Swiped Sidekick's new owner pays the price
Now where have we heard this story before? Person gets cellphone that doesn't belong to them, starts snapping pics of themselves all around town without knowing that said photos are being uploaded to the internet, and is then surreptitiously monitored and eventually made a spectacle of by the phone's previous owner? Well, guess what, little girl -- that Sidekick II you so want so desperately just landed your face on Engadget Mobile. Sweet, sweet justice -- as if she reads this site anyway. Well, maybe she does, because her and her family are now severely busted as this story climbs all up and over the internets.P.S. You really should head over to the stolen Sidekick site. The former owner's been corresponding with this girl's brother, and the results are, well, priceless.
P.P.S. -Anyone else wondering if she feels like she's having a Paris Hilton moment?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Steven C @ Jun 8th 2006 1:33AM
I had my sidekick 2 stolen and next 2 days i checked into my email online to see if i could get the emails i couldn't get w/ my sk2 being stolen. I discovered a brand new picture gallery n i see bunch of little kids w/ parents holding the squirts. i immediatly called my sk2 n someone answered i gave them the best cuss out i never knew i could do. therefore, that thief hung up on me and i got sticked w/ 300 bucks t mobile bill which i couldn't get out of n now am being screwed by them royally up where the sun don't shine y'all know?
Sam Gibbs @ Jun 8th 2006 6:19AM
Have you emailed to add to the blog list to shame this stupid little girl? I wonder whether they'll actually shame her into giving it back. Just goes to show it doesn't pay to steal someone's prized gadget!
Michael @ Jun 8th 2006 12:21PM
Um...how old is she? If she's a minor, you're breaking the law by publishing her photo.
phi @ Jun 8th 2006 3:17PM
technically, its already been published by her, IANAL but him republishing it doesn't seem like it would be breaking the law.
shirizaki @ Jun 8th 2006 9:33PM
Proving once and for all, whether for cell revenge or for better phones: GSM > CDMA.
Oh, and if those were pulled from MySpace, they're already published thanks to MySpace TOS.
I own a Moto E815, and I know for a fact that if it gets stolen I'm dialing it until I get it back. One of the reasons why I'm enabeling GPS on this sucker.