Three New Androids: Taiwanese HTC Taking the Lead

April 14, 2009

Confirmed on a recent FierceWireless post was the rumor that Taiwanese company HTC will launch more than three smartphones based on Google’s Android platform with rumors of launching up to 20 smartphones worldwide throughout 2009. HTC CEO Peter Chou confirmed the announcement at the Merrill Lynch technology conference in Taipei, Taiwan and plans to maintain the 10% to 20% revenue growth forecast for 2009 with major inroads in the Chinese market.

“This is an important year for our entry into China, especially with China’s release of [third generation mobile phone] licenses,” said Chou. “We hope to have a breakthrough in China this year after entering the Europe and U.S. markets.”

According to the Wall Street Journal, last year G1 phone sales exceeded their target of 1 million units.Research firm Gartner reported, in Q4 of 2008, world-wide smartphone sales grew 3.7% from 2007 to 38.1 million units.

HTC is the world’s largest maker of phones using Microsoft Corp.’s operating system. The new smartphones would maintain HTC’s lead in the Android market. HTC launched the T-Mobile G1, is planning a second generation version, and presented the Magic, set to arrive the Q2 this year with Vodafone.

Posted By Russ · In Industry 

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