by JON RUSSELL, the Next Web
Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo has beaten Apple’s Siri to supporting Japanese with plans to release its own Siri-like voice-activated service for its smartphone-wielding customers in the country from March 1. Apple is rumored to be bringing support for Japanese, and a number of other languages including Chinese, to its virtual personal assistant for the iPhone 4S next month, as Siri herself even admits. However, in the meantime, DoCoMo has jumped in first and today it launched its Shabette Concier service. DoCoMo does not carry the iPhone in Japan, as talks with Apple hit a number of issues, and the service is its attempt to rival the functionality that iPhone carriers Softbank and KDDI will offer when Siri gets Japanese support.
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