What is HTC?
{{Infobox company |company_logo = HTC.svg |logo_size = 100px |foundation = 1997 |location_city = [[Xindian District|Xindian]], [[New Taipei City]] |location_country = [[Taiwan]], [[Republic of China|R.O.C]] |key_people = Peter Chou, [[Chairman|Vice Chairman]]<br>Cher Wang, Chairwoman and [[CEO]] and President<br>Fred Liu, [[Chief operating officer|COO]] |area_served = Worldwide |industry = [[Telecommunications]] |products = [[Smartphone]]s, [[Tablet computer]]s |num_employees = 14,332 |homepage = {{URL|http://www.htc.com}} }} '''HTC Corporation''' is a [[manufacturer]] of [[smartphone]]s in [[Taiwan]]. It used to be called High Tech Computer Corporation and now is called '''HTC''' by lots of people.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=2498:TT | title=HTC Corporation: Snapshot | publisher=Bloomberg Business Week | accessdate=2011-01-06}}</ref> The company first made smartphones based on Microsoft's [[Windows Mobile]] [[operating system]], but in 2009 it started to make smartphones based on the [[Android (operating system)|Android operating system]]. HTC is also a member of the [[Open Handset Alliance]], a group of manufacturers and mobile network operators helping to improve the [[Android (operating system)|Android operating system]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9810937-2.html|title=Google unveils cell phone software and alliance|publisher=CNET News|date=2007-11-05|accessdate=2010-07-08|archive-date=2012-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314171718/http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9810937-2.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[HTC Dream]], sold by T-Mobile in many countries as the T-Mobile G1, was the first phone to use this.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/since-apple-lau/|title=T-Mobile G1, aka First 'Googlephone,' Carries High Expectations|publisher=Wired|date=2008-09-22|accessdate=2010-07-08}}</re