Updated Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:31 am TWN, AFP

'Google phone' builds momentum with HTC

BARCELONA -- Google's bid to dominate the mobile phone operating software market got a boost on Tuesday when Taiwanese handset maker HTC unveiled the third phone based on the Internet giant's technology. The touch-screen HTC Magic is to be sold by British network operator Vodafone and its subsidiaries in Britain, France, Germany and Italy, the companies announced at industry event Mobile World Congress here.

Rival developers are battling to create the dominant operating system for mobile phones, with Google and its Android system competing with software giant Microsoft, handset maker Nokia, an open-source Linux-based project and Blackberry.

Subscribe to The China Post and save 25%. Click here

Share

Print

Email

Business Breaking News

Updated Saturday, November 21, 2009 2:44 pm TWN
▪	GTSM launches online int'l bond trading
▪	Merrill Lynch raises Taiwan's 2009, 2010 GDP growth rates
▪	Taiwan dollar, stocks fall on intervention risk
▪	Central bank says NT$ gained on Korean won
▪	Account surplus widened in Q3 on import drop: central bank

Most Read

▪	Canadian man busted for marijuana
▪	Anti-drug plan begins
▪	Tokyo crowned new gourmet capital
▪	Obama ready to help non-nuclear N. Korea
▪	Yanks 1st choice: Wang

Sponsors
▪	Get Car Hire Asia, Thailand, Middle East, Cyprus, Dubai, USA
▪	Business Directory