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A new display battle report published today between the iPhone 5 and the new HTC One confirms that the SLCD 3 in the HTC One does not use in-cell display technology. However a new HTC patent filing published last week confirms that the company is indeed working on such a development. According to HTC's patent filing, "the touch module may further be co-constructed with the flexible printed circuit board of the in-cell touch display module, or be incompliance with the contour of the light guide member, so as to lowering a thickness of the handheld electronic apparatus." When HTC will get this to market is unknown at this time.
On March 14, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from HTC revealing a next generation smartphone display that will allow users to manipulate and control their devices without having to actually touch them.
Earlier today we reported that one of Samsung's published patents last week detailed a new panorama camera lens and system. This afternoon we discovered an HTC patent application at the US Patent Office regarding a Panorama camera mode feature. Whether HTC's patent application simply reflects what they introduced last year or is representing a next generation panorama solution is unknown at this time.
With HTC falling out of the top ten smartphone brands recently, HTC is trying to stay relevant. A recent pair of patents discovered at the US Patent and Trademark Office show that HTC is working on two new fronts. The first invention reveals a new and interesting mobile speaker peripheral while the second invention illustrates that they're working on a new ePen to better compete with Samsung's Note. In other HTC News, HTC is set to debut new smartphones tomorrow in New York and London simultaneously.
On July twelfth the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from HTC that revealed a new kind of slider-styled smartphone that is to be lighter and thinner than most on the market. The new unit includes an all new sliding bracket mechanism, hinge and raising member that in concert raises the smartphone to a sharp heightened angle to reveal its hidden keyboard. After reporting a brutal quarter, HTC's chief executive, Peter Chou, stated that he hoped that the planned launch of new models in the second half of this year would help sales and profits to rebound. Whether this latest design will make the cut for later this year is unknown at this time.
HTC is a well-respected Android smartphone OEM whose Thunderbolt and Evo 3D designs ranked in the top 5 last Christmas. But in this new age of smartphones, a design could live or die in a single quarter. Being different counts and HTC thinks that catering to multimedia users of YouTube, music videos, movies, TV shows and home movies may pay off. Their latest design, as noted in our cover graphic, delivers new multiple speaker configurations and a superior back stand design. What's odd about this invention is that it's without traditional wireless broadband detailing associated with a smartphone. Which makes me wonder if this design isn't really a future iPod touch challenger? With Google ramping up Google Play, could HTC be preparing such a beast?
