Taiwanese smartphone-maker HTC will release up to 8 new mobile devices in the third-quarter in a bid push its smartphone sales above 13.5 million units and post record sales revenue in that period,CENS reports. With the smartphone market still growing but beginning to slow in its pace, investors believe that HTC will meet its estimates, increasing its smartphone sales of 12.11 million units in its second quarter, figures that exceeded the company’s original projection of between 11 million and 11....

According toDigitimes, HTC is to launch three tablet devices in the first six months of 2011, its first device, the Flyer, shipping in the US as soon as March, if component manufacturers close to the company are to be believed. The Flyer is said to be very similar to the HTC Desire and will run Android 2.3, with an update to Android 3.0, a more tablet-centric version of the Android operating system, coming soon after release....

Looks like it’s not just Apple that is set toexpandits dominance in the Asian market. Taiwanese manufacturer HTC has something up its sleeve asDigitimesreports that the company plans to step up their presence in the local market by setting up three flagship stores in Taiwan, as well as plans to cooperate with channel operators to build a chain of over 100 exclusive retail shops. The company experienced a huge in 2010, with its success with the Android market....

Taiwan-based smartphone giant HTC is to begin a big push into mainland China by increasing the number of retail outlets from 630, up to 2,000 by the end of this year,CENS reports. HTC’s senior executive vice president Fred Liu believes his company’s aggressive assault on the mainland Chinese market will be fruitful thanks to its strong research and development ethic, broad product line and its new retail approach, already mobilising an R&D team in China to work on time-division (TD) mobile technologies....

HTC’s worldwide growth in the smartphone and tablet markets has helped the companybecome Taiwan’s top international brand, after the company was honoured with the title at an event on Wednesday. The company, which is now the world’s fifth biggest smartphone maker with a brand value of $3.6 billion, more than doubled its value from 2010 when it ranked second behind Acer’s $1.4 billion valuation with $1.37 billion. However, the company’s popular Android and Windows Phone smartphones helped HTC overtake Acer, with Asustek Computer ranking in third with $1....