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March 4, 2022 08:45 pm
Original Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/03/04/195211/htc-pivots-from-blockchain-to-the-metaverse-for-its-next-smartphone-gimmick?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinka
HTC Pivots From Blockchain To the Metaverse for its Next Smartphone Gimmick
HTC's slow-motion fall from smartphone grace is reportedly set to continue in 2022, with the company said to be working on a new "metaverse"-focused phone in April as the remnants of the once-flagship smartphone company continues to desperately cling to whatever zeitgeist term it can to stay afloat, according to DigiTimes. The Verge: The news comes from Charles Huang, HTC's general manager for the Asia-Pacific region, who reportedly commented at MWC 2022 that the company would be introducing a new high-end smartphone next month with unspecified "metaverse" features. Details are slim, including any specs, markets it'll be released in, or even what kind of AR or VR features the new device will offer. The news sounds a lot like HTC's last major pivot towards relevancy: its Exodus line of blockchain phones that its offered for the past few years. Promising decentralized apps ("Dapps") and a built-in cryptocurrency wallet, the phones could run blockchain nodes and even mine paltry amounts of cryptocurrency, but -- like many instances of blockchain technology -- it was a solution largely in search of a problem that never really took off.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/03/04/195211/htc-pivots-from-blockchain-to-the-metaverse-for-its-next-smartphone-gimmick?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinka
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