Kris Kumar
07-09-2006, 10:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://businessweek.com/it100/2006/3.htm?src=tps' target='_blank'>http://businessweek.com/it100/2006/3.htm?src=tps</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Can anything stop HTC? The world's leading producer of smart phones operating on Windows software has been the unquestioned star of Taiwan's tech world. Rivals like Motorola are offering some competition, but HTC's early lead and close ties with Microsoft have helped the company stay far ahead of the pack. One potential problem for the company: It has just acquired control of Dopod, a local company with ties to HTC's chairwoman, Cher Wang, that sells HTC-made phones and PDAs under its own brand name. HTC has thrived by staying out of the brand name business. Will customers feel comfortable with HTC now a competitor as well as a supplier?"</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Kris-jul06-HTC-BW2.jpg"><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Kris-jul06-HTC-BW2Small.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/></a><br /><i>Figure 1: The ranking published in the Business Week magazine issue dated July 3, 2006. Click on the image for higher resolution image.</i><br /><br />Recently Business Week magazine published the list of top <a href="http://businessweek.com/it100">100 Information Technology</a> companies and HTC was ranked third in the overall ranking. It even beat Apple, which came in at the forth position. 8O Even more impressive is the ranking in the following categories:<br />• The Fastest Growing: HTC is ranked at the number one position in terms of revenue growth; Google came in second.<br />• The Most Profitable: HTC is ranked seventh in the list in terms of return on equity.<br />• The Best Returns: HTC is again ranked in the first position with 313.8% shareholder return.<br /><br />So do you think that HTC has an early lead in the smart phone market? Does it have what it takes to become the leader in the smart phone market? Share your thoughts about this company that is silently churning the Windows Mobile revolution in the smart phone world. <!> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Kris-jul06-HTC-BW1.jpg"><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Kris-jul06-HTC-BW1Small.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/></a><br /><i>Figure 2: The ranking published in the Business Week magazine; details can be viewed over <a href="http://businessweek.com/it100">here.</a> Click on the image for higher resolution image.</i>