Email Round-up
We got a lot of emails at admin@hiptop3.com. There are all sorts of emails from “where can I get a sidekick 3?” to exclusive information like you’ve seen posted before. While we can’t hook you up with a Sidekick 3 deal until they’re officially released, we can tell you that we’ll have some good deals for people ready to open a new account with TMobile when they buy a Sidekick 3. For all you current owners, we suggest going the upgrade route with TMobile. Back to the topic at hand, here are snippets from a few emails we’ve received lately. We haven’t necessarily verified the truth behind any of these yet:
Hi, i know how you said on your site not to bother
going to a tmobile store and asking about the sidekick
III, but i like skipped in there yesterday with my
friends and asked the first guy i saw “When is the new
sidekick coming out?” and he said “July 10th” and he
told me about the upgrade, its not going to be like
the old one its going to be only if your eligable for
an upgrade, thank goodness i am!!
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Sorry… No pics. But I was able to navigate through the menu options a bit. First thing I noticed, the menu, jump, etc button are smaller. The top buttons are more recessed. It is a tad slimmer. The “mouse” will take some getting used to. It seems loose and with the sideways open/retract menu option… I can see it be an annoyance at first. With the resolution not changing, the immediate difference or benefit of 1.3 megapixel camera couldn’t be noticed.
I know I’m stoked about it and for me… Its gonna be free. Booo yaaaa…
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Hey guys, My sister( the one who works for t-mobile) Just got home and said they got to see pictures on the sk3. Went to your site and saw the post. I will tell my sis to send them or print them, because the t-mobile e-mails dont forward pics to other people outside the server. She is heavily insisting that it does not filp open and that it slides straight up, i think she is wrong.
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The relase date according to a t-mobile manger at a corprate store is july 14th I got this info because my girlfriends juicy sidekick took a dump and its like the 3rd time so there gonna give her a sidekick 3 if they can’t fix it this time and the manager gave her that date.
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I was in a Tmobile store in Denver, Colorado yesterday and was going to trade in my Sidekick 2 for an MDA. The clerk told me in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that the 3 will be available by July 9 and that I should check back with him in two weeks to see if there is a wait list to get on.
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Hello, My sister is the senior sales rep at a T-Mobile in AZ. Before all the comotion started with the hiptop 3 they recieved an e-mail that was sent out using the T-Mobile forum. It stated the their will be a G-unit edition Hiptop 3, it will be like the Mr. Cartoon for the SK2. It will not be released until a later date. At the all hands meeting they conduct every other month they also announced to be ready for the Hiptop 3, for it will be released July 10th.
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And finally, a plug for someone’s website that we unfortunately haven’t had time to check out (let us know how it is in your comments) : www.mocospace.com
June 10th, 2006 at 3:12 pm [ Quote ]
Well I think we can all be sure it will be in July… That seems to be solid enough information.
June 10th, 2006 at 3:13 pm [ Quote ]
g unit. ha
June 10th, 2006 at 3:14 pm [ Quote ]
Mister Cartoon version sounds way better than G. Unit version. Ahhhh
June 10th, 2006 at 3:47 pm [ Quote ]
I want 2 know why that 1 person gets it for free. Cuz I want that.
June 10th, 2006 at 4:00 pm [ Quote ]
I’m guessing he’s one of those T-Mobile people. Or he’s signing another contract with T-Mobile for 465765456 years.
June 10th, 2006 at 4:04 pm [ Quote ]
all this info is full of ****
June 10th, 2006 at 4:17 pm [ Quote ]
well how r u eligable for a upgrade
June 10th, 2006 at 5:20 pm [ Quote ]
You have to atleast had your sidekick 2 for 9 months
June 10th, 2006 at 6:46 pm [ Quote ]
Does anyone know what he meant by “we can tell you that we’ll have some good deals for people ready to open a new account with TMobile when they buy a Sidekick 3″?
June 10th, 2006 at 7:15 pm [ Quote ]
yah I didnt get that either… I would love to save some money by reserving it now cause i know im buying the sidekick 3 for sure. I was looking at the MDA offered by T-mobile its **** but its not for me. Its too grown up and the plans offered with it are too expensive. The data plan on this new kick better be under 30.00 tho cause thats the main thing that im attracted to
June 10th, 2006 at 7:30 pm [ Quote ]
G-Unit? Oh God Please NO!!! We really don’t need anymore “rappers” endorsing products.
June 10th, 2006 at 7:42 pm [ Quote ]
1. i don’t think the data plan price will change.
2. g-unit sucks and i hope he has nothing to do with the SK3.
3. i’m sure the SK3 doesn’t slide up. it even mentions in the manual how it is spring loaded like the SK2.
4. bummer about the screen resolution. what good is a better camera if the screen you’re viewing it on sucks as bad as the first one.
5. when the hell is t-mobile going to start their ad campaign? with exactly a month until the release date, they aren’t giving themselves much time to hype up their brand new device.
not too smart.
June 10th, 2006 at 7:50 pm [ Quote ]
yea, they prolly should give time to hype up their device, but loking through different boards and stuff, i think if tmobile only advertised it for an hour, theyd be sold out the next day.
June 10th, 2006 at 8:10 pm [ Quote ]
THEY DONT NEED TO ADVERTISE @ ALL BECAUSE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MILLONNS OF PPL THAT GO ONLINE FOR ONE SO A PERCENTAGE OF THAT KNOWS THAT THE SK3 IS GOING TO COME OUT JULY 10TH ON TOP OF THAT WORD AND NEWS ALSO SPREAD THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH U BETTER BELIEVE COMMERCIAL OR NOT THE SK3 WILL SELL OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 10th, 2006 at 9:02 pm [ Quote ]
hmmppfff. Why you youngins gots to be talking about your gizmos and such? Cant you be happy with the god damn radio
June 10th, 2006 at 9:54 pm [ Quote ]
Yeah, there were no commercials/advertisements before the launch of the SK2 so why would there be any before the launch of the 3? Word of mouth will serve as more than enough advertising, especially since everyone and their grandmother are anticipating its launch.
June 10th, 2006 at 10:11 pm [ Quote ]
im so upset that you had to have a sidekick 2 for 9 months lol i got mine a lil while ago cause it was a good deal
June 10th, 2006 at 11:30 pm [ Quote ]
I’m just ready for the sk3 to come out so we can start talking about the sk3 ota update next lol
June 10th, 2006 at 11:43 pm [ Quote ]
das wat im sayin ink ahmen brotha.
June 10th, 2006 at 11:53 pm [ Quote ]
sidekickurhead:
why would t-mobile miss out on the millions and millions of dollars they would with a good advanced marketing plan? personally, i know of plenty of people, even SK2 owners, that know nothing about SK3. corporations are about making money, and the longer t-mobile waits to launch a nation wide ad campaign, the more and more money they will lose. remember, not everyone is obsessed with SK3 like we are.
June 11th, 2006 at 12:31 am [ Quote ]
HEY MAYBE YOUR RIGHT BUT I WILL SAY THIS SK3 WILL SELL OUT OVER TIME POINT BLANK
June 11th, 2006 at 7:18 am [ Quote ]
I see at least a statement from tmobile by 2morrow or tues well that’s what some1 told me
June 11th, 2006 at 9:41 am [ Quote ]
Could you shed some light on the deals in place for new tmobile customers?
June 11th, 2006 at 9:56 am [ Quote ]
youngeurow..who told you they were making a statement about it?
June 11th, 2006 at 12:33 pm [ Quote ]
hmmmpppff. I’ve had enough of all this gadget talk. If you all wanna spout your hubub do it in some teen chat room.
June 11th, 2006 at 2:32 pm [ Quote ]
Just Called t-mobile in Chicago IL and the service rep. told me the sidekick III will come out in early July and will be 300-350 dollars
June 11th, 2006 at 3:01 pm [ Quote ]
wow what is with people posting **** thats already been talked about 35 times.
WE KNOW YOUVE CALLED
WE KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE SAID
STOP IT ALREADY!
June 11th, 2006 at 3:52 pm [ Quote ]
GGGGGG-GUNIT!
June 11th, 2006 at 3:57 pm [ Quote ]
dood strait upp Chris. G-Unit is tha shizznit!!! thatd b kool if g-unit really wus cumn outt wit a sk3
June 11th, 2006 at 3:59 pm [ Quote ]
i was wonderin if you guys have heard of the sidekick 3 razr ?????????????????
June 11th, 2006 at 3:59 pm [ Quote ]
i was wonderin if you guys have heard of the sidekick 3 razr ?????????????????
June 11th, 2006 at 4:27 pm [ Quote ]
I think the sk3 razr won’t happen I think if it gets smaller (“razr thin”) then I rthink that they’ll wait for a 4th edition (if there will be one) to release a smaller version *shrugs but I coukd be wrong and motorola could of inked a deal with danger to use their “razr” name/design. Who knows…
June 11th, 2006 at 4:31 pm [ Quote ]
well why are you guys such in a rush to get this i mean dont you want the version were you have video playa
June 11th, 2006 at 4:33 pm [ Quote ]
well why are you guys such in a rush to get this i mean dont you want the version were you have video playa.
June 11th, 2006 at 5:19 pm [ Quote ]
I called customer service that’s how I found out
June 11th, 2006 at 5:20 pm [ Quote ]
Makes sense 2 being that the phone comes out a month from now that they start promotion for it
June 11th, 2006 at 10:18 pm [ Quote ]
yea, dont o to a kiosk in the mall and ask them. i was work at old navy and some tmobile kiosk guy came in and i mentioned it, he preceded to say “yea that wont be coming out till next year”, but i think its not true because in stores they aretelling me this year. so dont ask i kiosk guy because they wont tell ya the truth! but then again i could be wrong…
June 11th, 2006 at 10:19 pm [ Quote ]
haven’t seen an update for a while….come on already…
June 11th, 2006 at 10:19 pm [ Quote ]
(not a real one, that is; that buncha emails doesn’t count)
June 11th, 2006 at 10:53 pm [ Quote ]
there isnt goin to b a second type of fone comin out with video….video is goin to b OTA out around the end of the yr….an the resolution is goin to b higher the the sidekick 2
June 12th, 2006 at 6:37 am [ Quote ]
Did they actually make u trade in the sk when u got thr sk2
June 12th, 2006 at 6:59 am [ Quote ]
Trackman, yes they made us send back our regular sidekicks when the sidekick2 was sent out to us with the rebate… As far as why they’re not advertising the sdk3 its because they’re still selling sdk2 @ sidekick.com … Smh… Myspace.com/respect_blood_money
June 12th, 2006 at 7:56 am [ Quote ]
i went to tmobile yesterday and asked about the sk3 and they told me the same stuff u’ve all heard about early july and the sales rep even asked me if i wanted to sign the waiting list so of course i did…although the waiting list doesnt sound official or anything, i think its his personal guarantee to me that he’ll save me a sidekick…all i kno is that i’m not gonna count on that list cuz all these guys want is their commission…i’m gonna go to the store july 10th or whenever the first day it comes out
June 12th, 2006 at 9:20 am [ Quote ]
There will be an ota update for the sk3 later this year for video playback
June 12th, 2006 at 10:00 am [ Quote ]
How do u know about the ota?
June 12th, 2006 at 10:14 am [ Quote ]
its on the calender
June 12th, 2006 at 10:28 am [ Quote ]
+2 points for the SK3. Got any proof of this happening for sure?
June 12th, 2006 at 10:33 am [ Quote ]
What calender???
June 12th, 2006 at 11:24 am [ Quote ]
I called tmobile and I was bitchen about video for it they said there will be an ota for it @ the end of the year hmmmm I might see if I can hack it because wouldn’t that mean its already on the phone?
June 12th, 2006 at 11:35 am [ Quote ]
you cant even hack your way out of a plastic bag with a hatchet… how the hell are u going to hack the SK3?
June 12th, 2006 at 12:15 pm [ Quote ]
damn there used to be like 1 update a day, now its like 1 update a week, this is getting boring
June 12th, 2006 at 2:19 pm [ Quote ]
On sum websites they show u how to hack it, juz go to google
June 12th, 2006 at 5:35 pm [ Quote ]
Can’t you guys wait a few days for updates. If there is no news why should he post stuff that’s old. And what happened to the pics of the sidekick 3, its not showing up on my computer
June 12th, 2006 at 6:24 pm [ Quote ]
Hey I found one of the girls boyfriend in jersey myspace.com/cdrezallgrownup
June 12th, 2006 at 11:03 pm [ Quote ]
This websites gettin lazy
June 13th, 2006 at 9:27 am [ Quote ]
Youngeurow, it tues and the mavs play tonight so I’m watchen for some sign from tmobile
June 13th, 2006 at 9:30 am [ Quote ]
I correct myself from earlier post the official tmobile release statement and release party will be june 20th which is next tuesday hopefully its accurate
June 13th, 2006 at 10:12 am [ Quote ]
I’M REALLY CONFUSED NOW BECAUSE MY FRIEND FROM HOUSTON JUST TOLD ME ITS ON THE DISPLAY AT A MALL HE WORKS AT HE SAID IT JUST GOT PUT UP AND HE SAID IT LOOKS SMALLER BUT LONGER BUT HE SAID IT MAYBE ITS JUST HIM HE IS NOT THE TYPE TO LIE AND HE IS OBSESSED WITH THE PHONE JUST AS MUCH AS I AM LETS UP WE START TO SEE IT EVERYWHERE
June 13th, 2006 at 10:38 am [ Quote ]
I was in T-Mobile yesterday and they said it’ll be out in the next couple of months, but no dead-certain relese date on it. (Damn liars) However, when I called, the guy I talked to said the same thing about that and that it did not have video, but that he’s positive there will be an OTA for it most likely by the end of the year. He may be bull-sh!tting me but thats what he said.
June 13th, 2006 at 11:27 am [ Quote ]
What the heck is ota?
June 13th, 2006 at 12:14 pm [ Quote ]
youngeurow,ask you friend to take a picture of it in the mall and send it to you
June 13th, 2006 at 12:45 pm [ Quote ]
zman:
OTA stands for “over the air” like other updates for the SK, they are sent over the air to each device. It’s up to each operator to push the update.
June 13th, 2006 at 12:59 pm [ Quote ]
Thanx 4 the info
June 13th, 2006 at 1:17 pm [ Quote ]
I have a question: Can a the sidekick2 – and now the sidekick3 – play streaming audio? in other words, can you listen to internet radio on your sidekick? cuz that will be freakin’ awsome, since the data plans are unlimited anyways…
June 13th, 2006 at 1:25 pm [ Quote ]
The browser probally won’t support it, its not like a computer, I think palms can’t even do that. I just called tmoblie and I asked about the sidekick 3, and she gave me a list of phones coming out soon, just some basic phones coming out, and before I hung she said it will be out soon I am sure, so maybe she is hinting because I don’t think they are allowed to say anything since there calls are recorded
June 13th, 2006 at 2:53 pm [ Quote ]
I just spoke to a tmobile representative (on the phone) and he said that there is a release date of the 20th for the sk3 (he said it was in their upcoming phones section). How reliable that is, I don’t really know, because when I tried calling again to customer service the person who picked up didn’t know when the release date was. So take the information as you will…I’ll try to keep calling around and seeing if there is any information available on it *shrugs* hopefully there will be…
June 13th, 2006 at 3:32 pm [ Quote ]
How is it that every T-mobile guy is giving different info?? Was there a memo that told them to bullshit their customers as much as possible… its getting ridiculous!
June 13th, 2006 at 3:56 pm [ Quote ]
Man just release that bullshit *** it if it don’t come out by july 31st my bday I’m not gettin it I’m getting the mda suck my **** tmobile taken all day and **** >:o
June 13th, 2006 at 4:30 pm [ Quote ]
i am on the verge of buying the Sk2 already,,, all these rumors, how much longer? the only solid thing so far is the FCC stuff, but that doesn’t really tell us if it takes three more months to release the ******* thing.
June 13th, 2006 at 4:49 pm [ Quote ]
This website is pissing me off too what the **** is up with the updates on this site u guys “use to be num1 idk now I’m losing faith in this site and the sk3
June 13th, 2006 at 6:02 pm [ Quote ]
I Just Call T-Mobile Like 10 Mins Ago To Ask If My Info Was Still Stored Even Tho I Don’t Use My Sidekick Anymore, I Told The Guy I Would Be Buying A Sidekick 3, And He Said That My Info Was Still Stored And When I Get The Sidekick 3 All My Info Will Be Put On It. So I Decided To Ask What I Ask When I Usually Call For Other Things Which Is What We All Want To Know “By Any Chance Do You Know When The Sidekick 3 Is Coming Out?” I Exspected To Get The Usual Run Around “We Dont Have Any Information At This Time.” But Instead Got “We Dont Have An Exact Date But Either Later This Month Or Early Next Month” So I’m Pretty Sure It’s Coming Out Soon! Waiting For New Updates
June 13th, 2006 at 9:12 pm [ Quote ]
yet another reason not to trust kiosk guys:
so the other day at work one guy from a kiosk said that it wouldnt be out for a year. now today my mom was in the mall and talked to a different guy from the SAME KIOSK and they told her that she could order it now and we’d get it in three days. my mom made sure that he knew she was talking about the sidekick 3, and he said “of course”. that is bull(youknowwhat). im sure tmobile would give their new fones to mall kiosks before they even advertise….hmmm….then again, im sure they wouldnt. if you took thetime to read this, it is much appreciated.
June 13th, 2006 at 9:25 pm [ Quote ]
i’m not mad at the site, it’s not their fault, i’m mad at the system. we’re all sitting around here, waiting for months, holding our collective breath…if they had a good reason like some type of production error – fine, but what the hell are we all waiting for? for them to get their heads out of their ***?
June 13th, 2006 at 9:49 pm [ Quote ]
Ok, so I believe I just had a sk3 sighting, please tell me if I’m wrong. I saw what I believe to be a sk3 on mtv’s new celeb car show “Fast Inc.” Anyone else know anything about this or has seen what I’ve seen?
June 13th, 2006 at 9:52 pm [ Quote ]
I am a CSR rep at Tmobile. We finally got a Sidekick 3 update in Streamline for the 1st time(prior they were telling us to say we have no informartion of the SK3) So we got pics and features/specs etc… Seems like it should be a good phone this go around. The bluetooth capabilities are nice,removable memory card for pics and MP3’s are nice as well. I don’t remember seeing anything about having video capabilities like the MDA or SDA,but I’ll check again tomorrow at work… The screen lcd seems a lot more sharp which is nice as well. No release date yet or price on a 1 or 2 year CIHU(Upgrade) or even for new activation. We usually get the update 2 weeks prior,so perhaps soon. Anway,there’s the scoop from an employee perspective,not looking forward to the **** load of calls were gonna receive on it though,lol!
June 13th, 2006 at 10:28 pm [ Quote ]
Where did u see the sk3 smubound what scene and what episode
June 13th, 2006 at 10:34 pm [ Quote ]
it’s this last episode just shown on MTV I think it’s called “Get My Drift” if you browse through the pics on mtv.com you can see a glimpse of it with some guy holding it in his left hand up to his ear…you can actually see them using it all throughout the episode…it seems smaller than the sk2 that’s why thought i would mention something about it, this one shown in the show seems to only come up a little further to the ear than the sk2 (judging by me holding my sk2 up to my ear and seeing where the “sk3″ was at when the guy was holding it up to his ear) there were actually 2 guys (the two main guys…not “Tater”) using it…*shrugs* I could be wrong, but I’m almost certain that this is it…it kind of looks like it does have bumpers, but the bumpers are sunk into the phone more compared to sticking out on the sk2…
June 13th, 2006 at 10:46 pm [ Quote ]
i totally agree with SxySidekicker3Gal.
it’s no one’s fault but t-mobile (for not officially releasing any info yet) and our own for being so obsessed over something we know next to nothing about.
but the sad thing is i’ll be back here tomorrow morning.
August 28th, 2006 at 9:05 pm [ Quote ]
Dave
Interesting topic… I’m working in this industry myself and I don’t agree about this in 100%, but I added your page to my bookmarks and hope to see more interesting articles in the future
January 22nd, 2007 at 7:15 am [ Quote ]
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