HTC is allegedly part of a closed presentation at the beginning of the next week Mobile World Congress to show off its first Smart Watch in Barcelona. As Bloomberg reported, citing an insider, it is the first of three wearable devices to which the Taiwanese manufacturer is working.
The model shown in Barcelona will be based on Qualcomm’s SmartWatch Toq. It uses the “with HTC’s plans trusted source” of According to Bloomberg, for example, the same Mirasol display. Bluetooth connectivity and a music player are also included.
Qualcomm “Toq” is intended as a basis for HTC’s first SmartWatch serve (Image: Qualcomm). Similar monochrome e-ink screens used a Mirasol screen only when changing the current displayed content and can therefore remain permanently switched on. However, the legibility depends unlike the OLED or the LCD display from ambient light. This makes it difficult to use in the dark, but improves readability in direct light.
the two other wearable devices that are still in development at HTC, is, according to the Bloomberg source to another SmartWatch, Google’s predictive search Now integrated, and an electronic wristband that serve as a music player should . However, the informant could not confirm whether HTC will also present these devices on the MWC .
Even longer circulating rumors, according to which the ailing mobile phone maker plans a foothold in the relatively young market for wearable tech, HTC’s Board Chairman Cher Wang was confirmed in early February. At the same time, it announced a first device of this category for the current year.
In an interview with the Financial Times had HTC CEO Peter Chou means the market for Wearable Tech as a “crucial segment for us” in October. At the same time, he expressed doubt that it is the right time to invest in the area. According to another Bloomberg report HTC is also working on a Android -based smart watch with camera.
emerging wearables market today already frolicking manufacturers such as Samsung , Sony and Qualcomm. Intel announced its entry at the beginning of the year. Even Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia and ZTE to begin planning Smart Watches. Among the best known representatives already available in the fledgling market include Samsung’s Galaxy Gear except the funded via Kickstarter Pebble and Sony SmartWatch 2 They cost between 150 and 350 dollars. In general, let the clocks connect wirelessly to a smartphone and inform the user of incoming calls, SMS and emails.
HTC for years has been suffering under the fierce competition in the smartphone market, which is dominated by Apple and Samsung. In the third quarter of 2013, reported the first loss since its IPO in 2002. As a result, CEO Peter Chou gave some of his duties to Chairwoman Cher Wang, to concentrate more on innovation and product development and to regain lost market share.
For the fourth quarter HTC had reported a net profit of 310 million Taiwan dollars (about 10 million U.S. dollars). In the same period of the previous year the figure was 1.01 billion Taiwan dollars (34 million U.S. dollars). Only through massive austerity measures and the sale of its remaining 25 percent stake in headphone maker Beats Electronics for $ 265 million, the company was able to avoid a second quarterly loss in a row. For the current fiscal year CFO Chailin Chang, however, promised that the transactions are run better after a weak first quarter. To this end, among other things, is intended to help the upcoming flagship smartphone HTC One 2, the 25th until after the MWC on March will be presented in New York and London.
[With material by Steven Musil, News.com]
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