HTC buys into OnLive for game streaming on phones?

Also, mad about Saffron Digital

By Caleb Cox, 8th February 2011

Mobile phone giant HTC is taking a $39m stake in OnLive - a sign that the cloud-based gaming platform service will show up on smartphones in the near future.

OnLive, which launched last year in the States, offers hardcore gaming without the need for a console, with all content remotely stored on servers.

Yesterday HTC announced the impending takeover of Saffron Digital, a UK developer of video-on-mobile software, for £30m.

HTC CEO Peter Chou said: "Saffron Digital has developed an incredible expertise in mobile multimedia delivery. This ability to deliver optimised content in the future will be a key asset as content becomes more and more complex and localised."

HTC is handling the two investments through separate subsidiaries, but is there any technology linkage going on here? ®

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Posted Tuesday 8th February 2011 18:35 GMT

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I wish HTC would use some of this money in replacing their current outsourcer for customer support.

As I type this, I'm currently 43 minutes in to my 14 (0845) call since late December arranging for collection of my THIRD replacement phone as it has exactly the same problem as the two that preceded it (the first of which was supposedly repaired twice).

Posted Thursday 10th February 2011 10:58 GMT

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