The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has given High Tech Computer permission to release in the United States a new wireless Pocket PC. This will become the Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket Loox 400.
This upcoming model will use Windows Mobile 2003, though it isn't known if this will be the Second Edition. It will have a 300 MHz Intel PXA255 XScale processor and 64 MB of RAM. It will also have 32 MB of ROM.
There will be two versions of this device, one with both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and the second with only Bluetooth.
This handheld will have a 3.5-inch screen that has a 240-by-320-pixel resolution. It will be capable of displaying 16-bit color.
The Pocket Loox 400 will also include an SD slot that supports SDIO, which means it will be able to use both memory cards and non-memory peripherals that plug into the SD slot. This will be its only slot.
It will, of course, include the Pocket PC standard software for editing documents and spreadsheets, sending and receiving email, and playing multimedia.
The Pocket Loox 400 will have a 1130 mAh removable battery.
According to the information filed with the FCC, this device will be 4.4 inches tall, 2.8 inches wide, and 0.55 inches thick (11.3 cm by 7.1 cm by 1.4 cm). It will weigh 4.4 ounces (125 g).
The anticipated release of the Pocket Loox 400 is sometime in May.
When HTC first received FCC approval to release this device in the U.S., there were no documents describing it posted for public review on this U.S. government agency's web site. This meant the identity of this device was unknown.
Recently, however, the FCC posted a full description of this Pocket PC on its site, ending the mystery.
Thanks to iPAQabilities.com for the tip.