http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/ Engadget Mobile Comments for The Sidekick III "reviewed" http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/Apr 12th 2006 12:43AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/Apr 12th 2006 4:32AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/
There's no WLAN, and no video playback (though apparently that will come in the future).

The roller-ball controller works quite well (though, as per the review is a bit flimsy). The screen (from my brief play) seems to be the same resolution; but has a higher number of colours. This could of course just be an illusion due to the interface refresh.

Other than that, I hear that June is a likely release timeframe... ]]>Apr 12th 2006 4:59AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/
Read it again.]]>Apr 12th 2006 6:26AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/Apr 12th 2006 8:51AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/
"along with new features such as sd card"

Hang on, those two statements don't really add up. :)

I don't really see why anyone would put up with the bulk of a smartphone without getting smartphone features in return. The Sidekick is incredibly limited compared to other keyboard-based phones and it seems like a very poor choice compared to smartphones from the likes of Nokia, Sony Ericsson and HTC.

If I'm going to carry around something of that size then I want top of the line specs too - not "amazing new features" like an SD slot.

Even the form factor isn't that novel. Nokia have been peddling out similar Communicator designs for well over 5 years.]]>Apr 12th 2006 9:49AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/
Someone should start a "Wanted on the SKIII"...and see then how the current leaked specs add up.]]>Apr 12th 2006 11:46AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/
-Gary ]]>Apr 12th 2006 12:21PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/Apr 12th 2006 12:44PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/Apr 12th 2006 3:23PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/
Yeah, right! Sidekick users are as sophisticated and technologically-inclined as your average oblivious iPod user. Go by any local highschool or college, and EVERYBODY and their muthas got a SK, and that right there loses the 'cool' and 'hip' factor.

The Sidekick is a LOW END communicating device, and that's exactly how Danger has been and still is designing it to be, so calling their users 'chic' and 'in-the-know' is just absurd and laughable.

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I'm punishing myself for buying the MDA by using it until SKIII is released, and them I'm right back. It would be pretty hard to live without the bluetooth headset and voicedial now - any word on voicedial for the SKIII?]]>Apr 13th 2006 10:23AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/
I don't know why there isn't a decent IM client for Windows Mobile, but there isn't. I've tried Verichat and IM+ and they are both worthless.]]>Apr 14th 2006 2:21PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/Apr 14th 2006 4:50PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/Apr 14th 2006 8:34PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/Apr 19th 2006 1:50PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/i dont see why sidekick2 users are complaining
when it's obviously going to be more advanced
in my case, i'm on the verge of purchasing a sk2
but this sk3 thing is in my way
has there been any price drop
or anything noticeable about the sk2
that might give a hint as to the release of the next one?
and pricewise
$400-500?
i have no clue
pda street has some other photos as well
with the screen open and the back with case on
just fyi]]>Apr 22nd 2006 11:57PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/
Sidekick3 will be released in Q2 with music.

Later this year, another version will come out with UMA(unliscensed mobile access), at which poing the WLAN lights will start blinking and the sidekick will start giving us WiFi cancer too.

Maybe in 2007, I think a RAZR thin sidekick(HiptopHQ?) should be out. And I read somewhere that tmo doesnt have EDGE, so maybe a partnership with another company that owns GSM towers(possibly big cingular?)

$290 at the initial drop. Probably around 250 with a contract, but I'm gonna get one and put in a tmo to go SIM instead of a monthly bill deal.]]>May 4th 2006 10:19AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/
Must haves / biggest bitches:

a) 6 megabytes of email storage is PATHETIC... I'm paying $20 a month for this?!? I fill this up EVERY SINGLE DAY. Most of it is SPAM. This SUCKS and hugely limited the utility of the email app.

b) Why *can't* the damn thing sync back to my real inbox, so that I don't have to delete messages twice!?! I can't see a single technological reason why not! This SUCKS and hugely limited the utility of the email app.

Stupid annoyances:

The limit on the number of ringtones is RIDICULOUS... and costs them money... if we're going to "load" and "unload" them, then there needs to be a cleaner way in the interface to do this... but what they really need is MORE MEMORY in the device. MEMORY IS CHEAP.

Similarly, the limit on the amount of images that can be stored in the "gallery" app is ridiculously small. This is server space. They are getting paid big $ for it. Spinning storage is CHEAP.

Everything they are doing on the web based desktop / back end, is chintzy and reflective of a resource constrained era that is way past... they really need to wake up and smell the coffee here.

Nice to have:

c) I sure hope that T-Mobile and Danger collaborate to get me high speed bandwidth...

d) MP3 support (yes)

e) Networked games? Hello... you're sitting on a TCP/IP device with 24/7 network connectivity, and yet there isn't a single game (as far as I can tell) that supports networking? This would seem to be the ideal device for an MMORPG, etc. and I have to ssh into my server and run things in command line mode to get this?!?]]>May 15th 2006 2:43AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/You are very wrong, T-Mobile has EDGE already on over 70% of it's network last I checked over a month ago. So if the SK3 comes w/out EDGE it would be pretty much the suck.]]>May 15th 2006 8:05PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/I play those with all my kick owning compatriots and a regular basis.]]>May 17th 2006 6:17AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/May 21st 2006 12:06PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/May 24th 2006 9:14PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/May 25th 2006 4:33PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/May 31st 2006 6:22PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/04/12/the-sidekick-iii-reviewed/Aug 5th 2006 9:08PM