The story begins with the famous Microsoft: Microsoft’s long-standing headache is the lack of support from mainstream mobile phone manufacturers. Last year, global Smartphone only accounted for the market share of Smartphone 7, ranking third in market share, far behind the market share of rival Symbian80. Microsoft's absolute authority in the PC field has become the biggest obstacle to entering new fields. Faced with the Symbian alliance formed by many traditional mobile phone manufacturers, Microsoft has no choice but to take a curveball road to save the country and sell its operating system to some OEM manufacturers. Taiwan's HTC (Hong Kong) is the main customer of WindowsMobile, monopolizing 80% of the market share of WindowsMobile mobile phones. This ODM manufacturer mainly produces smartphones for several large European operators such as Orange in France and O2 in the UK. We know that 70% of the world’s Windows Mobile mobile phones come from Taiwan, especially HTC and MiTAC. However, many friends who don’t know the situation think that these mobile phones from Taiwan are imported from abroad. Brand product is really wrong. The WindowsMobile smartphone camp currently produces WindowsMobile mobile phone products through the following companies: Dopod Communications Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Shanghai, China, and its factory is invested in Wuhan. HTC invests in Dopod International Co., Ltd., which is headquartered in Taiwan Province, China. Its factory is in Hsinchu, Taiwan, and HTC invests in Orange. French mobile operators do not produce mobile phones themselves. HTC directly OEMs mmO2O2's branch in Germany, and HTC directly OEMs MiMate, the main operator in Australia. T-Mobile is a German telecommunications operator with brands such as *DA series, such as MDA , SDATeliaSoner Nordic telecommunications giant, launched the brand QTek HTC market strategy From the above manufacturers and companies, we can see that most of HTC's partners are telecommunications operators, and the only manufacturing company it owns is Dopod. Among its many partners, HTC values ??its relationship with Orange the most. All its technical strength is to ensure Orange's products first, so this is why Orange's products are always the first to go on the market, with the most stable quality and the best performance. reason. For its two companies, Dopod and Dopod International, HTC has also provided some strong support and protection to ensure that these two companies can survive in the fierce environment. The rest do not produce mobile phones, but only provide PPC. The most famous one is HP. HTC started to master the core technology of handheld devices by taking orders from HP for OEMiPaq. HTC's machines are known as the crystallization of the iron triangle combination: HTC's hardware technology, Microsoft's OS, and IAStyle's software. Yousheng Technology was acquired by HTC in the fourth quarter of 2003. The well-known IA tool series, call photo stickers, mobile photo album programs, etc. are all the works of Yousheng. Now Yousheng has developed programs specifically for HTC, and HTC product applications Sex is improved for the better. OEM brand summary The following is the R&D code and model summary of HTC mobile phones: Canary: the world's first commercial MS Smartphone 2002 product. Weird in appearance but eye-catching enough. The memory is small and the power consumption is large. OEM-SPVTanager: Inherits Canary's configuration. The appearance is much rounder. The five-dimensional direction keys become joysticks. The operating system was upgraded to Smartphone2003. OEM--SPVE100/Qtek7070/i-mateSmartphoneVoyager: inherits the appearance of Tanager. Configuration has been enhanced. Added camera and Bluetooth. OEM--dopod535/SPVE200/Qtek8080/i-mateSmartphone2/O2XphoneTyphoon--higher configuration. Smaller size. Convert from SD to using miniSD as an external memory card. OEM--doopd565/SPVC500/Qtek8010/i-mateSP3Feeler--the configuration is the same as Typhoon. Panel designs are diverse.

OEM--dopod568/i-mateSP3i/O2XphoneIIsonata--the configuration is the same as Typhoon and Feeler. There are two more operator-customized keys on the panel. OEM--dopod575/T-MobileSDAAmadeus--the configuration is the same as Typhoon and Feeler, with an additional operator-customized button and three music playback buttons on the panel. OEM--dopod585/T-MobileSDAMusic/SPVC550Vivida(CDMA)--HTC's CDMA model. The design and appearance are completely different from previous GSM models. However, the coverage of these products is not enough to satisfy Microsoft. At the 3GSM conference held in February this year, Microsoft and Flextronics, the world's leading OEM manufacturer, announced that they would work together to produce Smartphones for the mass market for OEM mobile phone manufacturers. With the unanimous support of manufacturers and operators, there is a little light on the road ahead for Smartphone. To summarize: HTC is a manufacturing company in Taiwan. Dopod Communications is its wholly-owned company. Dopod is its own brand. Tmobile, orange, vodafone, imate, O2, etc. These are mobile operators and do not produce any mobile phones. Tmobile, orange, vodafone , imate, O2, etc. label HTC products with their own brands (such as XDA/SPV, etc.) for users in their networks to use. Since HTC always provides machines to Tmobile, orange, vodafone, imate, O2 and other companies first, Therefore, the machines of its own brand Dopod are always late to be launched in Greater China - this is why many people think that Dopod has the Tmobile, Orange, Vodafone, Imate, and O2 brands. Essentially, the behavior of these operators is the same as that of China Mobile's customized phones (such as Xinji). The difference is that these customized phones from European operators do not have any HTC/DOPOD brands, while China Mobile's customized phones are also marked with Trademarks of China Mobile and DOPOD! As for the relationship between CECT and Dopod, it is because Dopod has not obtained a domestic mobile phone license, so it claims to cooperate with CECT, but in fact it just borrows CECT's license. The above relationship also applies: 1: MiTAC Mio is its own Brand, Mita has no brand in China, and sells mobile phones with the help of Shenzhen SED (SED) license. 2: BenQ (BenQ) BenQ does not have a brand in China, so it relies on the CECT license. At the same time, BenQ also produces customized models for European operators, such as O2's X3, which is the O2 customized model of the S700.

In fact, Dopod mobile phones are not far away from us ordinary users. The reason is that there are many parallel imports. After Dopod models are designed and manufactured by HTC, part of them are distributed and sold globally through operators. Many foreign operators, like China Mobile, operate Dopod models as customized machines and high-end brands, which has led to a large number of domestic brand models. Numerous parallel imports exist. And the price is at least half cheaper than the quoted price of licensed models, and the price/performance ratio is quite high, which has attracted many users with little money to invest in Windows. Analyzing the smartphone market, Windows Mobile’s strong rival is Nokia’s Symbian system. This prompted WindowsMobile to increase its efforts in technology research and development and software support. This is the main factor behind the rapid development of Windows smartphones in the past two years. Dopod mobile phones are mainly divided into two operating systems. One is the Smartphone operating system without handwriting input. This model is more like a mobile phone with rich application software and resources. The earliest 515 is this type of model. Representative work. The other is a PPC system with a built-in touch screen. This type of model is more like a PDA with communication functions. Dopod's latest D600 entertainment mobile phone falls into this category. The picture on the left is Dopod's representative candy bar 515, and the picture on the right is the newly released D600 gaming and entertainment mobile phone. In fact, the performance of users choosing Dopod mobile phones is not the focus of this issue. The purpose is to help users understand the many models and standardize them.

And because there are so many Dopod mobile phone models and parallel import models, and many of the names do not use Sony Ericsson's labeling method (such as Sony Ericsson W810c is a licensed product, and Sony Ericsson W810i is a European version of parallel import). Most parallel imports are named after foreign operators. Users who do not understand this not only have difficulties in purchasing, but are also easily deceived by profiteers. The following detailed explanations from operators will clear up any doubts in everyone's mind, allowing users to be clear and informed when purchasing mobile phones, while also avoiding the consequences of being deceived by profiteers. HTC: Taiwan HTC (also known as HTC) is headquartered in Taiwan and has a factory in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Directly invested and built by HTC. HTC is WindowsMobile's main customer, almost monopolizing 85% of the market share. All Dopod mobile phones we see on the market, regardless of industry, are manufactured by HTC. However, because HTC is an OEM for major operators, the prices are customized by the operators. HTC only participates in pricing for brand models under its jurisdiction. Among its many partners, HTC maintains very important relationships with several operators. The products of these operators can be launched first, ensuring stable quality and excellent performance. It also provides strong support and protection for its subsidiaries Dopod Communications Company and Dopod International Communications Company, making it invincible in the fierce environment. HTC's mobile phones are known as the "iron triangle" combination: HTC's hardware technology, Microsoft's excellent system, and Yousheng Technology's software. Yousheng Technology was not under the control of HTC in the early days, and was acquired by HTC at the end of 2003. The joining of Yousheng has brought a new life to HTC, making the software applicability of HTC products better improved. Since HTC first provides its models to foreign operators, and domestic models are relatively later on the market, many users think that HTC or Dopod has the brand name of foreign operators. The common HTC on the market is also called "Taiwan version machine". Dopod: Dopod Communications and Dopod International Communications are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Taiwan's HTC Communications. Dopod's brand is an independent brand. As the owner of Dopod, HTC manages Dopod's domestic operations. The name Dopod is only used in China and the surrounding Asia-Pacific region. Dopod Communications Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Shanghai and has a factory in Wuhan. The technology is controlled and deployed by HTC. HTC’s company in Taiwan is called Dopod International Co., Ltd. It is headquartered in Taiwan and has a factory in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is also invested by HTC. The names of both are Dopod, but the "international" name is added. On the trademark, the Dopod international trademark is the uppercase Dopod English letters. Common mobile phones with the capital "DOPOD" in the market are called "Taiwan version phones". T-Mobile: A world-famous telecommunications operator. It is called "world-famous" because it is a multinational mobile telecommunications operator. Its business spans Western Europe, and it also has business services in the United States, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. Therefore, its users have reached 109 million. The mobile phones you see with the word T-Mobile printed on them are all made by this telecom operator. But just like most telecom operators in our country and other countries, T-Mobile does not produce any mobile phones itself, but sells them through customized mobile phones of various brands. What domestic users call "T version" is the mobile phone customized by this operator. Orange: Orange is a wireless services subsidiary of France Telecom. It does not produce any mobile phones. All of them are directly OEM manufactured by HTC. In the early days, because its trademark was an orange, it was affectionately called the "orange version" or SPV version by the majority of users. In 1994, the company officially entered the British market. In 1996, the company was officially listed on the London stock market and officially landed on the NASDAQ stock market on April 2 of the same year. At present, the company has registered trademarks in Hong Kong, Australia, Israel and other countries. Orange can provide customers with high-quality services and has received high praise from many users in the UK. Vodafone: Vodafone was founded in 1984. It is now the world's largest telecommunications operator and a multinational telecommunications operator with headquarters in the United Kingdom and Germany. Vodafone has invested in 27 countries around the world. It also operates mobile phone networks in cooperation with local telecom operators in 14 countries. It has 150 million users worldwide. User defined as "Vodafone Edition". O2: A well-known British telecommunications operator.

O2 has grown rapidly since its separation from the UK's largest telecommunications company in 2001, becoming the sixth largest telecommunications operator in Europe. It is headquartered in England, has 14,000 employees, and has close to 30 million users in the UK, Ireland, Germany and surrounding countries. The branch in Germany is called "mmO2", and they are also directly OEMed by HTC. Users like to call it "O2 version". (O is the English letter) Qtek: The Qtek brand is a brand launched by HTC's overseas operators in Northern Europe, just like Dopod is a brand launched by HTC in China. However, the hardware configuration and appearance of the phone itself have not changed or have changed very little. Usually the difference is just in color. Users become "Q version" or "Qtek version". KROME: KROME is the name of the Australian telecommunications operator. There have been a few mobile phones customized for KROME. There is also less circulation on the market. Occasionally circulated and collected by users or sold out. i-mate: A well-known communications operator in the United States, its main business is located in Australia. There are fewer customized models. Cingular: The best and most popular communications operator in the United States, with a large user base and good reputation in the United States. It is also the exclusive operator partner of Apple iPhone. There are not many customized HTC models. CECT: licensed mobile phones. In the early days, Dopod's sales route focused on PDAs and had no intention of entering large mobile phone stores or supermarkets. Later, as it developed, it needed a mobile phone license, so after obtaining the license, it would no longer be OEMed by CECT. Therefore, the Dopod mobile phones on the market with CECT printed on them are actually licensed mobile phones marketed by CECT in the early days when Dopod did not obtain a mobile phone license, and are not parallel imports. SIEMENS: It is also a rare version, a mobile phone customized by Siemens of Germany. The configuration is generally the same as that of Dopod models. But there are exceptions, such as the Siemens camera-less version. The above versions are currently available on the market. Although there are many version names and the appearance of some models has changed, there are still ways to classify them.