HTC acquires Dashwire to bolster cloud services – and patent portfolio

By on Aug 5, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Business August 5, 2011

HTC on Friday announced that it has agreed to acquire Seattle-based cloud services company Dashwire for up to $18.5 million via its HTC America Holding division. Dashwire currently offers a range of cloud services for carriers, handset vendors and retailers, such as Dashworks, a cross-platform cloud sync solution available for Android, Symbian, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile. “Cloud services are key to delivering the promise of connected services to our customers,” HTC’s president of engineering and operations, Fred Liu, said in a statement. ”People want access to all of their important content wherever they are on any device. The addition of Dashwire’s cutting-edge sync services and deep mobile cloud experience strengthens our ability to deliver these services.” The acquisition looks like it certainly might enhance new services tied to HTC’s popular Sense suite, but we have a feeling HTC’s real interest in the company can be found in a Dashwire press release from April titled, “Dashwire Becomes Intellectual Ventures Customer and Gains Patents for Defensive Purposes.” Suggesting HTC acquired Dashwire for its cloud services is probably akin to suggesting people buy Playboy for the articles.

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  • Milbucklover

    Apple is part owner of Intellectual Ventures so..

  • Bringit

    If it’s not an Apple thread – the AndroidNerds won’t post.  Here’s your non-Apple thread – helllooo?  Where’s all the Android whiners who flock to Apple threads to bitch about there not being enough non-Apple threads?  Oh yeah, they are waiting for Apple threads.  They love Apple.

    • Anonymous

      Sounds like someone is really, really, really ruined.

    • Anonymous

      Lol

    • Jbowman1018

      I know its a personal choice but come on thete is no arguing about the fact that you love testicles on your mouth.

    • Reevosss7

      Yawn, god your boring.

  • http://twitter.com/kenypowa Ken K.

    LOL nice analogy… ” Suggesting HTC acquired Dashwire for its cloud services is akin to suggesting people buy Playboy for the articles.”. But Playboy does have nice articles, among other things -)

  • Anonymous

    WOW… think I remember using Dashwire with my WINMO BlackJack2 lol . . 

  • Anonymous

    There’s another $18.5 million that could have been used to improve HTC products.

    • Anonymous

      ….that’s what this will do -_- . . .  You want a Brick or do you want added features?

      • Anonymous

        The Intellectual Ventures connection means that I’m going to have to take a very dim view of this acquisition. The patent situation in this country is simply too fucking crazy to assume anything but the worst. YMMV, of course.

  • Anonymous

    If HTC purchased this company for protection from some of the IV patents then they are just wasting money. The S3 acquisition is quickly looking like a waste of $300 million.

    I can’t even see the point of cloud services. Do they really believe Google is going to let you make you own cloud service and not force you to use Google’s?

    • Anonymous

      Google can’t force anyone to do anything… especially with Android.

  • Anonymous

    Why is HTC doing this when Google should be incorporating this kind of feature into Android OS for all Android phones.  Once again, we will see only certain features on certain Android devices instead of a set user experience on all Android phones.

    • Anonymous

      That’s the point… you may not like what Google has implemented… I don’t think folks get the point of open source.

  • RicoRich196

    If I recall correctly, I used to use their services back on WinMo 6/6.5 than one day I read that BestBuy had acquired them and soon moved on to Android. So did HTC buy them from Bestbuy?

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