Windows Phone Thoughts: A Preview of the Fujistu-Siemens Pocket LOOX N520

Following confirmation of some specs of a couple of upcoming Pocket LOOX devices, Mobile-review.com has just put together a short preview of a pre-production N520. I won't go into all the details of the review, but there are a couple of points worth noting. Firstly, the benchmark results should be taken with a grain of salt. As we saw with reviews of the Axim X51/X51v, the benchmark discrepancies between a Windows Mobile 2003 SE device and a Windows Mobile 5.0 device are astounding, though in a real-world scenario, they are barely noticeable. Secondly, because Mobile-review.com had their hands on an early engineering sample, you might want to keep in mind that some of the specs are likely to change when the device hits production - notably, the Wi-Fi is likely to be upgraded to support 802.11g, and the ROM should be expanded to 128MB. As a competitor to some new and upcoming GPS-enabled Pocket PCs (e.g. HTC Galaxy), I think we might have a real winner on our hands.