HTC profile.
HTC is also a member of the Open Handset Alliance, meaning that it will conform to standards that allow the open source Android operating system to run on its hardware; The HTC Dream, marketed by T-Mobile in many countries as the T-Mobile G1, is the first phone to the market that uses the Android mobile device platform. It was first released in the United States for pre-order through T-Mobile USA on September 23, 2008, and became available in U.S. T-Mobile stores on October 22, 2008.[1] The G1 was available in the UK several days after its USA launch, and has since been introduced in many European countries, plus Australia and Singapore. Android Dev Phone is also manufactured by HTC. The Hero was released on Sprint with the Sense UI on October 11, 2009 and the Droid Eris, a variation of the Hero, was released by Verizon Wireless on November 6, 2009.
HTC products are sold under several brand names — HTC, Dopod (HTC's subsidiary company) and Qtek — and are often rebranded by major telecommunication carriers such as Orange, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, O2, Vodafone, AT&T, Alltel, Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility.
