| High Tech Computer Corporation, or HTC Corporation, | | | | Wang, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in |
| is the maker of HTC Cell Phones. Unlike Verizon Cell | | | | Taiwan, Wang Yung-ching. She is also the current |
| Phones which are made in the United States, these | | | | chair of the VIA Technologies, a main division of High |
| devices are manufactured in Taiwan. HTC Cell Phones | | | | Tech Computer Corporation. The current president of |
| was founded in May of 1997 strictly as an outsourcing | | | | the company is Peter Chou. |
| company. As of today it is clearly manufacturing it | | | | The company has recently experienced tremendous |
| own products as well as working with several | | | | growth due to the fact Microsoft chose HTC as the |
| partners. | | | | hardware platform development partner for the |
| Unlike Verizon Cell Phones a company that only uses | | | | Windows Mobile operating system. In 2005 the sales |
| a CDMA format on their phones, though in their fourth | | | | revenue of the company topped $2.2 Billion and |
| generation phones they are steering into new | | | | Business Week listed HTC as the fastest growing |
| technologies, HTC Cell Phones is a member of the | | | | tech company. That was a 102% increase from the |
| Open Hand Alliance. The Open Hand Alliance allows | | | | previous year! The company currently runs a small |
| HTC to conform to standards that allow the open | | | | design firm out of Seattle, Washington where they |
| source Android operating system to run on its own | | | | design their own interfaces for each phone. |
| hardware. In fact, the HTC Dream, also known as the | | | | Currently one can find HTC phones under a slew of |
| T-Mobile G1, was the first mobile device on the market | | | | brand names. Those include HTC, Dopod, a subsidiary |
| that used the Android mobile device platform. A | | | | company of HTC as well as Qtek. They are also |
| variation by Verizon Cell Phones was released a year | | | | commonly rebranded by big name carriers such as |
| later. | | | | Verizon, T-Mobile, Orange, Sprint, Nextel and |
| The current chairwoman of the company is Cher | | | | Vodafone, among others. |