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?
i had the sk2 and the sk3 then moved away from the sk line since i felt it wasnt keeping up with technology, but i must say it had the bast IM capabilities ive ever experienced!
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You guys might wana add this to your review…i’ve been playing with it ever since i got it.
a few things..
in your address book, you can add favorites, which i think is really cool. it gives you a separate tab so you can have all your favorites there so you dont have to search all around, it also has a recent tab right next to it and also an “online now” tab which i really have not figured it out yet. so in your address book, you have 4 tabs, full contacts, favorites, recent, and online now..
on the AIM, you can start group chats which is pretty neat, i played around with that for a bit and its just like the group chats on the real AIM on your computer. the away message is really cool because you can set an away message on, and it wont have the message blocking you from chatting, so it’s set to away but it just shows the little yellow symbol to the left of your sn on the top left. and you can keep chatting away
the email…all it’s changed is that if you receive an email, you can add the person right from the actual email when you open it, so you dont have to go to the menu and all to add them.
another cool thing i like is that it has a built in alarm clock. and to get there you click Menu > Settings > Date, Time & Alarm.
hey BGR if you guys want screen shots or more let me know =] hope this helped out to your review!
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i would love to rock those BGR shells everywhere i go, with a clean new sidekick.
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My LX is loney, I need this 2008!
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Daddy like, daddy need, and I know you wanna make daddy happy…so gimme pleeeaaassse! Haha…I will rock the BGR one all day every day BIATCH!!!
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HI!!!!!
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hard to believe another sidekick came out. took a year or so for the sidekick 3 to drop $50 and the lx drops to $200 after i bought it for $400 5 months before. not fair. haha. this phone doesnt look bad, and the fact that you can customize it a bit isnt that bad either. That BGR shell looks great on the phone too! =D at $150 its a great buy. So for those of you that don’t win, because i’m sure there will be plenty of us, just head to tmobile because if the price is $150 with a 2 year, then i’m guessing it would be around $300 without a contract so not too bad. keyboard looks a lot like the lx too. but no moodlights so lx takes this one =p haha. well i hope i win, i would love to be one of the first people to try out this new sidekick. ^_^
p.s.- BGR, you guys are amazing for giving out a free sidekick by doing something as simple as commenting. =p
p.p.s.- yay tmobile for sending BGR another sidekick so that someone else could win it. x]
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Sidekicks rock!
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Looks good to me! Pick me por favor!
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enter me in!
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NICE BGR!
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I want it pleeease!
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BGR FTW
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i want!
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Gotta have this shell! And I GUESS I’ll take this awesome SK, too.
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I read this site every day of my life and this is the first time I have ever posted a comment on one your giveaways.
Cheap or not, the phone does look nice. I do appreciate T-mobile as well, and am a sidekick fan in general.
Keep doing what you do guys, this is the best info site in wireless. Thanks.
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not gonna beg, but I would take a free sidekick anyday…
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BG pick me right here
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when you click on buy now from Sidekick.com and you click yes that your a existing T-Mobile customer, this is the url:
https://my.t-mobile.com/Login/?lpg1=MyT_Lin_SidekickGekko&dest=https://my.t-mobile.com:443/promotions/campaign.aspx?cmp=Pro_Cmp_SidekickGekko&WT.mc_n=SK_Buy_Cust_Yes&WT.mc_t=micro
notice the Gekko in there =]
BRG upgrade me from my old Sidekick 3 man =]
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$149.99 with a two-year agreement… is cheap, even for my standard (I am not financially strong). Too bad it won’t be available in my country.
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c’mon, i need something new to play with.
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What the heck is a “BGR Shell” on the sidekick?
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PICK MEEEE
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I really want this. I like the color scheme and I like the sidekicks. come on bgr pick me for this
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Chika chika yeah!!! Sidekick me!!!!
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