Shipments of new smartphones to drive HTC revenues higher in 2Q, says paper Tweet

HTC is expected to see its revenues expand significantly in the second quarter of 2010 buoyed by shipments of its newly released smartphones, including the Android-powered HTC Legend and HTC Desire as well as Windows Mobile-based HTC HD mini, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

Telecom service providers in Europe, including Vodafone, T-Mobile and Orange, are all expected to start selling HTC's new smartphones in April, the paper said.

HTC unveiled the HTC Legend, Desire and HD mini smartphones at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The HTC Legend is equipped with a 3.2- inch AMOLED HVGA display, while the HTC Desire is designed with a large 3.7-inch AMOLED WVGA display to enhance and maximize content experience and the HTC HD mini includes a capacitive touch panel, according to the company. The HTC Desire is powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and supports Adobe Flash 10.1, .

The HTC Legend will be available in Europe through Vodafone and in the direct channel beginning in April. It will be also available to other parts of the world including Asia in early second quarter, HTC said. The HTC Desire and HD mini will be broadly available to customers across major European and Asian markets in April or early second quarter. Additionally, the HTC Desire will be exclusively available in Australia through Telstra.

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