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HTC’s first quarter of 2009 is looking less than awesome, following up on a generally dismal 2008 year-end earnings report. Operating margin profits for Q1 ’09 are expected to fall to 15%, versus 18.4% percent in the the last quarter of 2008. Overall revenue should be around T$33 billion, only marginally higher than T$32.7 at the same time last year. Luckily, we’ve heard that there are eight promising new handsets HTC will be delivering in 2009, which could mean better news for Q2.
[via Reuters]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
