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In the spirit of patent licensing season, HTC and Nokia signed a patent agreement, but this act has more implications for HTC than your normal licensing pact. This has practically put an end to HTC's ongoing patent infringement lawsuits, not to mention losing streak, filed against it by Nokia. One...

New reports suggest that Microsoft is now considering giving Windows Mobile away to OEMs for free, ending the licensing deal that garnered them about $30 per handset. This move would align Microsoft with Google, giving away their mobile platform for free while driving business to other revenue streams. This...

HTC has released their earnings for the month of November, and things are looking up. They generated $523 million in revenue, up from $507 million for last month. That’s a 3% bump, and brings their total annual earnings to $6.45 billion. It’s also a huge loss compared to this time...

Bloomberg is reporting that HTC is, in fact, working on a smartwatch. According to the mysterious and suspect “person familiar with the matter”, HTC’s design is set to come out in the second half of 2014. The source also notes that the watch is, or will be, running Android. In...

HTC, who has seen a recent disruption in their management structure, may be ready to continue being a problem child. Noting their upcoming tablet would be “disruptive”, Chairwoman Cher Wang and CEO Peter Chou also noted that wearable devices are something HTC believes to be “critical” for their success. In...

We are still seeing chatter about a Verizon Wireless branded HTC One and about how handset production is set to increase to meet the strong demand, but on the other hand it is getting harder and harder to look the other way. By that other way, we are talking...

Today a rather fun video was released from the folks at Microsoft making fun of the ongoing Android vs iOS battle that we're all enjoying. This new Windows Phone ads goes pretty far to try and get you to switch away from Android, but I doubt it has anyone...

It looks like today Verizon and HTC have approved an update to the aging yet still somewhat popular HTC Thunderbolt. For the 12 of you still using that phone, we have some potentially good news although the update certainly is not Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Instead it looks like...

It's no secret that patent wars have been a major problem in the mobile space. Especially for a few of the big hitters like Samsung, Microsoft, and Apple. For those not following along at home Microsoft holds multiple key patents and has inked deals with just about everyone in...

Now that Apple's stores full of glass walls and gadgets are so popular it seems that everyone is trying to do the same. When I first heard HTC was opening stores I thought, no. Just no! Low and behold just like Samsung and and even Microsoft, HTC has just...

A report has come out that HTC may have to pay Apple $6-$8 for every single smartphone they sell, according to Shaw Wu, an analyst at Sterne Agee. Apple and HTC announced a licensing and settlement deal over the weekend, but no monetary terms were included in the release....

HTC has seen its finances shrink a little in the third quarter of 2012. HTC announced that both net revenues and income were down year over year. HTC's third quarter revenue was NT$70.2bn (US$2.4bn) this quarter, which is even a sizable drop from the NT$91bn they earned last quarter....