Japan's top carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc aims to launch next year a cellphone developed with Internet search giant Google, an official said on Wednesday, a move that could counter Apple's iconic iPhone. "As we are allied with Google, we are considering a commercial mobile device together," a DoCoMo official told AFP.
A Google phone, or a mobile device powered by Google's open-source Android software, could compete with the iPhone 3G, which has been sold through third-largest carrier Softbank Mobile in Japan since July.