Huawei's building its own mobile operating system 'just in case' there's trouble ahead

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[Huawei's](http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/24/huawei-h1-2012/) boss must have been a Boy Scout, since he's taken its "be prepared' motto deeply to his heart. CEO Wan Biao has told _Reuters_ that his company is working on [its own](http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/30/huawei-shows-off-early-version-of-emotion-ui-for-android-packs/) [mobile OS](http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/08/idc-android-and-ios-continue-to-carve-up-the-world-another-rec/) just in case its partners "won't let us use their system[s] one day." We don't expect to ever see the software, but given the [fractious nature](http://www.engadget.com/tag/android,lawsuit) of the business, it's more likely to be a barbed hint at [Google](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/23/android-turns-four-enthusiasm-for-dessert-foods-unabated/) and [Microsoft](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/22/huawei-ascend-w1-windows-phone-8/) to keep sending flowers and chocolates to Shenzhen. That said, given that local rival ZTE is building phones with [Firefox's OS](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/19/zte-mozilla-firefox-os/), we'd politely suggest that it rescues another beloved OS from the [clutches](http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/15/webos-team-becomes-gram/) of [HP's indifference](http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/31/no-open-webos-support-for-existing-webos-devices-no-soup-for-yo/).

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