HTC: Music - yay! Infrared - nay. Symbian

HTC: Music - yay! Infrared - nay. Symbian - maybe.

by Ryan Block, posted Sep 4th 2006 at 7:45PM

In a not-so shocking development, handset trendsetter HTC is, according to president / CEO Peter Chou, considering making their devices more music friendly by increasing internal flash memory at the same time as cutting some fat, namely IR. (And really, how often do you use IR on a phone with USB and Bluetooth?) Most interesting, however, was Chou's statement that if an operator or reseller were to make it worth their while, HTC wouldn't have a problem getting in the Symbian device business: "We're not limited. We're not Microsoft, we can do anything." Unfortunately that hasn't yet come to pass, but it's not like an ODM like HTC shouldn't have a price when it comes to developing hardware for other platforms. We'd absolutely welcome some variety to the hardware running world's most prolific phone OS, and who knows, maybe sometime soon we'll see an HTC e61 killer.

[Via the::unwired]

Filed under: HTC, Symbian

Tags: infrared, peter chou, PeterChou

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Marc W @ Sep 5th 2006 1:24AM

This is disappointing. There's a lot that IR can do, like function with external keyboards, that causes Bluetooth to drain the battery too much.

To each their own. I have no interest in walking around like an android with a bluetooth gadget stuck in my ear.

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Alan Chin @ Oct 4th 2007 4:32PM

So how do I transfer all my contacts/memos/business cards/etc... w/out the ir port to this new phone?

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jonny @ Sep 5th 2006 3:18AM

Well, they already make the Palm OS-based Treo range for Palm so it's not too wild to think they'll make a Symbian phone too. Whether they would be able to compete with Nokia, Sony Ericsson et al is another matter.

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