These days, the Apple iPhone, a plethora of Blackberry models, Nokia’s Symbian devices, and even the odd Windows Mobile device seem to be capturing all the media attention in the smartphone marketplace, but Panasonic and NEC have just introduced nine new mobile phone handsets for Japan’s NTT DoCoMo running the open source LiMo operating system. The cameras feature a range of consumer-friendly features—like high-resolution cameras, rich media integration, and integration with a wide variety of social and Internet-based features. The released bring the total number of handsets for the LiMo platform to 42, which means LiMo runs on more handsets than any other mobile operating system produced by a global collaborative organization—not that LiMo is taking a swipe at Android or anything.
