T-Mobile Sidekick goes official, want to win our custom BGR shell?
Probably the worst kept secret in recent Sidekick memory has been the new T-Mobile Sidekick, model 2008. From leaked codenames to screen shots, device slides, and even some live shots, if you’ve been paying attention, you’re certainly aware of the device. For some reason, if you’re not, here’s a quick rundown of the specs:
- $149.99 with a two-year agreement
- Video recording
- Spell check
- Quick find
- Improved browser
- Enhanced IM
- Bluetooth A2DP
- 2.0 megapixel camera
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
We haven’t took much time to play around with the Sidekick just yet, but from our early findings, the keyboard seems to be a mix of the Sidekick 3 and the Sidekick LX, but the buttons are a bit smaller. We’re a little disappointed with the build quality on this one. If this phone doesn’t scream “CHEAP!” to you…you’ve got a serious problem. The 4 buttons on the front of the device (menu, jump, back, cancel) are difficult to press, and that’s not even getting into the buttons on the side like the volume keys and the power key. The miniUSB connector is on the top of the phone this time instead of the side, which makes a whole lot of sense, and we actually were surprised by how loud the speaker was. Still though, you might as well spring for the extra $100 and get an LX. Or a Slide. Maybe not a Slide. Motorola’s not getting any more Sidekick contracts anytime soon.
Seriously, we love you T-Mo, but it’s time to get in gear. When the Sideline line-up encompasses your hottest exclusive devices, you’ve really got an issue. The model designation of the Sidekick is even 2008, yet we can’t understand how this is being released in this day and age, and we would have loved to see a $50 price point. Heck, you can get a friggin’ iPhone for $199. You might have to wait a couple weeks, but you still get an iPhone!
Since you can actually create your own shells for the new Sidekick online using a pretty cool configurator, T-Mobile was nice enough to hook us up with a customized BGR shell for the Sidekick. In typical BGR fashion, we’re giving it away. Yes, you can be that totally cool kid in school with the only BGR Sidekick in town. Just drop in a comment and you’re on your way! We’ll run this until Friday at 11:59PM. No, you don’t actually get to win the Sidekick. T-Mobile made us promise to send it back so they can trace our fingerprints and discover our identity.
UPDATE: Ok, screw it. T-Mobile hit us up to let us know that they’re sending us a brand new T-Mobile Sidekick to giveaway. So now you win the actual Sidekick and the BGR shell. How can you beat that?
fingerprints? not dna?
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Oi here here here. Pick me me me me!
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GIVE ME THE COVER…ILL MELT IT DOWN AND BUILD IT INTO AN IPHONE COVER LMAO
NO SERIOUSLY BGR NEEDS THEIR OWN IPHONE
ON WITH THE REBELLION…DEATH TO THE ENGADGETS!!!! =P
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1st of I am not a sidekick fan but sidekick users seem to luv their sidekicks.
This new sidekick is not a replacement for the lx but is a replacement for the sidekick ID . Its an intro model designed for customers who might want a sidekick with out paying too much for it.
Now I still find it funny how people are still comparing the iphone to any other phone that sees the light of day. The sidekick is nothing like the iphone. it can be used to send a mms. Lol
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Looks sweet hope i win
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Me bgr!
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could use a new phone please
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I like it!
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LOL at giving away the shell they gave to you.
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why not
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BGR sidekick! I’m totally in it to win it!
BGR fo’ life suckas! chicka chicka yeah son! whoop whoop!
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i could use a new phone
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Pick Me Pick Me
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you are correct sir
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I have had the Sidekick II, III and Slide as well as a BLackberry 8700G. They all have had better messaging (text, IM) than any other phone I have ever used. The AIM stays on at all times and is live, not the text crap found on Blackberry or Windows smart phones.
I have an iPhone now though, simple because I’m a little older and need more from life from my phone .
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meant to say that the 8700g was no where near as good as the Sidekicks for IM/Text
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I would love me some BGR sidekick goodness!
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just give it to me!!!
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Looks awesome!!!
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pls can i have it … side kick hip hip hurray
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This phone is going to be my boy wonder
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Sure! Send it my way!
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I have played with the demo in the store, the build quality is solid…… not sure what you guys were playing with. Your getting a lx that smaller and comes in more colors than shit brown and dark blue. yes you trade off for a slightly smaller screen 2.6 vs 3.0 and keyboard for a extremely pocketable sidekick(its hardly bigger than my 8120 or rokr e8) Why is everybody sucking the iphones balls? it is not that great of a phone….plus the sidekick caters to the teens not to the yuppies and mee toos that rush out to buy anything steve jobs puts out. There is no phone out there that has a better IM client than the sidekicks hands down. Blackberry is the closest with yahoo messanger, and even AIM on the new blackberry is pretty good. Native IM on a iphone?? Thats what i thought…. and my final thought $20 a month for umlimted text, im, email, and internet vs how much for all that on the iphone? I would love to have a bgr edition sidekick though
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its look just rite to used till
a better one come out lol
hook a broken sk up lol
mine broke
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Its mines, it has my name written all over it.
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