HTC to soldier on with Qualcomm chips
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Sep 14th 2007 5:34PM
posted Sep 14th 2007 5:34PM
Apart from Verizon, it seems that carriers and manufacturers alike have kept a pretty steady stance on Qualcomm's far-from-over spat with Broadcom -- and in light of the most recent ruling allowing Qualcomm customers to ship products containing its chips, that stance may be paying off. HTC is the latest major manufacturer to reaffirm its relationship with the chip maker and patent holder extraordinaire, saying that it intends to release ten new models sporting Qualcomm innards by year's end. Big man Peter Chou himself chimed in on the issue, proclaiming "we are pleased to have a close strategic relationship with Qualcomm and look forward to bringing continued industry-changing devices to market." 'Course, you won't be bringing those industry-changing devices to the US if the court system ultimately rules against your bedfellow, Peter. Just thought you should know.
Does the Tilt have Qualcomm chips? If so, give me mine now before the courts rule again.
Yes, the Tilt/Kaiser/TyTN II sports a Qualcomm chip. Pretty much every new high-end HTC handset sport one. They're all based on either MSM7200 (GSM/UMTS/HSDPA) or MSM7500 (CDMA).
You know, a new handset usually takes more than a year to develop - about 18 months is what is usually said. If they decide to change which chip sets to use, we likely won't see the effect before well into next year, and maybe even not before 2009.
Well, for CDMA chips HTC does not have a choice but to stick with Qualcomm. All other alternatives have been wiped out of the planet...
I certainly hope they can get a good number of the new S730's into the US, and SOON! Neither of my current HTC/Dopod phones have the Qualcomm processor, but the new S730 is supposed to be Qualcomm based.