HTC wants to build beyond smartphones - Numerama

The fate of HTC he plays beyond the smartphone market? While the Taiwanese manufacturer has recently confirmed the HTC One Max, the group’s management made it clear in an interview with the Financial Times that a new direction would be followed: it is not to abandon the area of ??”smart phones”, but realize new ambitions.

HTC and plans to strengthen its presence in the tablets with the upcoming launch of a new device. The Asian company has so far not offered a very wide range, except for two models (Flyer and Jetstream) Android. This spring, there was talk of a marketing two other products, one under the other Android Windows RT, but this possibility has remained a dead letter.

Meanwhile, HTC has put one foot in the field of computer science to bear (“wearable computer”), which includes devices such as the Google Glass glasses and watches connected. This market in recent months some excitement, with announcements or rumors involving Apple, Google, Samsung, Sony, Qualcomm, LG, Nissan or MyKronoz.

Taiwanese company did not disclose the details of the project, or even confirmed that it will be well connected to a watch. However, the chances that this mysterious product is actually a “smartwatch” are large, since HTC has worked with Microsoft on a project of this nature. Does HTC is based on the imagined with the Redmond company or group will he start from scratch prototype

If this track is correct, this “smart watch” should allow more or less the same features as the Samsung Galaxy Gear. We should expect a connection with another mobile device (smartphone or tablet), applications for the watch (notifications, reading SMS, media player …) and the ability to manipulate a remote device.