Panasonic considers Google Android operating system

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Panasonic Corp’s cell phone handset-making unit is considering developing a handset that uses Google’s Android operating system and re-entering overseas markets in or after the fiscal year starting April 2010.

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In Japan, NTT DoCoMo plans to sell handsets using the Android operating system as early as next month to compete with Apple Inc’s iPhone offered by Softbank. The DoCoMo handset, equipped with a touch screen, is priced between 25,000 yen and 30,000 yen with the company’s two-year installment plan.

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