Despite new OEMs and vendors being added as Windows Phone 7 partners, creating increased competition, HTC, one of Microsoft’s long-time partner since the Pocket PC days, remains committed to the platform. Echoing a sentiment that the company had made at the Reuters Global Technology Summit , HTC CEO Peter Chou says, ”We are very committed to Windows phone products.”

The company is currently working on Mango smartphones, which runs an updated version of the Windows Phone 7 operating system and brings over 500 new features to the mobile OS. Also, through the Mango update, HTC may be developing not just phones running the next-generation OS, but phones capable of running on the next-generation networks capable of even faster Internet speeds. Mango reportedly opens the doors for manufacturers to implement 4G technologies , for up to 10 times faster mobile broadband data speeds than the 3G technologies that it aims to succeed, though it’s still not clear which protocol(s) for 4G networking are supported, whether it’s HSPA+, WiMax, LTE, or any combination of those technologies. The current crop of Windows Phone 7 devices are limited to 3G speeds, either via UMTS/HSPA on the GSM side, or EV-DO on the CDMA side; the former used by AT&T and T-Mobile in the U.S. and the latter employed by Sprint and Verizon Wireless.

Source: Gotta Be Mobile