Yandex Partners With HTC to Bring Search Capabilities to Windows Mobile-Based Smart Devices

Internet, November 16, 2007. Yandex and HTC Corp. have announced their partnership. The first shipment of the new flagship model smartphones HTC TyTN II with built-in Yandex search has just arrived to Russia.

The HTC TyTN II smartphones will allow users to perform a Yandex search from the device's "home screen." The model will feature a Yandex trademark sticker on the package. Yandex hopes to advance its partnership with HTC by equipping HTC smartphones with other mobile applications.

"Pre-uploaded mobile applications make our devices more efficient for end-consumers," says Scott Cheng, HTC's regional director for Russia and the CIS. "Most importantly, these applications from Yandex are developed specifically for the Russian market."

High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) designs, manufactures and markets innovative, feature rich Smartphone and PDA Phone devices. The company is the world's leading manufacturer of Microsoft Windows Mobile®-based smart devices and is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile device market. For more information about HTC, please visit http://www.europe.htc.com/ru/index.

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