HTC, with its popular Android-running smartphones, blows past estimates with second-quarter net profits of $269 million and shipments of 5.4 million handsets. - Like rival Motorola, HTC is finding that closely aligning its smartphone strategy with Google's Android mobile operating system makes good business sense. When releasing HTC's second-quarter results July 29, company officials said earnings rose 33 percent year over year, and they announced a n...