Calm down, that’s not a CrackBerry here at WM Experts. It’s the Velocity 111 making its way through the FCC. [via Engadget Mobile]

As Dieter noted when he got his hands on it back in April, the keyboard is all but lifted directly off the BlackBerry 8800, which doesn’t bother us that much. Plagiarism is still the sincerest form of flattery, right?

Fast forward to the fall CTIA event, and we got to put the 111 up against the Treo Pro. It certainly isn’t as sexy and the screen isn’t as deep, but, yeah, that keyboard’s gotta be more usable than the Centro-style one that Palm went with.

We’re still hoping that any of Velocity’s recent offerings will be picked up by a carrier, but we’ve heard nothing to that effect yet. In the meantime maybe they’ll keep licensing out their devices, like they did with the 117 and 127.

More FCC pics after the jump. Full spec goodness here.

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Our man Dieter got some hands-on time with a couple of Velocity Mobile devices back at CTIA, and he reported that the 103 was, in fact, "a sweet device."

And Dieter knows sweet devices.

Anyhoo, Crunchgear spied the 103 as it made its way through the FCC, which means it might well make its way to a carrier near you. We'll let you know.

A recap of the 103:

• Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro.
• HSDPA (850, 1900 and 2100 MHz bands).
• 128 megs RAM, 256 megs ROM
• 640x480 screen.
• 1450 mAh battery. 4 hours of talk time, 200 hours of standby, 2.5 hours of navigation.
• WiFi.
• Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR
• Mini USB connection.
• Assisted GPS.
• Micro SD card.
• 2MP rear-facing camera, 0.3MP on the front for video conferencing (though don't expect any U.S. carriers to leave that intact)