Tuesday, September 5, 2006
HTC: Yay to More Tunes, Nay to Infrared
Posted by Darius Wey in "NEWS" @ 06:30 AM
"High Tech Computer (HTC), the world's largest maker of mobile phones that use Windows Mobile, plans to further develop music playing functions in its handsets in the future, while it will slowly phase out infrared. The company already offers music functions on most of its phones, since they use a mobile version of Microsoft's Media Player. But going forward, HTC will add more flash memory and other hardware to make its phones increasingly music-friendly, said Peter Chou, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of HTC, in a group interview. The strategy meshes with Microsoft's plan to launch the Zune digital music player and challenge Apple Computer in the growing digital music market. Up to now, Microsoft has focused on digital music on the PC and home media systems, as well as a few mobile phone ventures, such as one with Verizon Wireless announced earlier this year."
So, HTC wishes to lure music lovers with more flash memory? No objections here. But hey, why not ditch that blasted proprietary audio connector as well? Speaking of "ditch", that's exactly the path that infrared is taking. HTC no longer sees it as a necessity.
So, HTC wishes to lure music lovers with more flash memory? No objections here. But hey, why not ditch that blasted proprietary audio connector as well? Speaking of "ditch", that's exactly the path that infrared is taking. HTC no longer sees it as a necessity.
