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Apple isn’t the only player that can send 1 million handsets out the door in a matter of months. It looks like HTC is following in the Apple iPhone’s footsteps - they’ve managed to ship 800,000 HTC Touch handsets in a mere 3 months! We should mention that HTC’s achievement has to be tempered by the fact that Apple and HTC are competing in completely different markets. We’ll have to wait for the iPhone to launch overseas and the HTC Touch to hit US shores before we can get a clear picture of exactly how close these tww manufacturers are in shipment volumes. And it looks like HTC isn’t showing any signs of slowing down, either. They’ve announced that they expect to ship 15 million smartphones in 2008 - that’s a 30% increase over 2007 shipment volumes. Congrats to you, HTC! We’re not all that surprised to see that you’ve been doing so well, but it’s nice to put a nice, round number to your success. Keep on keepin’ on in Taiwan! [Via: DigiTimes ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:HTC Touch gets spicy - now in Wasabi Green!France gets the HTC Touch on OrangeHTC Touch available in Hong Kong?Live pics of the HTC Touch Slide - to be announced next weekVideo: HTC Touch Dual/Slide demo; Keypad certainly helps

Sealed battery ? Closed operating system? No physical keyboard? Slow data / No 3G? Say what? Despite all the iPhone’s negative attributes (and in spite of all the iPhone’s detractors), Apple has just outsold all other smartphone in the month of July. According to a study from iSuppli, the Apple iPhone’s first full month of sales proved to scoop up an incredible 1.8% of US mobile handset sales - dwarfing sales of smartphones from Palm, RIM, Sony Ericsson, and even Nokia. For a mobile phone that doesn’t even have the latest technology (GPS or 3G) we’re seeing rampant sales of the first handset offering from Apple. Says iSuppli, “While iSuppli has not collected historical information on this topic, it’s likely that the speed of the iPhone’s rise to competitive dominance in its segment is unprecedented in the history of the mobile-handset market.” iSuppli’s data was gathered through an online survey of 2 million participants and represents a mostly male, under 35, college graduate demographic. And, a quarter (1/4) of iPhone buyers actually switched from another carrier to AT&T in order to get a chance to buy the iPhone - that’s like moving from the Valley to Santa Monica, CA. so you could be in the more desirable beach neighborhood. It seems that most smartphone buyers in the US are not concerned with any of the iPhone’s downsides - concentrating on the revolutionary interface and “coolness” factor. Surely there are people that wouldn’t touch the iPhone with a 10-ft. pole, but that group seems to now be the minority - a dwindling minority, if iSuppli’s forecast of 4.5 million iPhone sales pans out. [Via: Reuters ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Neonode N2 getting prepped for launch!Apple: 1 million iPhone sold in next three monthsApple shows up twitchy investors, announces sales of 270,000 iPhones - stock reboundsCan Apple Ship 10 million iPhones By 2009?Sony Ericsson joins...