HTC is not the company it once was. Once among the leading smartphone manufacturers, it is now struggling to remain relevant in an ultra-competitive market that has already claimed many victims. Like many other companies, it has tipped a toe into the virtual reality space with its upcoming HTC Vive headset as it tries to catch the next big technology wave. A […]
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Concept Sunday: HTC 2020 wearable smartphone
The promise of flexible displays and other components suggest that future smartphones will escape from the constraints of the current designs to take on a range of form factors. The idea that it could take the form of a wearable bracelet is not new. For example, we featured the convertible Google Nexus 360 smartphone on Concept Sunday back in 2014. Russian industrial designer Philipp Skorobogatov […]
HTC One smartwatch to launch in February?
HTC first announced its intention to enter the wearables space back in 2013 when then-CEO Peter Chou described wearables as “a critical segment for us.” What followed was a year and a half of rumours with many promising the imminent launch of an HTC smartwatch and nearly as many announcing that the device was cancelled. HTC finally unveiled its first wearable, the […]
HTC wearables now set to ship in 2016
HTC announced its intention to jump into the wearables space earlier this year with a new partnership with Under Armour and the announcement of the HTC Grip (pictured above) at Mobile World Congress. But before it shipped, the company decided to instead focus on an “entire product portfolio for health and fitness” that would launch later this year. The holiday shopping season […]
HTC working on Android Wear smartwatch codenamed Halfbeak
We first learned that HTC was looking to jump into the wearables market all the way back in 2013. Former CEO Peter Chou even confirmed that the company was still working on a smartwatch as recently as March of this year. In the meantime, the only wearable announced and then cancelled by HTC to date is the HTC Grip fitness tracker. New information […]
HTC Grip wearable will not ship
The HTC Grip, unveiled at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, appeared to have scored its Bluetooth certification earlier this week, leading us to believe that it might finally be about to hit the street. HTC today dashed our prediction and confirmed that it has decided not to ship its first wearable. The company will instead launch an “entire product portfolio for health and fitness” later this […]
HTC Grip gets its Bluetooth certification
HTC announced its entry into the field of wearables at Mobile World Congress when it unveiled the HTC Grip GPS-enabled fitness tracker. At the time, the company only revealed that it would launch in the spring with the U.S. as the first market. Spring has turned into summer and we’ve heard little else about the HTC Grip since that original […]
Concept Sunday: HTC One Watch W1
HTC first announced its intentions to enter the wearables market in October 2013. It made good earlier this year at Mobile World Congress when it unveiled the HTC Grip fitness tracker which is expected to launch later this year. Despite rumours of a smartwatch, one has yet to materialize although former HTC CEO and now Head of the company’s Future […]