Rumor: Sony Ericsson to buy HTC. HTC: nope, it's untrue.

by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted Jun 2nd 2008 at 1:02PM

So the backstory goes something like this: Swedish publication Elektroniktidningen were looking forward to a meeting with HTC, but the meeting was delayed due to talks of some sort of merger with Sony Ericsson. Everyone panicked: Could HTC be bought by Sony Ericsson? They've already worked together on the Xperia X1, so it could be possible, right? Not so much, according to HTC. Word from them is that this whole this is a bunch of hooey. According to HTC's spokesperson, "This is just a rumor and there is no truth to this statement." For now we're moving along.

Filed under: Cellphones, Handsets, HTC, Sony Ericsson

Tags: buyouts, htc, mergers, rumors, sony ericsson, SonyEricsson, xperia

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ROBSLEEZY @ Jun 2nd 2008 1:16PM

Hahaha... So umm... whens the wedding announcement and do they like chocolate or vanilla cake? lol! If something like this has been said, given that I was an account manager at AT&T, Id give it about 2-3 months lol... VIVA SONY ERICSSON TOUCH! lol

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BT @ Jun 2nd 2008 1:45PM

welcome to root kits for your windows mobile phone!

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Richard @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:17PM

LOL!

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dayne @ Jun 2nd 2008 2:13PM

Well if HTC keeps making tri-band GSM phones with dual-band HSDPA they're going to be bought out by Kentucky Fried Chicken.

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moe @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:34PM

if this were to happen it would be yet another death blow to cdma networks as its ties to motorola/iden are diminishing leaving only blackberry, htc and the odd smaller company. sony would not waste money on cdma R&D unless it was the only thing available in a given market. also gone would be the majority of its high speed hardware.

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