High Tech Computer (HTC), the world's biggest maker of smartphones running Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system (OS) and Google's Android mobile OS, plans to launch its first smartphone with Microsoft's latest offering, Windows Phone 7, in the fourth quarter of this year.
"We will have a full-featured smartphone for Windows Phone 7 out in the fourth quarter of this year, but I can't tell you any more than that," said Peter Chou, president of HTC, at a briefing ahead of the Mobile World Congress exhibition in Barcelona this week.
HTC, which often gains an early look at new software to test in new smartphone designs, has predicted that the launch of the new Windows Phone 7 OS will lead to greater app development efforts. Microsoft already offers hundreds of apps on its Web site.
More: http://infoworld.com/d/mobilize/htc-launch-first-windows-phone-7-smartphone-in-q4-467
"We will have a full-featured smartphone for Windows Phone 7 out in the fourth quarter of this year, but I can't tell you any more than that," said Peter Chou, president of HTC, at a briefing ahead of the Mobile World Congress exhibition in Barcelona this week.
HTC, which often gains an early look at new software to test in new smartphone designs, has predicted that the launch of the new Windows Phone 7 OS will lead to greater app development efforts. Microsoft already offers hundreds of apps on its Web site.
More: http://infoworld.com/d/mobilize/htc-launch-first-windows-phone-7-smartphone-in-q4-467
