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HTC is developing a smartwatch that uses Google’s Android software and can take pictures, according to a person familiar with the matter. Cost, functions and sales strategy for the watch are still to be decided before it’s released by the second half of 2014, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the Continue Reading →

When will we see Amazon’s smartphone? It’s widely known that the e-commerce giant is working on smartphones – reports say Amazon is working on up to three different models – but Amazon shot down the idea that the phone would launch this year and that it would be free. The most recent reports from Bloomberg Continue Reading →

Amazon, the world’s biggest e-commerce company, and HTC have been in talks since at least June to develop handsets for sale to users of the Amazon Prime service, according to two people familiar with the talks. A final decision hasn’t been made on whether to proceed with a product or when it would be delivered, Continue Reading →

Rumors of an Amazon smartphone have circulated for well over a year now, but a new report out on Tuesday says that the retail giant will use HTC to help it make its upcoming devices. Three different smartphones are said to be in development, according to The Financial Times article, but one of the HTC-made Continue Reading →

The bigger the phone, the harder it is to hide. After a slew of detailed leaks, HTC is finally ready to announce the HTC One Max: an enlarged version of the original One that boosts the size of the 1080p LCD panel up to 5.9 inches while attempting to keep the One’s classy aluminum look Continue Reading →

Microsoft is serious about gaining mobile market share. The company has reportedly been talking to HTC about adding its Windows operating system to HTC’s Android-based smartphones at little or no added cost. It makes sense for Microsoft to talk to HTC, as it is the first company to make both Windows and Android phones. But Continue Reading →

Another smartphone with a fingerprint sensor is just a week away from launch. HTC Corp. is set to unveil the HTC One Max, which will have a fingerprint sensor among other features, on Oct. 15, two people familiar with the matter said. That will put a new smartphone with a fingerprint scanner on the market Continue Reading →

Microsoft is talking to HTC about adding its Windows operating system to HTC’s Android-based smartphones at little or no cost, people with knowledge of the matter said, evidence of the software maker’s struggle to gain ground in the mobile market. erry Myerson, head of Microsoft’s operating systems unit, asked HTC last month to load Windows Continue Reading →

Looks like the rumors were true. HTC announced on Friday that Beats Electronics will buy back the remaining 25 percent stake it had in the headphone maker for $265 million, all but bringing to an end a two-year partnership that has never really worked out. It’s quite a bit of cash for HTC, after it Continue Reading →

HTC’s Hail Mary play might not take the form of another new smartphone: The Taiwanese company is reportedly working with Chinese government officials to build a mobile OS that includes “deep integration” with China-specific services like Weibo, aimed specifically at the Chinese market. The project could see the new mobile OS launch before year’s end, Continue Reading →