HTC makes the operating system in collaboration with the Chinese government - BBC News

Later this year, is expected to debut a new operating system on which HTC is working in cooperation with the Republic of China.

Chinese will have their “own” Android

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new system will be fully adapted to the needs of people in China and will be integrated with local services. Instead, Twitter is so Weibo, as an alternative to Facebook can be Renren. Why the Chinese authorities and HTC would build a new environment, since the market is already good and best practices, and Android is very popular and largely contributed to the success of Chinese manufacturers of mobile devices

For some time the Chinese authorities imply that Google’s dominance is not convenient for them. Inhabitants of the Middle Kingdom does not have access to many of Google’s services, and the search results are censored. In March, the Chinese Ministry of Technology officially encouraged local companies to develop alternative systems for Android, stressing that it is concerned about the dominant position of Google. “While Android is open source, key technologies and plan their development are tightly controlled by Google” – you can read the report.

So far, all attempts to create an alternative to Android unsuccessful, and the number of users of Google’s growing at a rapid pace. By the end of this year is expected to exceed 300 million.

Although warmly received

HTC One improved the atmosphere around the brand and its financial condition, the position of HTC’s not like years ago. Not surprisingly, the Taiwanese decided to cooperate. It is after all the hundreds of millions of potential users. Make some time ago looking for an alternative to Android and Windows. Even in the Polish distribution model appeared Smart, who had Sense overlay and was based on Qualcomm BREW platform. It was not a smartphone by the generally accepted definition and enjoyed great popularity.

If the new OS on the Chinese market has really compete with Android, must offer similar capabilities. It may be something completely new, but it is not at all impossible that will largely be based on Google’s product. The only difference is that all services will be replaced with Chinese counterparts.

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very familiar with Android and has deep experience in modifying the software. There is no doubt based on the open source core of the system, can prepare interesting software. The question is whether it will have the support of developers and meet the interest of the users. We’ll see next year.

Jan Blinstrub

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