Microsoft is getting money out of Android, a latest report from a Citi analyst reveals.
According to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, HTC is paying Microsoft $5 for every Android-powered phone it manufactures thanks to a patent infringement settlement it has with the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer, a report from Business Insider reveals.
In 2010, CNet reported first that Microsoft thinks its intellectual property portfolio is being infringed on by Google’s Android operating …

HTC Chief Executive Officer Peter Chou has revealed that the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer is developing handsets running on the Windows Phone 7 Mango version, a report from Reuters says.

Chou, speaking with the said news organization on Wednesday “in an interview on the fringes of an Internet conference hosted by President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris”, said that HTC has “some Windows Mango phones”.
“We are very committed to Windows phone products,” he added, according to …

Tech giants Microsoft, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and HTC have each filed separate requests to invalidate Apple’s trademark in the European Union of the terms “App Store” and “Appstore”.

The four companies filed requests at the EU’s trademark agency in Alicante, Spain earlier this week saying that the terms were too generic to merit a trademark.
Microsoft has said in a statement that the companies are “seeking to invalidate Apple’s trademark registration for ‘APP STORE’ and …

Amazon just made the HTC Droid Incredible 2 more attractive with an incredible price cut.

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The Android-powered smartphone has just seen its price cut in half as Amazon is now offering the phone at $99 with a two-year contract. The HTC Droid Incredible 2 was just released on Thursday at a price of $199 with the same contract terms.
The new price offered by Amazon beats Best Buy and Verizon Wireless store deals which are still currently going at $199.
According to reports, the deal also …

On Thursday, a specially released HTC Droid Incredible 2 became Verizon’s newcomer, noted as a global smartphone supporting 3G connectivity in 125 countries, and accessing voice and data service in over 200 countries as well – all for the price of US$199.99 with a two-year contract.
Google’s Android 2.2 Froyo powers HTC Droid Incredible 2, which features a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and 768 MB RAM capacity for seamless usage of applications.
Other notable features include a …

Various reports say that the HTC Sense-powered HTC ThunderBolt will be getting the update to the Google Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) mobile operating system sometime during the second quarter this year.
This is the latest version of the Google Android operating system for smartphones, given the recent announcement that Google has delayed licensing the Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) OS under open-source license because it wants to keep it out of smartphones at the moment.
The news comes as various reports …

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Really? A Windows Phone 7 smartphone by March 20 which can cut and paste? Has Microsoft finally fixed its update system for WP7 phones and will be releasing the NoDo update already?
Apparently not, but a WP7 phone will reportedly have the famed NoDo WP7 update by March 20, according to a report from Phone Scoop.
According to the publication, Sprint has confirmed to them that the HTC Arrive, which is reported to be available by March 20, will have the NoDo WP7 …

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The HTC Sense-powered HTC ThunderBolt will be released by Verizon Wireless on March 17, various reports confirm.
According to other reports, the HTC ThunderBolt smartphone will be the first smartphone on Verizon’s network which can simultaneously use data and voice.
The feature was first reported by online store wirefly.com, which said that the simultaneous access to the services by the ThunderBolt will be available whether the phone is on …

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HTC with its HTC Sense software is leading in the Android-powered smartphone market share in the US, a latest Nielsen survey reveals.
According to the study, HTC Sense on top of the Android mobile operating system accounts for 12 percent of the 29 percent market share of the Android OS in all smartphones in the US.
The study reveals that Motorola comes in second at 10 percent and then Samsung with 5 percent. Other manufacturers account for 2 percent to …

HTC Merge (Credit: HTC)

It seems like the HTC Merge will be available at the previously announced spring US launch as the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is now reviewing the world phone.
Photos queried from the FCC include shots of the phone’s interior and interior along with photos of its user manual which is full of Verizon mentions.
The phone was announced by HTC last Feb. 25 in Washington. It said that the HTC Merge will be available by spring to US carriers. However, …