The online retail titan is working with mobile device maker HTC to produce smartphones, according to the Financial Times. October 15, 2013 10:21 AM PDT Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Amazon and HTC are working on a new line of smartphones, according to a report published by the Financial Times on Tuesday. Unnamed sources tell the publication that the first of three devices is near the end of development, but Amazon may decide to change its planned release date. We've contacted Amazon for comment and will update if we hear back. Rumors of an Amazon smartphone has been popping up for a while now. When one recent report said the company would give the phone away for free, Amazon quickly shut the rumor down, saying it had "no plans to offer a phone this year, and if we were to launch a phone in the future, it would not be free." More to come. Donna Tam Donna Tam is a staff writer for CNET News and a native of San Francisco. She enjoys feasting, merrymaking, checking her Gmail, and reading on her Kindle. Before landing at CNET, she wrote for daily newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune, The Spokesman-Review, and the Eureka Times-Standard.
The online retail titan is working with mobile device maker HTC to produce smartphones, according to the Financial Times.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
Amazon and HTC are working on a new line of smartphones, according to a report published by the Financial Times on Tuesday.
Unnamed sources tell the publication that the first of three devices is near the end of development, but Amazon may decide to change its planned release date. We've contacted Amazon for comment and will update if we hear back.
Rumors of an Amazon smartphone has been popping up for a while now. When one recent report said the company would give the phone away for free, Amazon quickly shut the rumor down, saying it had "no plans to offer a phone this year, and if we were to launch a phone in the future, it would not be free."
More to come.
Donna Tam is a staff writer for CNET News and a native of San Francisco. She enjoys feasting, merrymaking, checking her Gmail, and reading on her Kindle. Before landing at CNET, she wrote for daily newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune, The Spokesman-Review, and the Eureka Times-Standard.
