Using Google's Android software has given HTC a boost, but it may now make the Taiwanesehandset-maker vulnerable to costly lawsuits.
UNTIL a few years ago HTC was pretty small and relatively obscure.
But the Taiwanese company's recent growth has been remarkable.
In the second quarter it sold 11m smartphones, more than doubling its revenues in thesame period last year.
HTC's main rivals, Nokia, Samsung and Apple, still sell around twice as many smartphones.
But its rapid growth, especially on Apple's American home turf, has made it a competitor toreckon with.
One reason for HTC's surging sales is the relentless pace of its innovation:
in the past quarter, in which Apple had no new iPhone to launch, HTC introduced ten newmodels.
Another is Google's Android operating system, on which most of HTC's smartphones are nowbased, which has proved a hit among consumers.
Apple has not taken the challenge from HTC lightly.
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