Compal to fab Fujitsu-Siemens' 3G handhelds

Fujitsu-Siemens' (FS) pipelined pair of PDA phones, the Pocket Loox T810 and T830, will be manufactured by Taiwan's Compal, Chinese-language newspaper the Commercial Times said.

There's no word yet from FS about the new devices, pictures and specifications of which surfaced on the web last month. The smart phones are believed to incorporate 802.11g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 and 3G. They will run Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0, and have 128MB of ROM and 64MB of RAM on board. It's also believed they feature integrated GPS reception.

The difference between the two models? The T830 sports a two-megapixel digicam, while the T810 is camera-less. According to the Commercial Times, the PDA phones are powered by Intel's XScale PXA270 processor.

FS is expeced to announce the two handhelds at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona later this month. ®