Windows Phone Thoughts: News Update on the Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket Loox T800 series

"Back on 24 June we posted that the FCC had approved the release of the upcoming Pocket Loox T800 series. However - back at the start of September the FCC added to the filed documents listed on their site. This time they included a manual. The reason for the newer filing seems to be that the T800 series was resubmitted for testing after being 'fixed' so that WiFi and the GSM/GPRS radio can be used simultaneously - this follows an earlier attestation that the radios would not work at the same time. Following on from this the original filing has also been updated and now includes a wealth of documents including: the manual, external photos (including the bundled headset and external GPS aerial along with a short USB host adaptor cable) and internal photos."



Along with the new FCC documentation, the T800 series has also been Bluetooth qualified. All I can say is - YUMMY! If there was a converged device I would plop my hard earned cash for, it's the T830. The Hermes may be the creme de la creme of the current crop of QVGA devices, but the T830 is/will be the leader for square-screen devices. The specs are to die for:

•Intel 416MHz processor
•2.4in 240x240 screen
•802.11g wifi (!!!)
•Bluetooth 2.0, Class 2 (with Broadcomm stack!!!)
•GPS (SirfStarIII!!!) with ability to add an external antenna
•USB Host
•3G/UMTS (HSDPA tbc)
•64MB RAM, 128MB ROM
•SDIO slot (!!!)
•2MP camera with autofocus (!!!) + video call camera (T830 only)
•1500mAH battery (!!!)

Can you tell I'm excited? About the only problem with these devices are how hard they are/will be to get outside Europe. You can get the lowdown on the FCC documentation here, and the Bluetooth qualification news here.