ODM are developing the product and its production, while the customer subsequently sells it under its own brand. Taiwanese manufacturers, including Compal Communications, FIH Mobile, Inventec Appliances and Arima Communications, expected receipt of orders for hand-held devices in early 2014, as many leading companies like Sony, Samsung, Huawei, LG and Motorola have released or plan to release similar products .
Meanwhile, the industry is still only looks at wearable devices, and large companies prefer to develop their own or transmit orders small specialized firms. As expected, the number of orders for ODM to grow in the second half of 2014, when Google will release a reference platform Android Wear.