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3GSM 2007: HTC press conference - first hand report and full audio recording February 14, 2007 [General] | By Edward J. R. Clearly many stories are being reported by several publications at the same time, but we pride ourselves in bringing depth to reporting. Here we present first-hand report from HTC press conference that took place yesterday and we include full uncensored audio recording of this historical event (this year HTC is for the first time at 3GSM in history!) and after 3GSM we will publish also full video recording. Why would you like to rely only on textual depictions of others if you can hear the whole event? In the press conference CEO of HTC, Peter Chou himself was speaking:
... but press conference was started and chaired by Florian Seiche, Vice President of HTC Europe:
Also Pieter Knook, top manager of Windows Mobile division of Microsoft - was speaking:
Finally also Yves Maitre, VP of Devices at Orange, was speaking (and even compared Orange SPV E650 to Ferrari!):
To listen to the full recording of the press conference, click HERE. * * * * * One cannot say that some totally new information was revealed during this press conference - everything was known more or less before, but there were some interesting unique moments, for example when Peter Chou was thanking deeply Microsoft and when unsubsidized price of HTC Advantage (HTC Athena) was revealed (1099 Euro) in the questions and answers part of the press conference. Related press release from HTC is here (PDF). Please note: full video recording of this event, including all slides and interesting body language and interactions of speakers - we will publish after 3GSM.
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