HTC to launch PDAs, smartphones with Qualcomm chips

TAIPEI, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan smartphone maker High Tech Computer (HTC) <2498.TW> said on Wednesday it will launch 10 new PDAs and smartphones using chips from U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc by the end of the year.

HTC had said in July it expected third-quarter sales to grow by a high single-digit percentage rate from a year earlier, after it launched this June its own branded phone, HTC Touch, in Europe and in Asia.

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