Chinese-language Commercial Times is reporting Compal Communications has received ODM orders for “several models of smartphones” from Palm with the order volumes likely to top five million units. Several models? 5 million units? Do you hear what I hear — Palm’s onto something. We’ve no clue what exactly the Treo maker is up to, but we are so glad they plan to return on stage. C’mon folks, we know you can do it!
The paper also said that Palm’s orders will be the growth driver for Compal in 2009.
In the other news, Compal Communications is expected to begin volume shipments of Motorola’s Q-series smartphones by the end of this year…
[Via: DigiTimes]