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HTC to release MS smartphone for 3G networks this year + market share of smartphones prediction March 31, 2004 [MS Smartphone] | By anonymous 1. It is not a secret that HTC has purchased 3G platform for mobile phones from SonyEricsson, but now it looks like HTC is getting ready a Microsoft smartphone for 3G networks.... also it looks like market share of smartphones in total market of all kinds of cell phones is about to explode in next 3 years... here is more info, directly from Taiwan: The third generation networks will expansion tremendously in 2005 after the demand for smartphone expected to pick up in the second half of the year, according to a spokesperson at the High Tech Computer Co. (HTC), Martin Lau during the annual technology conference held by Merrill Lynch. Lau said: "We foresee the opportunity and we can provide very good products to download e-mails very quickly, to access the Internet quickly and which are convenient for end-users." Last year, the total shipments of smartphone was 8.5 million units, sharing only 2 percent from the total global handset shipment while this year’s shipment to reach 20.6 million sets and will balloon to 84 million in 2007, according to Gartner. To read more click here.
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