AI & Cloud

Fast-rising Taiwanese smartphone vendor HTC reported better-than-expected first quarter results, fuelled by North American and European success.

Dow Jones Newswires reports that HTC will likely ship 4.5 million phones in the three months ending June 30, which would be a quarterly record for the company, boosted by launches of new phone models.

Sprint has unveiled the EVO from HTC. Pricing details have not been released, and the US operator has only given a launch date of “this summer.” The device features Android’s 2.1 operating system, dual cameras (an 8 MP camera with HD-capable video camcorder and a forward-facing 1.3 MP camera), HDMI output, WiFi capability and runs Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor and HTC’s Sense user interface.

Reuters reports that online retailer Amazon.com has released an application to allow its Kindle e-books to be read on Apple’s Mac computers.

HTC, the Taiwanese manufacturer of Google’s Nexus One smartphone, says it plans to mount an aggressive defense against a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Apple, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Reports suggest that T-Mobile USA will be the first operator to offer HTC's Desire

Apple is suing Taiwan’s HTC for alleged patent infringement, claiming the manufacturer of the Nexus One smartphone (based on Google’s Android platform) has violated patents related to the iPhone.