CORRECT: Panasonic: Mulling Developing Google Android-Based Handset
May 22 2009 - 12:30AM
Dow Jones News
Panasonic Corp.'s (6752.TO) mobile phone handset-making unit is
considering developing a handset that uses Google Inc.'s (GOOG)
Android operating system and re-entering overseas markets in or
after the fiscal year starting April 2010, a spokesman said
Friday.
The plans by Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. take into
account concerns that there is little chance for the Japanese
market to grow, he said.
In Japan, NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437.TO) plans to sell handsets using
the Android operating system as early as next month to compete with
Apple Inc.'s (APPL) iPhone offered by Softbank Corp.
-By Yuzo Yamaguchi, Dow Jones Newswires, +813 6895 7563;
yuzo.yamaguchi@dowjones.com