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Color Sidekick to be Released Tomorrow

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hardware-to-desire dept.

Saxton writes "Just announced by hiptop.com's T-Mobile Rep, the awaited Color Sidekick will be available at CompUSA and 1-800-TMOBILE tomorrow. The thread is here. Now available is a data-only plan for $29.99, and you can now use any other T-Mobile price plan with the Sidekick. Anyone meeting me at CompUSA tomorrow morning?" Here is my Review of the Original device, which I still think is among the most useful portable electronic devices I've seen. I'm looking forward to testing out the new version to see what improvements have been made to an already great unit.

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  1. huh? by nxg125 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Requires Optional Camera Attachment

    Nice.

  2. web proxy by exhilaration · · Score: 1, Troll
    Check out my comments on the Hiptop forum about the B&W version and the responses that were posted.

    I was going to get the B&W unit until I found out (from reading the message boards) that websites have to be "supported" by Danger in order to display on the Sidekick. In other words, if you go to an unsupported site, you get a "sorry" error mesage on your screen. Then you e-mail Danger and ask them to add the website, but people on the boards have complained that AFTER A YEAR it hasn't happened.

    This matters to ME because I want to be able to view my own web pages. If I'm running Squirrelmail or Horde on my cable connection, there's ZERO guarantee that I'll be able to use to Sidekick to access it.

    Since Danger is continuing to make users rely on their servers for EVERYTHING (including syncing your contacts and calendar), I doubt that this has changed.

    My Nokia 3650 will arrive in a few days - free after rebate from Amazon. For the money, that's the best "smart phone" out there.