HTC Considering its Own Smartphone Software

HTC is said to be considering using its own smartphone software on future devices.

Today Bloomberg reports that HTC is contemplating producing its own smartphone software. The company currently builds phones designed to run on either Windows Mobile or Google's Android OS. However, as the HTC name becomes more prominent in the smartphone market, the idea of producing cell phones running own-brand software is probably starting to look pretty lucrative.

"We continue to assess, but that requires a few conditions to justify" having our own system, Cheng Hui-ming, chief financial officer of HTC, told Bloomberg. "There are many multiple factors to be considered together, rather than a simple statement as to own or not to own" proprietary software, Cheng added later.

HTC made the news at the beginning of the week with reports that it may acquire Palm. On Monday, news hit that Palm was putting itself up to sale. Though the reports have yet not been confirmed by Palm, it hasn't stopped tech experts, journalists, bloggers and armchair pundits from speculating as to who might benefit the most from a Palm acquisition.

The general consensus is that taking its current legal battle with Apple into account, HTC could really use Palm's IP portfolio to disentangle itself from a sticky situation. Cheng refused to comment on reports that the company was thinking about making an offer for Palm.