Yes, these phones did run Android, but they weren't "Google Phones." The look and feel was all HTC, the online value-add was all HTC, and though I wasn't timing the presentation, I think even ...

Google's rumored move to sell its own cellphone directly to consumers carries obvious advantages for the search giant. Not only would Google be able to create exactly the type of phone it wants ...

Google ends months of speculation, but not by buying HTC, as previously rumored. Rather, Google is purchasing the HTC staff behind the design of last year’s Pixel phone, and gaining the (non ...

Picture an HTC Google phone whose desktop shows a grid of icons with gaps. Arrows on the screen help you navigate your windows. A physical unlock button on the phone gets you past the lock screen.

In February 2016—eight months before the launch of the Pixel phones—The Information said that Google planned to take "Apple-like control" over its future smartphones via a partnership with HTC.

Like most of HTC's recent efforts, the First’s 4.3-inch, 720p LCD panel is a really great screen. The dimensions and pixels work out to around 341 ppi, which of course means that pixels are ...

Google is hiring a team of HTC employees—about 2,000 people in all, members of HTC's "Powered by HTC" division—most of whom have already been working on Google's Pixel phones.

Google unveils new products at I/O conference 01:13. Google is making a billion-dollar bet on smartphones.The search giant is buying a big piece of device manufacturer HTC for $1.1 billion to ...

The phone reportedly has only a virtual keyboard, will be solely branded as a "Google phone," carries a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile processor, sports a 4.3-inch (480x800) capacitive display ...

Google and HTC have announced a $1.1 billion cooperation agreement between the two companies, which will send a large part of HTC’s smartphone engineering team … ...