DoCoMo to support LiMo, Android, Symbian, etc.

In a search of next growth engine, NTT DoCoMo is experimenting with various mobile operating systems for its handsets. It was just a couple of weeks ago when they announced plans to launch Android-based phones by 2010. Now they are announcing that their Linux MOAP platform will be re-tuned to LiMo specs as an operator pack for FOMA 3G handsets. According to DoCoMo, “the pack will contain a suite of Linux operating system-based software applications that implement i-mode™, i-appli™ and other unique DoCoMo services.” There was also a mentioning of developing a similar pack for Symbian MOAP platform. Besides that, DoCoMo also sells Windows Mobile smartphones, RIM’s Blackberry messaging machines and there are rumors it might offer Apple’s iPhone. What a soup of OSs? Isn’t it too much to handle even for DoCoMo?

Source: NTT DoCoMo