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The Chinese Economic Daily News is sourcing a Merrill Lynch report given to investors saying that the Windows Mobile 6.5 powered HTC Mega, and the budget Android powered HTC Click (pictured above), will be launched toward the end of Q3 this year. Those two devices will be responsible for a 19% increase in shipments from HTC, compared to the previous quarter, and an increase in revenue of 11% if things go according to plan. Not all the news is fantastic however, HTC revenues and shipments for 2H09 are expected to fall more than 20% compared to 1H09. With the economic recession still impacting people’s lives, and HTC focusing on fairly high end devices, it isn’t a surprise to see their bottom line hurting. Microsoft is partially to blame for this since it took Windows Mobile 6.5 so long to get out the door, and the final result was a boring operating system with enough visual flair to tide people over until Windows Mobile 7 comes out some time in 2010.
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
