Report: HTC Considering Purchasing an OS
Could HTC be looking for an alternative to Google and Microsoft's solutions?
HTC has Google to thank for its meteoric rise to smartphone stardom. Prior to the launch of the search giant's Android operating system, HTC was an OEM whipping up made-to-order phones for other companies and cell phone carriers around the globe. However, with the arrival of Android came a new HTC. Since then, the company has had numerous successful handsets, including the Nexus One, Google's first flagship Android device. It's also branched out to include a fistful of Windows Phone 7 devices in its portfolio. But is the company ready to move away from Android and Windows Phone 7?
HTC has expressed interest in purchasing its own mobile operating system. Following reports that it was mulling over an OS purchase, HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang, speaking to the Economic Observer (via Focus Taiwan), confirmed the news.
"We have given it thought and we have discussed it internally, but we will not do it on impulse," Wang said. "We can use any OS we want. We are able to make things different from our rivals on the second or third layer of a platform. Our strength lies in understanding an OS, but it does not mean that we have to produce an OS."
HTC has always stayed faithful to its HTC Sense UI, so it's surprising to hear the company is looking to purcahse, rather than develop. Still, Wang made it clear that the company is confident enough in its expertise to shop around for something it likes rather than waste time developing its own. HTC has yet to offer any indication as to which OS it's considering buying, but like Wang said, it's in no rush.
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HTC could do with WebOs what Palm and HP have failed to accomplish.
They could do very well with it actually.
WP7 is rising fast though. I think they'd be unwise to ditch both android and wp7
Loved what they did with HTC Diamond Windows Mobile 6. I haven't use HTC since they started using Android & everyone else too. So many choices now.
Go to Mozilla & help them out in asking them to make an operating system. Let them trial it out,like online freeware. If it is accepted than the price will go up to a huge amount that your company will have to pay for it,but then you will have a well liked operating system.
I'd vote yes for Web OS...maybe actually bring back the Palm name as well, it was very easily recognized and I think people remember it fondly. Might be worth a shot.
Yeah! A Web OS,alright! That is what we need & it should be made by the Mozilla people,the same people that made firefox,opera & safari. Also they originally sold IE to microsoft.
I really think the only other OS worth buying is Symbian. Right now it is number 3 behind iOS and Android. It's open source too.
I'd vote yes for Web OS...maybe actually bring back the Palm name as well, it was very easily recognized and I think people remember it fondly. Might be worth a shot.
I like the idea of bringing back Web OS for HTC, but the Palm name is about as dead as disco is. Now if you were to call a phone the HTC Palm... that would actually cover the old and the new!
Good one! So most us agree about a Web OS & that it should be made by Mozilla's group of browser developers.
1. It is unwise to ditch Android and WP7 completely. Adding new option is very nice.
2. I like WebOS but it died too soon. This could be a good option.
3. Make sure the new OS will have enough downloadable apps to satisfy the future buyers.
Yeah! Go to mozilla the same people that made firefox & give them ago.
Yeah! A Web OS,alright! That is what we need & it should be made by the Mozilla people,the same people that made firefox,opera & safari. Also they originally sold IE to microsoft.
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Perhaps HTC was the potential customer of webOS. Regardless of that however, HTC needs to do some serious work to gain acceptance - Samsung's own Bada is sliding down the slope of obscurity.
MeeGo?
i hope HTC keeps its android side, would hate to loose a company with such good phone quality.
yes im a big android fanboi, but im an HTC fanboi cause i like their performance/look/power i also like htc sense alot.
I hope they pick up the WebOS mantle... keep making android and windows phone 7 of coarse, btu WebOS did get soem good market footing... palm just did what they do made a good preoduct and didn't update it or keep comign out with new updaed phones and when we got the palm pre 2 it was a minor upgrade at best... a first rate hardware company like htc making updates and multiple platforms for WebOS woudl be very nice to see.
OMFG TH finally catches up with the rest of the planet, talk about coming late to the party with this news.
webos? imho they should go for vxworks. do some work on improving linux compatibility and/or build a translation layer that'd enable them to run any android apps on it then use their sense ui as an example of how well it works instead of doing a port. that would be simpler than starting from scratch and have to woo developers away from other phone os's.
damn the browser crashed. sorry if double-posted.
Don't really see the need for another, Web OS already killed one amazing device, There's no need to let it kill another, As much as I'd like to see something outright replace WP7 there isn't really a need for anything to do so, Android is adaptive enough to become anything WP7 is not and WP7 is little more than an annoying immortal.
A Mozilla OS would be a decent idea though, Could allow tablets to become closer to what they really are, A Glorified Web Browser.