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The HTC Dream (also known as the T-Mobile G1 in the United States and parts of Europe, and as the Era G1 in Poland) is a smartphone developed by HTC.First released in October 2008 for $179 with a 2-year contract to T-Mobile, the Dream was the first commercially released device to use the Linux-based Android operating system, which was purchased and further developed by Google and the Open ...
Brands that have marketed or previously marketed HTC-manufactured products include Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, HP/Compaq, i-mate, Krome, O 2, Palm, Sharp Corporation, and UTStarcom. HTC also manufactures ultra-mobile PCs , and is also the manufacturer of the Nexus One and Nexus 9 , a smartphone and tablet designed and branded by Google , respectively.
In July 2010, HTC announced it would begin selling HTC-branded smartphones in China in a partnership with China Mobile. [13] In October 2010, the HTC HD7 was released as one of the launch models of Microsoft's revitalised Windows Phone. [14] In 2010, HTC sold over 24.6 million handsets, up 111% over 2009. [15]
On December 5, 2008, Google announced the Android Dev Phone 1, a version of the HTC Dream. [2] The Android Dev Phone 1 was a SIM-unlocked and bootloader unlocked device that was designed for advanced developers. The device shipped with a system image that was fully compatible with Android 1.0.
The Nexus One (codenamed HTC Passion) [9] is an Android smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC as Google's first Nexus smartphone. The Nexus became available on January 5, 2010, and features the ability to transcribe voice to text, an additional microphone for dynamic noise suppression, and voice guided turn-by-turn navigation to drivers.
The HTC Desire Z (also marketed as T-Mobile G2 in the US) (codenamed HTC Vision) [3] is a slider-style smartphone developed by HTC Corporation and announced on 15 September 2010. It was released in Europe and Canada in November 2010, following a number of delays related to Google's quality assurance tests. [ 4 ]
The HTC Desire HD has received a new software update in December 2010, the Android 2.2.1 version 1.72.405.3 which brings various improvements and some bug fixes. [10] As of January 2011 the 2.2.1 v 1.72.405.3 software update was pulled due to issues with the HTC Sense overlay. [11]
The update to 2.1 was officially released on the HTC website for the Sprint (CDMA) version. On June 4, 2010, the Android 2.1 update for the GSM Hero was made available in Taiwan. On June 17, 2010, the first part of Europe was provided the update, the second part on June 28, 2010. [17] The Worldwide English (WWE) version was released on June 28 ...