Official Announcment!
We’re running around drinking in San Francisco and heard this. We had to put down the Guinness and post it as soon as we could. So coming from the Sidekick 2 via copy and paste:
Sidekick 3 On Sale Next Week
Yesterday, 11:00 PM source: T-Mobile
T-Mobile today officially announced the Sidekick 3. The latest version is what was shown in FCC filings. New features include EDGE data, Bluetooth, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, music player and Mini SD card slot. Current T-Mobile subscribers will be able to purchase the Sidekick 3 via the web or in two select stores starting June 28. It will be available to the general public July 10. The handset will cost $300 with a 2 year contract, $350 with a 1 year contract, and $400 for prepaid subscribers.
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June 19th, 2006 at 11:21 pm [ Quote ]
$300 for upgrades ?
ouch.
June 19th, 2006 at 11:24 pm [ Quote ]
How much will it be for an upgrade? and are they going to send out emails still?
June 19th, 2006 at 11:27 pm [ Quote ]
http://www.sidekickiii.com is up and running. IT’S COMING!!
June 19th, 2006 at 11:28 pm [ Quote ]
I need the link to the sidekick 3 website where u preorder an upgrade cause it says that it requires flash for the main page I need it pleassssssssssse
June 19th, 2006 at 11:30 pm [ Quote ]
Any Idea WHAT 2 select stores?
June 19th, 2006 at 11:34 pm [ Quote ]
Oh, there are two separate release dates? Even better, and awesome.
June 19th, 2006 at 11:36 pm [ Quote ]
No there is just one release date. You can upgrade on the 28, but you wont be able to get the SK3 until July 10
June 19th, 2006 at 11:37 pm [ Quote ]
What do u mean two seprate release dates?
I’m going crazy cause I can’t get to the site on my sk2
June 19th, 2006 at 11:37 pm [ Quote ]
https://my.t-mobile.com/Login/Default.aspx?lpg=MYT_Lin_SideKickUpgrade&dest=https://my.t-mobile.com:443/cihu/Default.aspx?WT.mc_n=sidekick3upgrade_External&WT.mc_t=Other
here is the link with the info
June 19th, 2006 at 11:38 pm [ Quote ]
How much is the upgrade?
June 19th, 2006 at 11:38 pm [ Quote ]
Go to http://www.hiptop.com that site doesnt need flash
June 19th, 2006 at 11:47 pm [ Quote ]
I want to preorder!
June 19th, 2006 at 11:52 pm [ Quote ]
Nothing came up but the home page
June 19th, 2006 at 11:55 pm [ Quote ]
Yeah thats all they have so far. I just though I’d let you see that site since you’re on the SK2 and you dont have flash.
June 19th, 2006 at 11:57 pm [ Quote ]
i ot a question, what if i dont got t-mob, what if i sign with them tomorrow, you think they will still let m eget an upgrade within a week?
June 20th, 2006 at 12:00 am [ Quote ]
so its 300+ no matter what? that’s kinda of high, especially if u have already been with tmobile for over a year or so, they should cut you some kind of slack..i mean dang..i figured the upgrade would be atleast 100-150, 200 at the most…but 300+ and no less…i dont know what to say…but i guess they know ppl will get it no matter what, i know i will lol..
June 20th, 2006 at 12:00 am [ Quote ]
OK, perhaps the wording is a bit ambiguous, or I’m just dense. It says current subscribers will be able to purchase the SK3 on June 28. And they wait until July 10 to ship it? What about the two stores it mentions?
June 20th, 2006 at 12:01 am [ Quote ]
No they wont
June 20th, 2006 at 12:03 am [ Quote ]
Ahhhhhh that’s high as **** but ima get it but its dumb we can preorder it now but won’t get it till july 10th da ****
June 20th, 2006 at 12:03 am [ Quote ]
does anyone know for sure about the screen if it has been improved any? and is there for sure no video and no picture messaging? i don’t see how a phone this new and this popular can’t have the best screen, basic video and picture messaging…doesn’t make sence to me…
June 20th, 2006 at 12:09 am [ Quote ]
So let me get this right… if you preorder it on the 28th, you are not going to get it until the 10th of july? what is the puspose of that…if you preorder one you are just guaranteed one on july 10th then?
June 20th, 2006 at 12:11 am [ Quote ]
The Sidekick3 Online Manual is also live now.
Oh, and check out what they’re calling the Music Player…
http://help.sidekick.dngr.com/en-us/manual/m2/R3.0/Desktop/
June 20th, 2006 at 12:18 am [ Quote ]
SDWolf, thanks
Just finished looking at the manual and the pictures on the screenshots look effin’ great.
wow
June 20th, 2006 at 12:24 am [ Quote ]
i had the same question but i dont think it matters because they are all being released on the 10th….but if you can totally do it because im going to try to do that also so i am guaranteed one on the 10th
June 20th, 2006 at 12:26 am [ Quote ]
im still trippin on this price…i mean damn…
June 20th, 2006 at 12:30 am [ Quote ]
i hope you dont have to send my sidekick 2 back to them since im getting the upgrade…does anyone know how the upgrade actually goes regarding sending the phone back to them? do you have to do that? or can u just keep it…cuz if its 300 or 350 plus them having my sidekick 2 i dont know if that’s worth it…
June 20th, 2006 at 12:32 am [ Quote ]
Aight so I finally saw it damn 300+ for a phone with no video voice record idk its just an upgrade and its that much damn at least 200 I would have thought *starts thinking about what to sell*
June 20th, 2006 at 12:34 am [ Quote ]
Most likely we will have too
So we gotta have this money upfront on the 28th and not just put on are next bill I don’t get paid untill the 30th stupid best buy ps3 preorders anyone?
June 20th, 2006 at 12:44 am [ Quote ]
I just called tmobile and the guy said that this year instead of emails to everyone they are doing texts and that you will recieve the text on the 28th about the upgrade and the prices. he said they have not released the price of the upgrade yet. also he said that the screen has been greatly enhanced but he was not sure the exact numbers. He said there is Multimedia Messaging AND Video. but i don’t know about the video thing after looking at the info that SDwolf provided. I’m not saying that the info that SDwolf provided is fake but the guy told me that almost all of the sites that have info is false because tmobile has only released what is shown on the site at http://www.sidekick.com so who knows what’s real and what isn’t. I hope the sk3 has mms, that’s huge! alright if anyone finds anything else out let me know…later
June 20th, 2006 at 12:44 am [ Quote ]
$300 is what you pay if you sign for for a new 2-year contract. They haven’t announced what the upgrade/trade-up plan will be. We’ll know for sure on the 28th.
June 20th, 2006 at 12:50 am [ Quote ]
When u uprade to the sk3, u keep ur sk2 or sk1, I talked to tmobile
June 20th, 2006 at 12:59 am [ Quote ]
its only for people who live in NYC or LA. anywhere else you have to wait until the 10th. when you try to upgrade. it says you cant because they cant find the right tax information. so i talked to tmobile rep on the phone, i did it 3 times, 3 diff people just to make sure. they all said its only for people who live in NYC and LA
June 20th, 2006 at 1:17 am [ Quote ]
I saw something really *** to have a basic caulator u have to pay 2 bucks a month, that’s bullshit, I saw it in the online manuel, really really ***
June 20th, 2006 at 8:35 am [ Quote ]
Link please
June 20th, 2006 at 8:36 am [ Quote ]
So I can’t get it untill the 28th? I have to live in ny or la to get it on the 28th wtf
June 20th, 2006 at 8:46 am [ Quote ]
U’s guys is crazy dis sk3 dropin tha 28 ight, fo people who r already got sk2’s , tha video sk3 drops lata on n jan. Like winter tyme…read tha info…slackers…I stay laced wit facts
June 20th, 2006 at 9:29 am [ Quote ]
this is wat im getttin for the upgrade since my brother just upgraded his phone the sda cost 379.99 (with a two year contract) when upgraded it cost 249.99 so if you take the sidekick 3 price with two year contract it is 300 so imagin if yuo upgrade i will be around 150.
this is not a official
June 20th, 2006 at 9:47 am [ Quote ]
nope my bad that was a mix up
June 20th, 2006 at 11:01 am [ Quote ]
For those that think you can order on the 28th and they wont ship till the 10th are wrong. If you are either already a sidekick user or already have T-Mobile you can call and order on the 28th and they will probably ship that next day but if you are not already a T-Mobile customer then you have to wait until the 10th to call and order one. Its really not that confusing just read a little more
June 20th, 2006 at 11:10 am [ Quote ]
I must be missing something when i read the post. It says t mob subscribers will be able to purchase it via web on the 28th… Available to the general public july 10th.. where does it says suscribers have to wait until the 10th to actually get it?? I assumed that once u order it you get it in the amount of time it takes to ship?? Just a thought…
June 20th, 2006 at 11:31 am [ Quote ]
I just got my sk1, n mann it got me rite, I suggest u guys stick wit tha sk1 wit no color, tha future is not tha awesum
June 20th, 2006 at 11:51 am [ Quote ]
yea that’s what i assume too!
June 20th, 2006 at 12:45 pm [ Quote ]
So I can’t get it untill the 28th? I have to live in ny or la to get it on the 28th wtf
^^ yea only people who live in NYC and LA can get it on the 28th. anyone else has to wait till the 10th. sucks to be us. :-\
June 20th, 2006 at 2:24 pm [ Quote ]
I dont think that thats what it means. I think its saying that if you live near the select two stores it will be there to buy AND if you are a tmobile subscriber you can get it on the 28th too online. Only those who arent subscribers and dont live in nyc on la have to wait until the 10th.
June 20th, 2006 at 2:25 pm [ Quote ]
So I can’t get it over the phone or online on the 28th?
June 20th, 2006 at 3:33 pm [ Quote ]
No you cant get it over the phone or online on the 28th unless you live in NY or CA…i just got off the phone with a rep from a corporate store here in AZ and that person said only if you live in those states you can do it…everyone else like us in AZ have to wait until the 10th…and only certain people that are qualified for an upgrade are aloud to get it on the 28th…not all customers are allowed to
June 20th, 2006 at 5:08 pm [ Quote ]
Please stop sending people off. Anyone with a T-Mobile account can order the SK3 over the phone or online on the 28th. Those that live in near the select 2 stores can go there and pick it up from the store on the 28th. If you do not have a T-Mobile account then you have to wait until the 10th to order. Again, please stop sending people off.
June 20th, 2006 at 5:32 pm [ Quote ]
8 MORE DAYS EVERY 1 CALM DOWN SHEESH
WENSDAY WELL KNOW THE UPRGRADE SHOULD B 50-100 DOLLARS
June 20th, 2006 at 8:25 pm [ Quote ]
50 dollars that would be perfect
June 20th, 2006 at 10:42 pm [ Quote ]
sorry, but i don’t really understand what the article or whatever meant by upgrades and stuff.so how much would it be if i already have a phone with t-mobile(not a sidekick 2)?and would i have to get a new plan or it would stay the same?
June 21st, 2006 at 3:15 am [ Quote ]
I just wanted 2 tell u’g guys that ur whylin out 2 tha fullest, please stop askin tha same ole question read tha main post b4 u say sum berzerko like “will I be able 2 get it, cause I live on Mars” man yall wild, anyway prepaid sk2000 roc, whoohoo….get down or lay down foo……sk1 wit no color fo life foo….
June 21st, 2006 at 11:04 am [ Quote ]
Well Paige,
If you already have a T-Mobile account you will be able to call in and order a SK3 on the 28th. If you are eligible for an upgrade (meaning there has been a long time since you last bought a phone through T-Mobile with a discount) then you can sign a 2yr contract and get the phone for 300, 1yr it will be 350 and I am guessing that if you dont wanna sign a new one at all then it will be 400. ‘
Now as far as the plan goes, I would suggest getting the Sidwekick plan for 20 a month along with the plan you already have. It makes no sense to have the Sidekick and not have the sidekick plan.
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:46 am [ Quote ]
Can someone that has been a long time Sidekick user. Tell me how did the trade in program workout for them.
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:46 pm [ Quote ]
I just called the T-Mobile Store that will be selling the Sidekick 3 in New York , and they said there will be no trade in program. Only upgrade.
June 23rd, 2006 at 6:05 pm [ Quote ]
* I’m not sure if this has been asked or answered already (sorry if it it has) but I was wondering if I go online and upgrade to the Sidekick3..how long will it take for me to recieve it in the mail? Thanks!
June 23rd, 2006 at 6:46 pm [ Quote ]
Will there be a Mr. Cartoon? Sidekick3?