HTC posts record sales (again), getting itself something nice (Dashwire) to celebrate

While the top three smartphone makers (Apple, Samsung, and Nokia) garner most of the press, HTC is quietly becoming a juggernaut. IDC’s number five just posted yet another month of record sales , hitting $1.56 billion — almost twice what the company moved in July of last year. To celebrate its continued meteoric rise, the Taiwanese manufacturer has announced it plans to acquire Dashwire, the cloud services company behind the awesome brilliant Awesome Drop, for $18.5 million. The only question is, how long HTC can keep this growth up? After all, common sense says what goes up, must come down — just ask Nokia. HTC posts record sales (again), getting itself something nice (Dashwire) to celebrate originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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