Compal Communications to start shipping Q-series PDA phones to Motorola by end of year

Compal Communications is expected to begin volume shipments of Motorola's Q-series PDA phones by the end of this year, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

Compal has also received ODM orders for several models of smartphones from Palm with the order volumes likely to top five million units, said the paper, noting that Palm's orders will be the growth driver for Compal in 2009.

Compal shipped 20.7 million handsets in the first half of this year, and the company is expected to ship 10 million handsets in the third quarter, the paper indicated.

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