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HTC has Qualcomm to blame for its decline in revenues during the first quarter of next year as the chipmaker is unable to deliver all chipset solutions required by the smartphone manufacturer. Apparently, HTC will receive up to only 70% of the CDMA and WCDMA solutions it needs for the period despite a capacity ramp by Qualcomm. This in turn will affect HTCs shipments of CDMA-based handset to the U.S. and WCDMA handsets to Europe.
In real life, this translates into revenues declining 38.5% sequentially to NT$24 billion (US$738.5 million) in Q1 2008 from the NT$39 billion projected for Q4 2007…
UPDATE: HTC said its operations won’t be affected by Qualcomm chipset shortages.
[Via: DigiTimes]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
