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Handset makers aggressively developing iPhone-like products
Daniel Shen, Taipei; Emily Chuang, DIGITIMES [Friday 12 October 2007]
Taiwan-based handset makers such as Asustek Computer, BenQ, Compal Communications and Arima Communications are developing iPhone-like products with products from Asustek to be available as soon as the first half of 2008, according to sources.
The new products will adopt the Windows Mobile platform, targeting business markets, and have features such as GPS and 3G.
Apart from Taiwan-based players, international makers such as Nokia, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics are also likely to roll out iPhone-like handsets next year, noted the sources. Samsung's new product will adopt Microsoft or Symbian-based platforms while a Nokia product, which is set to hit the market in the first half of 2008, will be Symbian-based.
HTC Touch handsets, made by Taiwan-based High Tech Computer (HTC) had shipments of 800,000 units in the first three months after launch, according to sources at handset makers.
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