14 DAY TRIAL // Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has delivered a response to the lawsuit action Apple filed against it not too long ago. According to the handset vendor, not only does it disagree with the action taken by the Cupertino-based company, but its portfolio of smartphones also shows that it is one of the innovators in the market. The company was founded in 1997 with a focus on changing people's lives via smartphones, and its products show that it has continually driven this vision.
“HTC disagrees with Apple’s actions and will fully defend itself. HTC strongly advocates intellectual property protection and will continue to respect other innovators and their technologies as we have always done, but we will continue to embrace competition through our own innovation as a healthy way for consumers to get the best mobile experience possible,” said Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC Corporation. “From day one, HTC has focused on creating cutting-edge innovations that deliver unique value for people looking for a smartphone. In 1999 we started designing the XDA and T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition, our first touch-screen smartphones, and they both shipped in 2002 with more than 50 additional HTC smartphone models shipping since then.”
[admark=1]HTC has been already recognized for its contribution to the industry, as it received the Fast Company’s 2010 Top 50 Most Innovative Companies awards, as well as the MIT Technology Review’s 2010 50 Most Innovative Companies title. Moreover, the handset vendor's HTC Hero has been awarded with the “Best Phone of 2009” title from the GSMA, not to mention that it also delivered a series of technology firsts to the market.
“HTC has always taken a partnership-oriented, collaborative approach to business. This has led to long-standing strategic partnerships with the top software, Internet and wireless technology companies in the industry as well as the top U.S., European and Asian mobile operators,” said Jason Mackenzie, vice president of HTC America. “It is through these relationships that we have been able to deliver the world’s most diverse series of smartphones to an even more diverse group of people around the world, recognizing that customers have very different needs.”
Last year, the company also launched its branded user experience, dubbed HTC Sense, which is focused on putting people at the center. The experience was based on “listening and observing how people live and communicate,” the company notes. The list of its industry firsts devices include: - First Windows PDA (1998) - First Windows Phone (June 2002) (the first 3.5-inch color touchscreen smartphone in the world) - First 3G CDMA EVDO smartphone (October 2005) - First gesture-based smartphone (June 2007) - First Google Android smartphone (October 2008) - First 4G WIMAX smartphone (November 2008)
Additional info on the company's history of innovation can be found here.