Unlike the unsuccessful Motorola venture,
the HTC mobile team that Google just acquired will have a different fate.
Not exact matches
HTC, already the largest maker of smartphones that use the Windows
Mobile OS, was first to the market with an Android - based smartphone last year, when it
teamed up with Google and T -
Mobile to launch the G1 in the U.S.
Resembling a high - tech version of the award - winning
mobile game Space
Team, it assumes you'll be able to find three friends with VR set - ups (the game will support
HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR when it arrives in the autumn), but it's interesting in that it introduces social dynamics to the virtual space.
HTC's
mobile team has a long history with Android.
Google and
HTC have
teamed up on a number of notable devices, including the first - ever Android phone, the T -
Mobile G1 (aka the
HTC Dream), the Nexus One from 2010, the Nexus 9 tablet from 2014, and the original Pixel phone from last year.
«The
HTC team has a lot of expertise with design,» said Ramon Llamas, research director for
mobile devices at IDC.