HTC launching ’2-3′ Android handsets next year

HTC obviously has high hopes for Google’s Android OS if recent claims are to be believed.

The manufacturer has already thrown its hat into the ring by helping develop the first Android handset, the Dream, but this is apparently only the start.

Speaking to Taiwanese analysts, HTC CEO Peter Chou has come out and said his company plans to launch up to three Android-based phones in the coming year, and expect its revenues to rise 20% next year.

Some manufacturers like Samsung and Motorola have already signed up to Google’s Open Handset Alliance, but Nokia is yet to commit fully. HTC’s support will be a fillip to Google’s attempts to break the Windows Mobile-Symbian-UIQ hegemony of mobile OS systems.

He also said that HTC plans to launch new user interface that’s better than TouchFLO and its first WiMAX devices by early 2009.

[Via Digi Times]

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