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Asus set to announce first Android smartphone in Q4 2009

Here’s another blow to Microsoft, according to Digitimes Asus is set to announce their first Android smartphone before the end of the year. Nothing else is…

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Asustek president and CEO Jerry Shen (left) and chairman Jonney Shih (right)
Here’s another blow to Microsoft, according to Digitimes Asus is set to announce their first Android smartphone before the end of the year. Nothing else is know besides this so let’s just wait and see. The Android world is getting crowded lately and is starting to look more & more like Windows Mobile; every OEM/ODM is jumping on the bandwagon building Android phones but only a few are worth talking about (HTC & Motorola so far).

Source: Digitimes

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