High Tech Computer Corporation

=High Tech Computer Corporation=

High Tech Computer Corporation, known by its acronym HTC, is the Taiwan-based manufacturer of Microsoft Windows CE portable devices, responsible for models such as the O2 xda and O2 xda II. It was founded on May 15th 1997 and is strictly an outsourcing company, an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM), and thus its products are not sold under its own brand name. For this reason, it is probably the least well-known manufacturer of Windows-based mobile devices.

==Corporate Structure==

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. It went from strength to strength 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 TWD5.1bn ($163m) in May 2005, up 81.3 per cent on May 2004 s total.

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.

= Product Range =

HTC products are sold under several brand names, some of which include major telecommunication carriers, such as T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone.

HTC is the ODM for the following IT companies that retail Windows Mobile based PDA s: Dell, Dopod, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP/Compaq, i-Mate, Krome and Qtek (HTC s own brand, used where none of the others are present).

Interestingly, HTC also names all its products prior to them being rebranded. The product range developed by HTC include:

==Smartphones==

HTC Canary is sold as the Orange SPV.

HTC Tanager is sold as the Orange SPV E100 and Qtek 7070.

HTC Voyager is sold as the Orange SPV E200, Qtek 8080 and O2 Xphone.

HTC Typhoon is sold as the Orange SPV C500, Qtek 8010, i-mate SP3 and AudioVox SMT 5600.

HTC Feeler is sold as the Qtek 8020, O2 Xphone II, i-mate SP3i T-Mobile SDA.

HTC Amadeus is sold as the O2 Xphone IIm and T-Mobile SDA Music.

HTC Hurricane is sold as the Orange SPV C550, Qtek 8200 and T-Mobile SDA Music 2.

HTC Tornado is sold as the O2 Xda phone, i-mate SP5 & SP5m and Qtek 8300 & 8310.

==Pocket PC Phone Editions==

HTC Wallaby is sold as the O2 XDA, T-Mobile MDA, Qtek1010 and Siemens SX-56.

HTC Himalaya is sold as the i-Mate PDA, O2 Xda II, Krome Navigator, T-Mobile MDA II, Orange SPV M1000, Audiovox PPC5050BM, Vodaphone WirelessPDA, Dopod 696, Movistar TSM500 and Qtek 2020.

HTC Magician is sold as the O2 Xda II Mini (Asia), O2 Xda mini (Germany), T-Mobile MDA compact, i-Mate Jam, Vodafone VPA Compact, Dopod 818, Krome Spy, Orange SPV M500 and Qtek S100.

HTC Blue Angel is sold as the O2 Xda IIs (UK and Ireland), O2 Xda III (Germany), T-Mobile MDA III, Qtek 9090, i-Mate PDA2k, Orange SPV M2000 and Siemens SX66.

HTC Alpine is sold as the O2 Xda IIi, Qtek 2020i, iMate PDA2 and Dopod 699.

HTC Universal is sold as the T-Mobile MDA Pro and will be sold as the O2 Xda Exec, Orange SPV M5000, iMate JASJAR and Qtek 4040 / Qtek 9000.

HTC Wizard will be sold as the O2 Xda mini S, Qtek 9100, Orange SPV M3000, and i-Mate K-Jam.

HTC Charmer will be sold as the remake of the HTC Wizard with upgraded hardware (w-lan,128 MB ROM) and OS (Windows Mobile 5.0) Not released yet.

HTC Universal is the lastest release from HTC with a clamshell mode it has w-lan,128 MB ROM with an excellent display. It is the first commercially available PDA with the Windows Mobile 5.0.

=External links=

*[http://www.htc.com.tw/ HTC Corporation Homepage] *[http://forum.xda-developers.com/front_page.php Unofficial HTC Developers Forum]