Google Purchases Big Piece Of Device Manufacturer HTC For $1.1 Billion
For $1.1 billion, Google is biting off a big piece of device manufacturer HTC.
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For $1.1 billion, Google is biting off a big piece of device manufacturer HTC.
Call it Bendgate, Phone Wars, or just business as usual, the brouhaha over whether skinny smartphones bend, warp and break under pressure continues.
Smartphone maker HTC is introducing not only a brand new handset to take sharper pictures, but the first ever action camera.
HTC's Facebook phone isn't producing sales in comparison to all the hype it received when it was originally announced.
In a joint statement Sunday, the two companies said they also signed a 10-year license agreement that will extend to current and future patents held by one another.
Rumors are continuing to grow that social networking giant Facebook is teaming up with HTC to put out its own smartphone.
Consumer technology companies reporting financial results this week are looking like rowboats bobbing in the wake of Apple Inc.'s supertanker.
Smart phones running Microsoft's new software are now available for AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA customers.