Compal Communications braces for cloudy shipment outlook in 2H09, says paper

Taiwan ODM handset maker Compal Communications is bracing for a cloudy shipment outlook in the second half of 2009 as the company will be forced to postpone its shipments of smartphones to Palm from mid-year to the end of the year and to see smartphone orders from Motorola cut substantially, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

Shipments of Palm's two smartphones will be delayed as Compal is waiting for Qualcomm's new chipset solutions that will enable better performance, said the paper.

The paper also noted that Motorola has canceled the planned launch of the Alexander handset and also reduced the number of markets in which it will sell its A3100 smartphone. Compal has been shipping the A3100 to Motorola and had previously landed the orders for the Alexander.