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HTC’s official response to drivergate: buzz off!

Published Jan 22nd, 2008 3:22PM EST
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Unless you’ve been living under an HTC Advantage for the last couple weeks (you totally could — they’re huge!), you’ve no doubt heard about the uproarious complaints regarding some of HTC’s latest devices and a “driver” issue. We just got an official statement from HTC, and while it’s nice to get a response, we highly doubt it will satisfy the thirst for HTC blood many customers are craving. Away we go!

“HTC is committed to delivering a portfolio of devices that offer a wide variety of communication, connectivity and entertainment functionality.  HTC does not offer dedicated or optimized multimedia devices and can confirm that its Qualcomm MSM7xxx-based devices do not use ATI’s Imageon video acceleration hardware.

HTC believes the overall value of its devices based on their combination of functionality and connectivity exceeds their ability to play or render high-resolution video. These devices do still provide a rich multimedia experience comparable to that of most smartphones and enable a variety of audio and video file formats.

HTC values its customers and the overall online community of mobile device enthusiasts and fans. HTC plans to include video acceleration hardware in future video-centric devices that will enable high-resolution video support.”

Jonathan S. Geller
Jonathan Geller Founder, President & Editor-in-chief

Jonathan S. Geller founded Boy Genius Report, now known as BGR, in 2006. It became the biggest mobile news destination in the world by the end of 2009, and BGR was acquired by leading digital media company PMC in April 2010.

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