HTC is Healthy Competition for Apple
HTC has announced its stand against Apple’s previous lawsuit regarding over 20 Apple patents with regards to iPhone’s underlying technology, user interface and specific hardware designs. The Taiwanese mobile phone manufacturer has openly declared that they respect healthy competition for their supporters and will be prepared to face Apple’s charges head on. Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation clearly said this in his statement:
“HTC disagrees with Apple’s actions and will fully defend itself. HTC strongly advocates intellectual property protection and will continue to respect other innovators and their technologies as we have always done, but we will continue to embrace competition through our own innovation as a healthy way for consumers to get the best mobile experience possible.”
The public announcement then continues with a list of innovations from HTC such as the first Windows PDA (1998), the first Windows Phone (June 2002), the first gesture-based smart phone (June 2007), the first Google Android smart phone (October 2008), HTC Sense user experience (2009) among others.
The vice president of HTC America has also released his views regarding the matter. He states that collaboration has always been a key factor in their overall success:
“HTC has always taken a partnership-oriented, collaborative approach to business. This has led to long-standing strategic partnerships with the top software, Internet and wireless technology companies in the industry as well as the top U.S., European and Asian mobile operators. It is through these relationships that we have been able to deliver the world’s most diverse series of smart phones to an even more diverse group of people around the world, recognizing that customers have very different needs.”
If Apple does get a one up over HTC, then consumers may suffer with the lack of options. The iPhone manufacturer does tend to keep a tight hold of its partnerships unlike other non-exclusive team ups with other phone companies. Having the Taiwanese phone manufacturer as a competitor in the smart phone industry is truly an asset for consumers.
Knowing the myriad of patents that Apple holds, they may be facing more companies in court but that is only if HTC fails to thwart Apple’s plans of dominating the industry.
More information about HTC’s stand can be read at Engadget.
