Danger Alert: Sidekick 2009 spotted in the wild
Sidekick fans everywhere are drooling, and now there’s a real picture to back up all the rumors and rendered images from just a few weeks ago. If there was any doubt about the legitimacy of this new swivel phone it should certainly be squashed now (still, cross your fingers!). This sweet new device looks exactly like the images we showed you a while back with a darker theme and is a little more contoured than the current Sidekick 2008. Of course, this new Sidekick, currently codenamed “Blade,” is going to be the first to sport 3G connectivity – a major bonus for those who are sick and tired of surfing the Internet at GPRS/EDGE speeds. No official word on pricing or release yet, but we’re guessing it will be Fall 2009 and perhaps just a hair over the cost of a non-3G Sidekick. Of course, we’ll keep you updated as news comes our way.
Thanks, Ed!
My friend works for TMobile, and she said it’s coming out during the SUMMER. I never really asked her about it because i thought she wouldn’t know just like any other tmobile rep; some are clueless. But then we were talking about phones and she said the TMOBILE MEMOIR is coming out on FEB 25 and the SIDEKICK 2009 in the summer; her boss told her. so if the memoir date is correct, there’s a possibility the date for the sidekick is also right.
Because if you look closer, the light blue keys also have a second function of the numbers 1,2,3 and so up to number 9. Also, the last three serve as second function to *,0,and #.
You tell ‘em, Rosario! I can’t wait to get this. I love the sidekick line of phones.
i said it awhile ago this shit is gonna be super popular… wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole but you would be surprised how many sidekicks tmobile sells i don’t know why everybody thinks they are unpopular
Yeah dude, people bash this phone so much but again, the thing with this phone is the audience it is marketed for. It’s for teens to young adults, or for people who like an interesting looking phone with plenty of convenience and simplicity packaged all in one. The great thing about Sidekicks might also be the worst thing about them, and that’s that yeah, they have been using the SAME OS for a couple years now, but, it does what it’s supposed to do and it does it very well I m ight add. Also, the Danger Back-End service is great for backing up all data on your device and it does have one of the most solid keyboards and messaging clients out to date and that’s saying A LOT especially considering this has been an EDGE phone until just recently ! So, yeah those are my 2 cents.
I also don’t get why people like to bash the sidekick. It’s a lot simpler to use than a Blackberry and the OS doesn’t lag at all. Blackberrys won’t automatically back-up your apps, email, notes, calendar, tasks, pictures, etc. like a Sidekick will. The Sidekick also gives you direct-push email, a much better keyboard and easier multi-tasking. I just hope that this isn’t the only Sidekick that will be released this year. I don’t care about 3g. I NEED a Sidekick with UMA in my basement apartment. Everywhere else I go I’m fine for reception.
i M GOIN TO GET IT
ITS HAS A 3.2 MEGA PIXAL CAMERA THAT IS SICK AND IT HAZ 3G
YES
Looks all plastic aka cheap,when will they make a nice build phone like a Iphone?? Probably never and for it to cost 400 bucks Pathetic!
I still want an iphone
agreed
this looks pretty nice. i really like the color its like a black/chromeish kind of color real nice. and seeing that 3 next to the G7 makes it even better xD
I personally wouldn’t get it. To me T-mobile sidekicks have gone down hill since the LX. The 08′ is extremely small, the slide is like the forgotten adoptive child, they need to go back to the blueprint stage and start over. Don’t get me wrong I love sidekicks, its everything I personally need all-in-one but after the LX the fones just all look the same now, no originiality.
diz fone iz poppen wit a pasion im gettin it early R3mixX BabE3
Seriously, I don’t see why everyone gives the Sidekick a bad time.
Are you expecting it to be a smart phone? Get real! It’s a messaging phone, will always be THE messaging phone. I’d love to get the SKs America get here in the UK as I really really like the phone.
*crosses fingers for SK09 UK release*
I saw this thing the other day. It’s the same stuff-same ugly aesthetic from 1999. No real improvements here , just an instant messenger app with a chassis.
It’s really ugly-a real mashup of bizarre ID. FAIL.
Not bad, I have had the SKc SKII and the SKLX. I have been on the sidekick platform for so long I can not see myself leaving it anytime soon.
The new phone looks good like an improvement, and with 3g and turn by turn! So good on ya Danger, keep putting out the sk’s and I will keep buying them, just give me a nice touch screen someday and open up the catalog just a little.
Oh yeah and for all of you that think its a kids phone, its not. I am 30 next month ugg, and I have several friends that have sk’s.
I love it.. Im reading all these people bashing the “kick” on here but they have no idea how useful this fone is..First off your grandmother can pick this fone up and start using its really simple device to pick up and use..I also never had a problem with this device locking up or freezing on me..the thing is this device is for the text junky..I’ve had a kick since my freshmen yr in hs and I wont let it go, also the reason for hiptop not changing the style of the sidekick.. is a lil thing called image “branding” if this device was anything different it wouldnt be a sidekick anymore..
It would just be another typical cellphone.
I cant wait to get my hands on this.
I friggin love my sidekick! I just wish the sk ‘09 had the personalble shells like the ‘08.
I have had all the sidekicks and currently I am going with the LX. I also have the Blackberry Bold, the 2nd generation I Phone and the G1…I simply like different things about each of these phones. The Sidekick LX has a great screen, the best keyboard in the world, a browser that gets me on any site and my stuff is backed up just in case by Danger. I am looking forward to the new model and going on 3 G… Just remember, all the phones I have are nice in their own ways however, when one is total wireless as I am…none of these phones have the power pack to keep me happy if I were to have just one of them alone! I guess cause I am an old guy!
wow i just got the sidekick 08!!! im so mad.
Personally I love my sidekick I’ve had a slide , tried the O8 & now im using the lx . Its a great simple phone to use nothing is complicated about it . I can’t wait to see the next sk they come out with. Its better then any other t-mobile phone.
personally i dont like it ill stick to my LX(brown) or my black iphone3g.they really dont need 2 change the ui because all the true sidekick fans are used to the current look..just my idea but what do i kno im just the age group the phone is marketed for =]
I actually got to hold this phone when a program developer came into where I work and showed it to me. It’s pretty thin, the UI has gotten some nice tweaks, and it just feels…right. Or at least a nice step in the right direction.
Ha Bunch Of Haters Hating On The Sidekick I See A Bunch Of Yous Haters are gonna See That Phone in The Future & Ask To Hold It I Bet Lol Yea It Kinda Lookz Like A 08 & Lx Mixed the screen is kinda thin looking & it looks like its goin 2 be the 1st of 2 sidekicks to come I Believe this because this lookz like the size of lx so there gonna want 2 also make a smaller 1 for the crowds who likes the smaller sidekicks kinda like what they did with the slide so I believe they’ll be another kick out & honestly I’ve been sidekick since day 1 b4 the banwagon & every1 was still making phone calls & the only thing that I think was missing was the ability to watch videos now we got it & navigation that’s a plus(if it Has it)
I think its funny all the people that call this a kids phone, but keep in mind, the iphone and blackberry were based on the sidekick technology. So anyone claiming this is a piece of junk should hold on, use one and then judge. I had the sidekick and i was really impressed with it, traded it for a touch screen but the sidekick is a great base phone.