The Chinese market is getting bigger and bigger and more important than ever to smartphone makers.It is not that China represents a minor challenge though to hi-tech manufacturers.
Now rumors appear that HTC could be looking to increase the bottom line with a China-specific mobile Operating System. The Wall Street Journal claims that Cher Wang herself is closely overseeing HTC`s ambitious project and is working directly with China`s state authorities to see it meets approval.
This might suggest that the operating system would be entirely bespoke, rather than an Android fork, which would also provide HTC with an alternative solution, similar to Samsung`s solution with its own Tizen.
The OS is believed to be tightly integrated with China specific services (Weibo etc) and could surface before the end of the year.
With Android dominating the market it seems that the major Asian manufacturers need an alternative, or better a plan B, to reduce their dependency on Google and it`s mobile platform.
