Report: Palm Smartphones Delayed Till The End of The Year, But Pre Still Coming?

According to a report, all Palm smartphones have been delayed to the end of the year. This rumor comes from China as it is said that Compal expects new solutions for the chipsets that Qualcomm is developing; solutions that will dramatically improve the performance of the smartphones. Also, Motorola has cut off its smartphone orders, has delayed the Alexander handset, and the company has limited the markets where the A3100 is sold.

“Compal Communications will be forced to postpone its shipments of smartphones to Palm from mid-year to the end of the year. Palm’s two smartphones will be delayed as Compal is waiting for Qualcomm’s new chipset solutions that will enable better performance.”

However, we have our doubts as the Palm Pre has been confirmed a few days ago, and this smartphone uses TI OMAP chipset, not Compal. Although Motorola uses Compal processors for A3100 and Alexander, it is not the case of the Pre and we’re pretty sure that the smartphone will be available as of this summer.

For the moment we are waiting for an official statement from Palm to deny the rumor about Pre, and to confirm (or deny) the rumor regarding other Palm smartphones.

via Digitimes