AI & Cloud

Cellular News notes that Taiwan based handset manufacturer HTC says it will appeal against a German court ruling that it had infringed patents owned by holding firm, IP-com, related to 3G radio technologies.

Nokia's share of the global smartphone market slumped by 10.1 percent in the final quarter of 2008 as rivals such as Samsung, Research In Motion (RIM), HTC and Apple made gains, according to new figures from Gartner.

Taiwanese smartphone vendor HTC has ramped up its efforts to become a household name with the launch of its first global advertising campaign.

Cellular News notes that Taiwan's HTC is reported to be planning to show off a 'BlackBerry-style' handset at the CTIA Wireless 2009 trade show next month.

Symbian is losing dominance in the smartphone operating system (OS) market according to Gartner, with the analyst firm claiming that Symbian's share of the global OS market decreased to 47.1 percent in the fourth-quarter of 2008.

VNUNet reports that HTC has announced plans to roll-out three new handsets this year using Google's Android operating system.

Telecompaper reports that Telecom Italia will become only the second operator to launch HTC's Android-powered Dream device.