Panasonic Android Phone Could Come In 2010
You can add one more globally reputable electronics manufacturer to the Android train… Panasonic. At a press conference discussing their mobile phone plans for the Summer of 2009, Panasonic introduced 6 new phones for NTT DoCoMo and Softbank Mobile, but it was their announcement about Android that has analysts the most excited.
“We are seriously considering developing an Android-based handset and entering overseas mobile phone markets in fiscal 2010,” said Keisuke Ishii, board member and director of the Mobile Terminal Business Unit at Panasonic Mobile Communications Co Ltd.
He continued, providing an impressive number of potential Android’s in the market:
“The global market for smartphones based on open source platforms including Android will reach 100 million units in three years,” Ishii said. “We are discussing specific measures to succeed in such a large market.”
Obviously Panasonic wants a piece of that pie. Where will they launch their new Android Phone? It is too early to tell but the Japanese based company plans to sell the phones “overseas”:
“We will take an opportunity to explain our overseas business plans for next year in detail though we cannot disclose them today,” Ishii said. Regarding detailed specifications and target regions, he only said, “We have not determined anything yet.”
Hopefully that means United States… and of course wherever you are from.
[Via Tech-On]