HTC’s CFO on buying Palm

Rumors that HTC would buy up Palm have circulated for some time – after all, webOS would provide them a welcome alternative to Windows Phone 7.

Mobile Business Briefing now reports the following:

Speculation is mounting that Taiwanese handset vendor HTC is to enter the crowded mobile operating system market, either by acquiring Palm’s well-regarded webOS or developing its own platform. The firm’s CFO, Cheng Hui-ming, was guarded on the firm’s mobile OS plans in an interview with Bloomberg this week. “We continue to assess, but that requires a few conditions to justify [having our own platform],” Cheng said. “There are many multiple factors to be considered together, rather than a simple statement as to own or not to own [proprietary software].” HTC has no timeframe for deciding whether to have its own platform, he added.

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It’s no full denial, so let’s see…

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