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HTC Mulling Home-Grown Mobile OS

Apr 13, 2010, 10:36 AM by Eric M. Zeman

According to HTC CFO Cheng Hui-ming, the company is giving serious thought to developing its own mobile operating system. Hui-ming said, "We continue to assess, but that requires a few conditions to justify," in an interview with Bloomberg. HTC is one of the largest makers of Microsoft Windows Mobile devices and Google Android devices. It has seen success using the software of others, and has even created its own user interface overlay for both platforms. HTC announced a non-smartphone OS of its own, called Smart, which relies heavily on its Sense UI concept. HTC is said to be one of the suitors seeking to buy Palm. Purchasing Palm could be the cheapest — and fastest — way to bring its own smartphone platform to market. HTC hasn't commented on its interest in Palm.

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maokh

Apr 15, 2010, 5:32 AM

a non-smart phone OS called....smart?

did anyone else bust out laughing?
🙄

futuresealsniper

Apr 13, 2010, 12:03 PM

Really?

I don't see any reason to do this. The phone OS market needs to get smaller, not bigger. I mean, do we need Win Mob 7, Android, Apple OS, Symbian, Meego, WebOS, Bada, and now this? It's just too diluted.
I'm all for just a nice 4 contender ring personally.

Jayshmay

I agree, but it is nice that frinkin Microsoft doesn't rule the mobile OS world like they do the desktop OS world, that's for sure!!!

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bluecoyote

Here's what it'll come down to:

iPhone OS
Android
WinMob7 (I don't see it getting widespread adoption though, but judgement comes later) .
RIM (mostly a legacy OS at this point.)

The problem is Android is near a total train wreck development ...
(continues)

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justfinethanku

Apr 13, 2010, 10:45 AM

HTC + Palm = Babies I would kidnap

Seriously. I like kids, they are cute but I have never desired to kidnap one.

If HTC and Palm got married and had little babies I would steal them.

No question about it.

Versed

It is a very real possibility HTC has made many Palm devices not to long ago. So some relationship does exist. But it wouldn't be a marriage, more like a takeover.

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applesucksxx

u sound like a perv. kiddnappin babies? really?

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Azeron

Apr 13, 2010, 12:09 PM

Please don't...

This is crazy! Buy Palm already! GET. IT. DONE. NOW.

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