Published on09/13/07
That’s according to HTC’s CFO Hui-ming Cheng: “The contract-bundled price of US$399 is still about US$100-200 higher than other smartphones available in the US market, and so it will not affect HTC's operations”
In the short-term, HTC phones are really popular with Windows Mobile users. HTC also manufactures phones for Palm and other known brands and carriers. Also, they are probably a lot easier to negotiate with (for wireless carriers) than Apple would be. However, they should be on the lookout because I doubt that the HTC Touch phone can really compete with the iPhone, except on pricing. HTC homepage