On our second inspection it looks like Fujitsu-Siemens have added some practical features to the front of the device, with the inclusion of a slide out cover which protects the front camera, as you can tell this is a 3G (UMTS) based device that can support video calls.

The small keypad is a bit awkward to use at first but with time you will find it a handy feature, especially when inputting web addresses or connection details.

There is even a jogwheel to the left side, that can be used to speed up navigation through the Windows Mobile 5 interface. However the stylus pen continues the strange looks of the T830 by being completely flat, it looks like its been run over by a car.

Delving into its connectivity option list you have lots to choose from. As well as Tri-Band GSM support the device also houses an in-built 802.11 b/g Wifi adaptor, Bluetooth 2, the afore mentioned 3G (UMTS), USB host, a 2mp camera, push email support and also a built in SiRF-Star III GPS receiver.

The 2mp camera can take some reasonable quality images and its colours being produced - on the whole - accurately.

Thanks to the Wireless manager it was easy to enable and get connected up to our test router and with the small 3G utility you can easily set up your 3G enabled sim without too much hassle.

Browsing websites were quick thanks to the above, but the smaller screen does make it harder to view full websites. Fujitsu-Siemens have tried to make things easier by including an FCS pan program that allows you to drag to areas of the screen using your stylus, but we could not get this to work.

Other software takes the form of Pocket Office editor/viewer, a zip utility, PDF viewer, media player and a handy shortcut menu - to name but a few - that you can get to by holding down the power button.

You get around 62mb of free storage to play with so getting hold of an SD card will be your first additional purchase.

With a 1530mAh battery you are going to get a longer than average battery life, but of course this depends on what feature of the PDA you are using.

General performance was fine, its CPU was more than capable of powering all the software and components, but occasionally we did find it to lag whilst moving through menu options.