Ian Fried and Richard Shim of ZDNet News report that Handspring plans on Monday to announce devices that combine a handheld organizer, a cell phone and Web browsing, delivering on promises to become more focused on wireless communications. Fried and Shim write . . .

“As first reported by CNET News.com, Handspring received Federal Communications Commission approval in late August for two such devices with built-in wireless communications: the Treo k180, which has a tiny keyboard, and the Treo g180, which uses Graffiti handwriting recognition for text input. However, Handspring never intended the information to become public that soon and had the agency temporarily withdraw its approval, thereby making details of the devices no longer publicly available.”

“Sources said the devices, which use the Palm operating system, will be announced Monday but are not expected to be available immediately. One source said they will cost about $400 . . .”

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