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HTC acquires mobile software firm
08 Jun 2010
Smartphones maker HTC has bought Abaxia, a Paris-based software developer, for an undisclosed sum.
Abaxia's software, used on over 25 million
phones and 60 handset models, enables operators and manufacturers to
provide a consistent mobile phone home screen.
While other phone makers like Vodafone, Orange, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung
and Sony Ericsson currently figure in Abaxia's customer list, HTC has
not clarified whether it will continue to provide Abaxia products to its
handset competitors.
HTC, in collaboration with Google's Android, has developed its own user
interface, which will differentiate its phones from others using the
operating system. The addition of Abaxia is expected to broaden HTC's
software development capabilities.
Acquisition of important patents from Abaxia could help HTC negotiate
during its legal battle with Apple. HTC was sued by Apple earlier this
year with charges of violating the patents relevant to the iPhone's user
interface.
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