Smartphone manufacturer HTC is currently weighing up whether or not it should begin to work on its own smartphone operating system.

HTC is perhaps best known for its work on Google's Nexus One

Of course, given just how much headway HTC has made thanks to its adoption of Google’s Android, it’s clear that the decision will have to be weighed up very carefully indeed, especially if you’re to take into consideration exceedingly close relationship that HTC has developed with Google itself. HTC is perhaps best known for the fact that it was the company that built Google’s first phone, the G1, as well as the company’s so-called superphone, the Nexus One.

When it all comes down to it, good relationship with Google aside, HTC does have a bit of a name for itself when it comes to smartphone operating systems. The fact is that HTC’s Sense UI is something of a feather in the company’s Android-powered cap, offering a slightly more visually appealing presentation than the default Android setup, for those who aren’t into the default Android setup.

In an interview with Bloomberg, HTC’s CFO, Cheng Hui-ming, said of the potential move towards using its own mobile OS, “We continue to assess, but that requires a few conditions to justify … There are many multiple factors to be considered together, rather than a simple statement as to own or not to own.”

It’s an interesting debate, and one that could well change HTC significantly, if it does opt to go with its own OS. Still, given what’s happened to Palm, it seems as though there’s a lot going against the idea of a smartphone manufacturer putting together its own operating system at the moment.

Moreover, given the fact that HTC is widely expected to hit with some Windows Phone 7 options, it’d be a strange move to add its own OS to a list that already boasts both Android and Windows Phone 7 options…