HTC, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, and Microsoft today unveiled the first signature Windows Phones, the stunning Windows Phone 8X and 8S by HTC. The smartphones feature the new Windows Phone 8 operating system and boast iconic design, studio-quality sound with Beats Audio and incredible camera capabilities.
“Pairing HTC’s beautiful new Windows Phone 8X and 8S with our brand is a big milestone for both companies,” said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. …

HTC may succeed in banning the Apple iPhone and iPad as a judge says that the Asian firm’s patents in its suit against Apple are likely valid.
The hint comes from Judge Thomas Pender of the US International Trade Commission where Apple and HTC are facing each other in a case that could lead to an injunction against the iPhone and the iPad.
Apple has argued in the case that HTC bought the patents just to use against the iPhone maker.
However, Judge Pender has said that that doesn’t have much …

HTC has announced the HTC Desire X, its latest smartphone that comes as the company is struggling against its main rivals Samsung and Apple.
First off, the HTC Desire X is not a flagship phone. From the specifications of the device, it is clear that HTC is thinking of the budget-conscious consumer with its new smartphone.
However, that does not mean that the HTC Desire X is underpowered. It is equipped with dual-core 1 GHz Snapdragon S4 processor backed by an Adreno 203 graphics processing unit …

Samsung and Android continue to dominate Apple and iOS in the US phone market according to new data from comScore for the second quarter of the year.
In the recent comScore MobiLens report about key trends in the US mobile phone industry, there are now over 110 million Americans who own smartphones and most of those are using the Android mobile operating system backed by

HTC will withdraw its South Korean office following successive backslides and failures that prevented it from gaining traction in the market.
The woeful decision is on the heels of extreme difficulty for the Taiwan-based phone maker, which unveiled to analysts and the press its second quarter earnings last week. HTC only posted $246 million in net profits for the period, 58 percent lower than Q2 2011.
A local HTC spokesperson told the Korea Times, “Our withdrawal here will be a long term …

Struggling smartphone maker HTC has revealed that Beats Electronics has bought back a large chunk of the stake the Taiwanese company used to own in the audio equipment firm.
According to a statement sent by HTC to the Taiwan stock exchange, HTC has sold back 25 percent of the stake it has in the maker of the popular headphones branded Beats to its cofounders.
Beats Electronics was founded by rapper and producer Dr. Dre and Interscope Geffen A&M Chairman Jimmy Iovine who also is now more …

Telus has reported that HTC decided not to release an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update for the Desire HD smartphone.
Last May, HTC assured users that it would be upgrading the OS of its Desire HD smartphone, together with the HTC Rhyme and Desire S handsets, to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich by July.
However, according to a document published by the Canadian mobile operator, the awaited update for the Desire HD will no longer push through and it will stay stuck in the obsolete …

The Galaxy S III has been out for more than a month but another top Android smartphone is still holding the fort down real well against the Samsung superphone: the HTC One X. What exactly sets the HTC One X apart from its South Korean fellow top dog? We’ll find out with this HTC One X review

HTC has claimed in a post its 58 percent decrease in profits as cunning competitor Samsung continues to grow on top.
Following the report of its tough competitor Samsung on a 5.9 billion USD quarterly operating profit during the second quarter with shares constantly progressing in the mobile market, the Taiwanese manufacturer announced its drop in sales. It tallied a 3.04 billion USD worth of revenue with a quarterly profit of 247.7 million USD, which is 57.8 percent lower from the previous …

ASUS Zenbook UX31E Ultrabook (Image: Michael Sheehan, via Flickr / CC)

Taiwan has warned local PC makers about a new patent for Apple’s MacBook Air notebook that might result to another legal skirmish. The Cupertino-based tech giant has been on hot pursuit of companies infringing its patents. Ultrabooks may as well be in danger of a lawsuit.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted Apple patent D661296 for the external triangle-shaped cross section of ultrathin MacBook …