The new webOS handset, confirmed as arriving in Q2 in recent leaked Sprint documents, now looks to be moving ever-so-closer to a release date. Digitimes reports that Taiwan-based Chi Mei Communication Systems (CMCS) is set to undertake OEM assembly of the Palm Pre.
CMCS was acquired by the Foxconn Technology Group in 2005, who already have mobile phone manufacturing contracts with Nokia, Motorola, and Siemens. The source also states CMCS is likely to source handset FPCBs from fellow suppliers, including Career Technology, Ichia Technologies and Flexium Interconnect.
Production could start as early as this month. The main question now is whether CMCS can keep up with demand for the webOS device. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse recently stated in an interview that "it's going to be in shortage no matter when we launch it", although he added that production needs to be at a reasonable level before launch.
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