-02 | 122g | WM6.1 | 201MHz | 128MB | 2.8" | N | N | Y | 2.0MP |
| HTC Touch Cruise (P3650) | 2008-01 | 130g | WM6 | 400MHz | 128MB | 2.8" | N | Y | Y | 3.0MP |
| HTC Touch Dual (P5500) | 2007-10 | 120g | WM6 | 400MHz | 128MB | 2.6" | Y | Y | N | 2.0MP |
| HTC TyTN II (P4550) | 2007-09 | 190g | WM6 | 400MHz | 128MB | 2.8" | Y | Y | Y | 3.0MP |
| HTC Wave (P3000) | 2007-08 | 130g | WM6 | 300MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | N | N | N | 2.0MP |
| HTC Titan (P4000) | 2007-06 | 165g | WM5 | 400MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | Y | Y | Y | 1.9MP |
| HTC Touch (P3050) | 2007-06 | 112g | WM6 | 201MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | N | Y | N | 2.0MP |
| HTC Panda (P6300) | 2007-05 | 200g | WM5 | 400MHz | 128MB | 3.5" | N | Y | N | 2.0MP |
| HTC Love (P3350) | 2007-03 | 127g | WM5 | 201MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | N | Y | N | 2.0MP |
| HTC Gene (P3400) | 2007-03 | 126g | WM5 | 201MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | N | N | N | 2.0MP |
| HTC Herald (P4350) | 2006-12 | 168g | WM5 | 201MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | Y | Y | Y | 2.0MP |
| HTC Artemis (P3300) | 2006-10 | 130g | WM5 | 201MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | N | Y | N | 2.0MP |
| HTC Trinity (P3600) | 2006-09 | 150g | WM5 | 400MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | N | Y | N | 2.1MP |
| HTC TyTN (P4500) | 2006-06 | 176g | WM5 | 400MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | Y | Y | N | 2.0MP |
| HTC Charmer | 2006-03 | 150g | WM5 | 195MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | N | N | N | 1.3MP |
| HTC Prophet (PM300) | 2006-02 | 148g | WM5 | 195MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | N | Y | N | 2.0MP |
| HTC Wizard (P4300) | 2006-01 | 168g | WM5 | 195MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | Y | Y | N | 1.3MP |
| HTC Galaxy | 2005-12 | 126g | WM5 | 300MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | N | Y | Y | N |
| HTC Apache | 2005-10 | 186g | WM5 | 416MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | Y | Y | N | 1.3MP |
| HTC Refresh | 2005-07 | 212g | WM2003SE | 520MHz | 128MB | 3.5" | Y | Y | N | 0.3MP |
| HTC Alpine | 2005-02 | 190g | WM2003SE | 520MHz | 128MB | 3.5" | N | Y | N | 1.2MP |
| HTC Magician | 2004-12 | 155g | WM2003SE | 416MHz | 64MB | 2.8" | N | N | N | 1.2MP |
| HTC Harrier | 2004-11 | 208g | WM2003SE | 400MHz | 128MB | 3.5" | Y | N | N | 0.3MP |
| HTC Blue Angel | 2004-09 | 212g | WM2003SE | 400MHz | 128MB | 3.5" | Y | Y | N | 0.3MP |
| HTC Falcon | 2003-11 | 176g | WM2003 | 400MHz | 64MB | 3.5" | N | N | N | N |
| HTC Himalaya | 2003-08 | 185g | WM2003 | 400MHz | 128MB | 3.5" | N | N | N | 0.3MP |
| HTC Wallaby | 2002-04 | 201g | PPC2002 | 206MHz | 32MB | 3.5" | N | N | N | N |
[edit] Ultra Mobile Phones
- HTC Universal is sold as the Qtek 9000, T-Mobile MDA Pro, O2 xda Exec, Orange SPV M5000, Vodafone VPA IV, Vodafone V1640, E-Plus PDA IV, Dopod 900, i-mate JasJar and Grundig GR980. It has a clamshell body, QWERTY keyboard, built-in 802.11b Wi-Fi, 128 MB ROM, 64MB RAM, and a 640x480 VGA display. It is the first commercially available device that has the Windows Mobile 5.0 OS pre-installed, as well as the first Windows Mobile device to support 3G/UMTS.
- HTC Athena, HTC Advantage X7500, Dopod U1000, T-Mobile AMEO. It has a large 5" VGA TFT touchscreen display, a detachable hardware QWERTY keyboard, 8GB hard drive, miniSD Card slot, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, stereo Bluetooth support plus a TV-Out port and a 3 megapixel camera with second VGA camera. Windows Mobile 5.
- HTC Advantage X7501 is Windows Mobile 6 and does not have the second VGA camera.
- HTC Shift runs Windows Vista Business OS and Windows Mobile 6 Professional, with a sliding 7" widescreen touch sensitive TFT display with Wide-VGA (800x480 pixels) resolution, a 30GB hard drive, a dual-core Intel Santa Rosa processor (for Windows Vista Business OS) and a Qualcomm 400 MHz processor (for Windows Mobile 2006 Professional), 1GB RAM, hardware QWERTY keyboard, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support plus UMTS/HSDPA capability as well as Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi. The device also has a front-mounted 1.2 megapixel webcam, and an innovative fingerprint sensor which can be used for security reasons.
[edit] See also
- Xanadux and XDA developers are projects to port Linux to some HTC phones.[3]
- OpenMoko a Linux distribution for mobile phones, reported to run on the HTC Magician
- HTC Class Action a website dedicated to the issues with 2D/3D drivers in MSM7x00 based HTC devices.
- HTC Venus a smartphone designed by HTC for Sony Ericsson
[edit] External links
- HTC Class Action - Online petition for ATI video drivers
- HTC Corporation Homepage
- About: Cher Wang, Chairperson of HTC
- HTC Europe
- HTC Croatia (Hrvatska)
- HTC America
- HTC Source: a news blog dedicated to HTC devices
- Unofficial site where support is given for all HTC devices
- HTC fan site with forums
- HTC Phones: Technical Details and Full Specifications
- Official HTC wiki site contains info on how to set up and use HTC phones
- An enthusiast forum dedicated to the Pocket PC phones built by HTC
- Unofficial Embedded Development & Research Site
- An unofficial site for researcher and developers of HTC Devices
- HTC Prophet
- HTC product's name chart
- A table showing the relations between HTC based devices of different brand marks
- HTC Smartphones and their specifications in a number of languages
- HTC Phones and specifications
- HTC Phones and specifications and prices - Persian Language
