HTC Close the Office of Korean (Samsung Affairs)

Seoul - HTC decided to close its offices in South Korea after selling smartphone to compete with Samsung and other rivals.

"This is a tough decision and have a direct impact on the people who contributed to the growth experienced by HTC for several years," said HTC as quoted by PC World, Monday (07/30/2012).

HTC did not say specifically the closure of his office. But Yonhap, a local news agency first reported the news spread that the reason for the closure of offices due to slow sales of HTC in Korea.

HTC has its share of the cake by two percent in the South Korean smartphone market share in 2011, and the remaining one percent in the first quarter of this year. While the Korean vendors, including Samsung, LG and Pantech, dominate about 90 percent market share.

Analysts from research firm Canalys Nicole assess Peng, South Korea is a challenging market for foreign vendors to conquer, including HTC.

Closure of offices in other countries not just this time done HTC. June, HTC also closed its office in Brazil in order to streamline company operations. HTC leaving only the after-sales office in the country.

Just like in South Korea, HTC's market share in Brazil less than one percent in the first quarter of this year.

Meanwhile, Android phone suddenly Burned in the bag ..?

Las Vegas - A fire was reported Android phone while in the pocket of the owner. Luckily, the incident caused no serious consequence.

At first he was not aware that the Motorola Droid Bionic residing in his pocket had been burned. He just felt a burning sensation accompanied by excessive odor.

Phones that burned belonged to a man who does not want to be identified. At that time he was attending a conference of hackers held in Las Vegas, United States.

When the smartphone's battery life falling apart from its place and still in a state of burning on the floor. Fortunately the owner was saved by the card room that he put on the phone with her.

"I smell burns and smoke, and when I stood up to see flames. I try to put it out then I fell to the floor," said the man told CNET on Monday (7/30/2012).

As a result of this incident the hacker's special conference was called off. No serious injuries from the incident, only a smartphone and a burning hotel room card. Up to now unknown cause burning of the phone's battery.