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 ...

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.

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 … ...

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 ...

Next came the Google Ion/T-Mobile MyTouch 3G (the second Android phone), the HTC Hero (the first CDMA Android handset) and the HTC Droid Eris (the first Android phone with pinch-to-zoom). The G1 ...

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.

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.

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 ...