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Earlier today, several top designers at HTC were arrested in Taipei under suspicion of fraudulent expense claims, as well as stealing trade secrets ahead of leaving the company to run a new mobile design firm in both Taiwan and mainland China. Five people were interrogated, with the most notable ones being Vice President of Product Design Thomas Chien (pictured above), R&D director Wu Chien Hung and design team senior manager Justin Huang (who also personally sketched out the One’s design). Chien and Wu are taken into custody, whereas the others were released on bail (see video after the break). Their offices were also raided yesterday as part of the investigation.

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Slightly more than a week ago, the HTC Zara leaked out, and here we are with something that we are rather familiar with – not the hardware itself, but rather, the concept of the situation. I am referring to a “mini” version of a particular hardware – the Galaxy S3 has its mini, and there is also the HTC One mini to boot. I guess in the same vein, here we are with the HTC Zara mini, where this particular device has been given the codename HTC 301e.

The HTC Zara mini has already passed through Tenaa, which happens to be the FCC equivalent in China. What you see above is most possibly what the final HTC Zara mini will look like when it hits the market, not to mention that we have alleged hardware specifications of the device leaked out as well. From what we know, this does seem to be a mid-range smartphone, where it runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, sports a 4.3” TFT display at 480 x 800 resolution, a dual-core 1GHz Snapdragon 400 chipset, 512MB RAM, 8GB of internal memory, and a microSD memory card slot. At the back lies a 5-megapixel camera, while the front has a 1.3-megapixel shooter. There is no word on pricing or availability as at press time.

HTC Zara Mini Image And Specs Leaked original content from Ubergizmo.

Lately, China’s TENAA telephone certification center has been an even bigger tattletale than the FCC, and it just leaked another unannounced handset: the HTC 301e. While likely not coming to the US, the dual-SIM device is another cog in CEO Peter Chou’s plan to grow its mid-range smartphone stable in China. It also has some One design touches, like the top speaker grill and two button design. Otherwise, it’s scraping the bottom of the mid-range, with a 4.3-inch 480 x 800 screen, 1GHz dual-core CPUs, 512MB RAM, WCDMA 3G, 8GB of storage expandable to 64GB via microSD and a 5-megapixel camera. While that won’t set anyone’s hair on fire, it does show that HTC is serious about more than just flagships in China.

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Source: TENAA (translated)

Earlier this year we heard rumors that HTC had a phablet up its sleeve. The company has teased it a couple of times, but an official announcement is yet to be made. It is expected that HTC will launch the device next month. There have been many rumors about the phablet’s specifications, we’ve heard chatter that it might come with a fingerprint sensor as well. New pictures of an allegedly leaked HTC One Max reveal what is said to be a fingerprint sensor on the back, underneath the camera.

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HTC One Max Fingerprint Sensor Rumored Again original content from Ubergizmo.

While HTC might be a relatively big name in the Android game, it is safe to say that they are not as big as Samsung. In fact there have been reports of HTC struggling financially, and in a bid to help turn the company around, rumors are suggesting that the Taiwanese company could be looking at an alternative operating system.

This rumor comes from the Wall Street Journal who claims that HTC could be looking to create a new mobile operating system designed for the Chinese market in mind. Given China’s population, it’s safe to say that there are ton of customers that HTC could potentially appeal to. (more…)

HTC Rumored To Be Developing A New OS For The Chinese Market original content from Ubergizmo.