New T-Mobile Sidekicks coming this year… world stops in anticipation
There’s nothing to get your week going like the adrenaline that results from the revelation that a “couple” new Sidekicks are headed to T-Mobile sometime this year. According reputable electronics broker PCD, the world should see an unspecified number of new Sidekick handsets introduced before the end of 2009. Very little (read: nothing) in the way of details, but we hope, hope, hope that someone up at Danger/T-Mobile/Microsoft has organized a company-wide conference call to illuminate employees on the virtues of modern inventions such as “3G”, “Wi-Fi”, and “GPS”. Not to beat a dead horse, but the previous “couple” Sidekicks haven’t been much to write home about, with little in the way of innovation on the design and functionality front. That said, we don’t want to write the new boys off before they arrive so we’ll maintain as much of an open mind as we can. Sorry Danger Microsoft, but we just haven’t felt the same warm, fuzzy feeling from any of your new Sidekicks in quite some time…feel like surprising us? Mmmmkay, thanks.
BGR,
Of all the SK’s why oh why did you guys feature a picture of a Sidekick that has to be at least 5 years old? I’m not holding my breath for a new SK to revolutionize cell phones, but SK’s have always been niche phones that appeal to the teens and people in their early 20’s.
Ok…those of you who compair features or what a smartphone can do..lets review.
Send and recieve email, WITH attachments.. SK does it
IM- In the background-SK does it..uhm.. Iphone cant
Browse web with ability to multi-task- SK does it, Iphone cant.
Newer Handsets have high res screens with light sensor- SK has it, most nokias dont
good music player and simple OS with shortcuts…
I have an E71…a “grown up” phone… Symbian is nice..no real knocks on it..but the phone is to damn small.. the SK has a better form factor for those that like to hold a wider phone…Not every phone has to be so damn skinny and small.
I am going to be tempted with the new Nokia N97…and the new Android phones..but if the SK has made a good jump to future.. I WILL get one.. ON yeah…. I am a 31yr old professional in law enforcement..not a “tween”
and those with Blackberries….especially the BOLD..how are those workin out for you? Get your bad unit swapped out yet?
Office Joe!………shut up and comb your back hair.
I had a SK and went thru over 10 in one year.
They are made bad and freeze up frequently.
I know someone that has been sent over 30 replacement
Hand sets over the course of the last 2 years.My point being,
Blackberry and Apple can’t even be compared to a toy like the SK.
Don’t get too excited. Innovation is a bad word over there
It would be nice to see a 3G/Wi-Fi enabled sidekick for 2009. And they need to go back to the SK3’s plastic keys for the QWERTY keyboard.
at the end of the day a second gen sidekick still has COPY + PASTE = doin way more than the iphone right about now
and it has the BEST aim on the market!
and you send attachments and email more than one photo
ok well this a sidekick. i dont know why people say its hideous. its just a phone unless you have it glued to the front of your face for everyone to see i dont think you should buy a phone for looks and sidekicks work really good and no one really cares if you call it hideous so just GET OFF THE COMPUTER HIDEOUS PEOPLE!
That isn’t the new Sidekick the guy at t-mobile when i bought my sk 08 said they werent launching a new sk in 2009.that sidekick in the pic is the old sidekick.
A lot of you guys are sad!
Because you’re bashing the phone for the wrong reasons.You are acting like having a sidekick is the same as talking in slang,or wearing your pants off your butt! Its a phone,not a fad!!
I’m 38 & i still have a sidekick!!! I’ve had one since the Gen1,& have had every one since…
The sidekick was the 1st phone to have all the media applications in one unit,& be able to use them all at the same time! That’s why all the young people jumped on it, because you can communicate in so many ways,at the same time with ease! There still isn’t another phone on the market to match its ease & convenience!!! Oh Ive Tried Blackberries,& while i do like them; they are no sidekick. The keyboard & and ability to jump between applications cant even compare to the (SK)!!! I even listened to my “grown up” friends, and went out and got an Iphone… After 2Days of texting, & sending emails with that BS virtual keyboard; i put it rite back in the box,and went back to my (SK)! I’m only upset with Danger for leading the industry with the best phone on the market at that time, and then falling off by not building on it!!! There should have been a touch screen, 3G sidekick 2years ago…
But let me tell you wanna be grown ups something;Until the make a phone that works & feels like a sidekick, I’ll be right here!
And if they step their game up, improves the (SK)with a touch screen & 3G features then i’ll be someone’s grandfather with a SIDEKICK!!!
I am in my late 20’s and I have the sidekick 08. I love it. It’s great in the work place and all the applications work great. Yes, I wish it had a 3G network, but I can go on almost any site I like and I can still multitask within the phone and go back to the site. It’s not a tween phone. and some may think it’s bulky, but I hate those small phones you can’t even hold up to your ear properly. to all you bashing the phone, if you don’t like it, just don’t buy it. and that’s that.
THE SIDEKICK IS NOT MEANT FOR ADULTS WITH JOBS AND FEEL THE NEED TO IMPRESS THEIR CO-WORKERS BY THE PHONE THEY USE.
Okay. Seriously. All of you above me bashing the SK need to chill the f*ck out.
First of all, the phone pictured above is like what, 2001? 2002? Okay. Cool. Guaranteed it was top of the line 6 years ago.
I’ve had two different sidekicks. The sidekick 3 and the 2008.
I’ve stuck with them for more than 2 and a half years and I am not planning on switching to a different kind of phone anytime soon.
Let me also tell you T-Mobile basically started the whole “fave 5″ thing. Unlimited calls to certain people for 10 dollars a month more than the other plan.
Best.Thing.Ever.
My best friend lives in Georgia and at points during the summer we’d spend more than 10,000 minutes a month on the phone.
All thanks to T-Mobile.
Verizon and Alltel and whatever else is coming out with these “unlimited calling options”…THEY’RE JUMPING ON THE BANDWAGON A LITTLE LATE.
In addition, sidekicks have THE BEST mobile internet, AIM, and email systems of any phone I have ever used (and I play with a lot of my friends phones…blackberrys, voyager, env, etc.)
Oh.
And does YOUR phone allow UNLIMITED email, AIM, MSN, Yahoo IM, texting, picture messaging, and internet for only $20 a month? No.
I have an itouch. So don’t tell me the iphone is better. The apps are cool and everything but whenever I have to type on there I want to shoot myself. I can type faster on my sidekick than I can on my laptop and I can type over 70 wpm without even trying.
I think I’ve made my point.
SIDEKICK.
OWNS.
this sidkick is soo old its not even funny damn this is no new sidekick
this sidekick is nice.. but it is ugly.. the only thing that is ugly is the out line on the keypad cause itz orang3….. so but is still nice ya’ll just hatin cause you dont have a sidekick…so back off HATERZ……
SIDEKICKS U HAVE TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE THING JUST TO OPEN A TEXT MESSAGE WHILE THE ENV TOUCH U OPEN RIGHT UP AND EVERY SINGLE SIDEKICK FREZZES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yeah all sidekicks are horrible! listen to me, i have the sidekick lx 2009 right now and i hate it. ive had every sidekcick that came out and im tired of them and tmobile!!!! the service isnt good at all i dont care what any one says because i had tmobile for 2 years and i reget it!!!! SWITCH TO VERIZON WIRELESS LIKE I AM AND GET THE ENV TOUCH!!!!!!!!!!! THAT PHONE IS SO COOOL IT HAS TWO SCREENS, GAMES, AND YOU CAN TEXT THREE WAYS WHICH IS PHENOMINAL. LASTLY, WITH THE SIDEKICKS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE HUGE THING TO GET INTO TEXT MESSAGING WHILE ON THE ENV TOUCH IT POPS RIGHT UP