The reports that Huawei is building its own smartphone operating system continue to circulate. Initially, these sound interesting – the Chinese company has already created a stripped-down OS, LiteOS, for low power connected things, and has intensive R&D projects around virtual reality user interfaces. So perhaps a platform spanning all manner of connected devices and new experiences beckons? Then we learn that Huawei has hired a former Apple designer, Abigail Brody, presumably to work on this project; and that it also involved an ex-Nokia development team based in Finland. This immediately sounds less radical. Of course, Apple revolutionized the mobile OS and user experience, but its concepts are now the norm across the industry. For the next generation, which must…