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• HTC details first round of Android 4.0 upgrades

  Early next year, seven smartphones from HTC will be upgraded to Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich, the company said on Monday.

• New patents from Google shore up HTC's defenses

  Armed with new patents transferred from Google, HTC has filed a new lawsuit against Apple and amended two previous legal complaints.

• Big is not always better with smartphone screens

  Product launches at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin are giving consumers an unprecedented choice of screen sizes. But analysts are questioning whether consumers can learn to love them all.

• WiLan sues Apple, Dell, HTC and others

  Canadian patent licensing company WiLan has set its sight on a handful of technology companies, filing a patent infringement suit against Apple, Hewlett-Packard, HTC, Dell, Novatel, Sierra Wireless and others.

• HTC's Mango phones, Titan and Radar, out next month

  HTC launched two smartphones on Thursday running Microsoft's latest update of its mobile operating system, called Mango, as Microsoft struggles to gain market share from Apple and Android smartphones.

• Taiwan prepares fund to fight patent war

  A Taiwanese research institute plans to create a multimillion-dollar fund to help local technology firms fend off patent infringement lawsuits in response to the ongoing patent disputes between Taiwan's HTC and Apple.

• Analysts: AT&T's HTC Jetstream tablet overpriced

  AT&T and HTC's new Jetstream Android tablet with LTE capabilities is heavily overpriced at US$700 in a market where buyers are looking for discounts, analysts said on Wednesday.

• HTC invests in Beats for better smartphone audio

  HTC has invested in Beats Electronics, a U.S. headphones company rap artist Dr. Dre helped found, as part of a move to improve the audio on the Taiwanese smartphone maker's devices.

• ITC to investigate another Apple complaint against HTC

  HTC faces even more pressure from Apple, now that the U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to investigate another patent-infringement complaint against the Android phone maker.

• HTC buys mobile backup service developer

  HTC aims to boost its mobile backup and sync services with the acquisition of Seattle company Dashwire.

• HTC loses ITC patent ruling in Apple tussle

  A judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has made an initial determination that HTC infringed two Apple patents, HTC said Friday.

• Microsoft, Nokia aim to nullify Apple trademark on App Store

  New partners Microsoft and Nokia have joined forces, hoping to invalidate Apple's trademark registration for the terms<strong> </strong>APP STORE and APPSTORE in Europe, according to a statement issued<strong> </strong>by Microsoft.

• Microsoft website helps users track Windows Phone update

  Microsoft has put up a website that allows owners of Windows Phone 7-based smartphones to find out when they will be offered the copy and paste update, the company said in a <a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2011/03/23/copy-and-paste-update-status.aspx">blog post</a> on Wednesday.

• Phones with Facebook buttons: too friendly?

  HTC's announcement of two smartphones linked closer than ever to Facebook will lead an industry trend, analysts say, but despite the social network's popularity most users will ultimately prefer handhelds without the special feature.

• Smartphone makers best equipped to make tablets: analyst

  Smartphone makers, not personal computer firms, are best positioned to make tablet PCs because of close links between external design and operating systems, a researcher in Taiwan said on Wednesday.