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Citing unnamed company sources DIGITIMES is reporting that Asus is currently working on an Android-based handset. The device is supposed to be launched in Taiwan as early as Q1 2009 and may be introduced to other markets shortly after. Details on the specifications or pricing of the phone are not available at this point.

So far only Windows Mobile-based handsets have been sold under the Asus label, but the company has built non-WM phones for other brands, so there’s a chance this Android phone will carry a different brand name outside Taiwan as well.