The Disney Mobile branded phone, announced on the firm's Japanese website and expected to launch in February, will run Android 2.2 and is effectively a reskinned Sharp Galapagos 003SH.
As such, the company will be able to utilise the device's glasses-free 3D equipped 3.8-inch screen.
Disney dealings
The difference here is, the phone will also come with family friendly features like Disney email addresses, exclusive content and cases branded with the firm's cast of characters.
What's more, as the location of its announcement suggests, its launch is currently only planned for Japan, making it something of a minor intrusion on Steve Jobs' other interests the man himself currently focused on issues of a more pressing nature.
Nonetheless, commentators are already speculating as to why Disney has decided to opt for Google's OS, rather than serving up an iOS device.
The answer, of course, is especially simple: Apple doesn't accommodate such intrusion from third parties. A Disney branded iPhone is an impossible prospect, making Android or at a stretch a Windows Phone 7 the only real option.
[source: Electronista]
