Hiptop/Sidekick Sequel Unleashed

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday August 4, 2004 @02:38PM from the danger-will-robinson dept.

powerline22 writes "After years of waiting, the second Hiptop (or Sidekick, depending on the carrier) has been unveiled to the public. After the terrible hardware reliability of the first version, the second one, manufactured by Sharp, looks a lot better, with longer battery life, built-in camera, more buttons, better radio, new software features and more. Also, according to T-Mobile, sync is going to finally be here real soon now. There are reviews at CNet, over at PCMag, and at MSNBC." We recently covered leaked Hiptop II photos.

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Re:OK, let's see... by Moofie · 2004-08-04 17:29 · Score: 0, Redundant

Why would I buy that thing, only to have no applications to run on it?

Maybe it runs Java. Maybe it runs Symbian. Oh good...now I've got four programs I can download for it. Groovy.

Smartphones that don't run PalmOS are, to me, not very smart. I've got all the functionality I want on my Visor, and until a phone can replicate that I'm stuck with two devices.

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