High
Tech Computer Corporation (TSEC:
2498), known by its acronym HTC, is the Taiwan-based
manufacturer of Microsoft Windows CE portable devices. It was founded
on May 15th 1997 and was strictly an outsourcing company, an Original
Design Manufacturer (ODM); today, HTC provides its self-branded
products to its existing Qtek channels, as well as supporting
its operator-branded products and its OEM partners. HTC also owns Dopod
as a subsidiary company.
The
HTC MTeoR: the first
3G-enabled
Windows Mobile smartphone
Corporate
information
HTC's
chairwoman is Cher Wang, daughter of one of Taiwan's richest men,
petrochemicals billionaire Y.C. Wang, and the President is H.T. Cho.
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 (previously called 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
Business Week's Info Tech 100 [1].
Product
range
HTC
products are sold under several brand names, some of which include
major telecommunication carriers, such as Orange, T-Mobile, Cingular,
O2 and Vodafone.
HTC
is the ODM for the following IT companies that retail Windows Mobile
based PDA's: Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP/Compaq, i-mate, Krome, Sharp
Corporation, Dopod (HTC's subsidiary company) and Qtek (HTC's
subsidiary company).
Interestingly,
HTC also names all its products prior to them being rebranded. The
product range developed by HTC include:
Smartphones
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HTC
Canary is sold as the Orange SPV.
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HTC
Tanager is sold as the Qtek 7070, Orange SPV E100 and Smart
Amazing Phone 1.
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HTC
Voyager is sold as the Qtek 8080, Orange SPV E200, O2
Xphone and Smart Amazing Phone 2.
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HTC
Typhoon is sold as the Qtek 8010, Orange SPV C500, i-mate SP3
and Audiovox SMT 5600.
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HTC
Feeler is sold AS the Qtek 8020, O2 Xphone II, i-mate
SP3i and T-Mobile SDA.
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HTC
Amadeus is sold as the O2 Xphone IIm and T-Mobile
SDA Music.
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HTC
Hurricane is sold as the Qtek 8200, Orange SPV C550, i-mate
SP4m, O2 xda Phone and T-Mobile SDA Music 2.
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HTC
Tornado is sold as the Dopod 577W, Qtek 8300 & 8310, O2
Xda IQ, i-mate SP5 & SP5m, T-Mobile SDA (US), Vodafone V1240
and without the WiFi capability (HTC Faraday) as the Orange SPV
C600 and Cingular 2125.
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HTC
StrTrk is their first clamshell design and is sold as the Qtek
8500 and was announced as the Orange SPV F600, Dopod 300 and the i-mate
Smartflip. It was later released to the USA as the Cingular 3125
with higher ROM and an extended battery.
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HTC
Breeze is sold as the HTC MTeoR, Orange SPV C700 and i-mate SP
JAS.
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HTC
Oxygen will be sold as the Orange SPV C100.
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HTC
Monet (formerly HTC Trilogy) will be sold as the Virgin
Lobster 700 TV and has an integrated DAB-IP receiver.
Pocket
PC Phone Editions
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HTC
Wallaby is sold as the Qtek1010, Qtek1020, O2 xda,
T-Mobile MDA and Siemens SX-56.
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HTC
Himalaya is sold as the Qtek 2020, i-mate PDA, O2
Xda II, Krome Navigator, T-Mobile MDA II, Orange SPV M1000,
Vodafone WirelessPDA, Dopod 696 and movistar TSM500.
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HTC
Falcon is the CDMA version of the Himalaya and is sold as the
Audiovox PPC5050BM.
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HTC
Magician is sold as the Qtek S100, O2 Xda II Mini
(Asia), O2 Xda mini (Germany), T-Mobile MDA, i-mate JAM, Vodafone
VPA Compact, Dopod 818, Krome Spy and Orange SPV M500.
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HTC
Blue Angel is sold as the Qtek 9090, O2 Xda IIs
(U.K. and Ireland), O2 Xda III (Germany), T-Mobile MDA
III, i-mate PDA2k, Orange SPV M2000, Siemens SX66, E-plus PDA III
and Vodafone VPA III
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HTC
Harrier is the CDMA2000 version of Blue Angel, and is sold as
the Audiovox/UTStarcom PPC-6600 Series and XV6600 Series, as well
as the i-Mate PDA2k EVDO.
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HTC
Alpine is sold as the Qtek 2020i, O2 Xda IIi, i-mate
PDA2 and Dopod 699.
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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.
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HTC
Wizard is sold as the Qtek 9100, Cingular 8125, T-Mobile MDA
Vario, O2 Xda Mini S, Dopod 838, Orange SPV M3000 and i-mate
K-JAM.
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HTC
Apache is the CDMA version of Wizard, and is sold as the
UTStarcom PPC-6700, Audiovox PPC6700 and XV6700.
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HTC
Charmer is sold as the T-Mobile MDA compact II. It is an
update the HTC Magician with upgraded hardware (TI OMAP CPU, 128
MB ROM) and OS (Windows Mobile 5.0).
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HTC
Prophet (PM300) is sold as the Qtek S200, Dopod 818 Pro
(PM300), O2
Xda neo (PM300), Orange SPV M600 and i-mate Jamin. It is an update
to the HTC Charmer with same hardware (TI OMAP CPU, 128 MB ROM)
and OS (Windows Mobile 5.0) but supports WiFi 802.11b/g.
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HTC
Beetles HP hw6500 series
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HTC
Hermes (HERM 100, 200, 300) is sold as HTC TyTN (HERM 200),
T-Mobile MDA Vario II (HERM 300), O2
Xda Trion (HERM 100), Cingular 8525, Dopod 838 Pro, i-mate JASJAM,
Orange SPV M3100, and NTT DoCoMo hTc Z. It features UMTS / HSDPA,
400MHz Samsung processor, 128MB flash and 64MB memory, 2.8-inch
display, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, MicroSD, 2.1 megapixel camera,
and a secondary CIF videoconferencing camera.
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HTC
Artemis HTC P3300
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HTC
Trinity HTC P3600
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HTC
Libra Recently announced SMT-5800
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HTC
Herald Recently announced PPC-6800
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HTC
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High
Tech Computer
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Type
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Public
(TSEC:
2498)
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Founded
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1997
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Headquarters
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Taoyuan,
Taiwan
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Key people
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Cher
Wang (Chairman), Peter Chou (CEO), Fred Liu (COO)
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Industry
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Telecommunications
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Revenue
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$2.3
billion USD (2005)
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Operating
income
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$380
million USD (2005)
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Net
income
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$366
million USD (2005)
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Employees
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4,930
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Website
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htc.com
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