HTC Profit Almost Doubles on Smartphone Sales

Phone manufacturer HTC Corp. (HTCXF) almost doubled quarterly profited as demand for smartphones surged.

Third-quarter profit jumped to NT$11.1 billion ($360 million) from NT$5.7 billion a year earlier, Bloomberg News reported. The Taiwanese company easily beat the NT$9.2 billion forecast by analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.

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Sales more than doubled from the third quarter of 2009, as…

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HTC Profit Almost Doubles on Smartphone Sales originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:45:00.

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Skype Releases Android Smartphone App

Skype released its app for Android phones today.

Phones using Google’s (GOOG) Android 2.1 and 2.2 operating systems can download the free app now, Electronista reported. The app lets users make free Skype-to-Skype calls over wireless Internet in the U.S. In Europe, users can make Skype calls over GPRS, EDGE and 3G.

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Skype Releases Android Smartphone App originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:53:00.

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With the iPhone 4, China Finally Goes Wild for Apple

When Apple first entered China with its wildly popular iPhone, the response was warm but not overly so. The iPhone 4, however, is off to a gangbuster start. If Apple can keep tapping China’s potential, fervent shareholders coul…