T-Mobile Sidekick Gecco is coming!
We received the above screenshots from a Best Buy employee (they have access to see inventory coming) from their internal tools. Looks like T-Mobile switched around the misspelling of “Gecko” and are calling it the Sidekick Gecco. There’s not a whole lot of details other than the name of the device, the size and weight of the box, and the release date of July 27th that we knew about long ago. Oh wait, what’s that? $299? Is that the price of the Sidekick Gecco? Hmm.. Needless to say, this is exciting and only a couple weeks away!
Big thanks to our anonymous tipster
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
On a Sunday.
I wonder what it looks like, regardless I’m going to make sure to stop by the T-Mobile store in the mall or Best Buys end of this month
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Hmm sounds intrestin and i see best buy gonna sell the sidekicks as from what im reading
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:19 am
Hey did anyone notice that T-Mobile slashed the price of the LX? It’s now $199. Doesn’t make that much sense because they kept the price of the Slide the same. I’m guessing that they’ll either make the Slide cheaper or discontinue it when the Gecco comes out.
Hmm… so at $100 more I wonder what features the new Gecco will have over the LX.
My wishlist:
Slimmer Design
Wi-Fi
MUCH improved camera (say maybe 3 MP)
Youtube would be nice
GPS (maybe thats just wishful thinking)
Improved OS (current OS is good, but I mean they could make it look more modern, perhaps animated icons)
A feature that enables the flash to stay on so I can use it as a flashlight instead of the trackball.
And maybe have it be 3G ready since T-Mobile will have 3G across the US by the end of this year.
I know it’s not going to be an iPhone killer, but the Sidekick is a better value all around when you consider the rate plans for both phones.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:21 am
btw do you guys think that this new Sidekick will have any Windows Mobile features?
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:27 am
Wow, So the Gecco’s only $299 and the Lx is $100 cheaper! wicked I might finally be able to afford one. But yeah, they probably will discontinue LX’s after the Gecco comes out, Hope they don’t though..
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:39 am
If you saw the earlier post showing the Sidekick Gekko manual posted then you would know that there is very little to distinguish it from an OTA updated LX. At least in terms of the OS.
July 3rd, 2008 at 1:05 pm
And exactly why do we believe that Best Buy will carry this phone? Best Buy only carries Sprint, Verizon and ATT, Only thing T-Mobile that they may carry is T-Mobile Pay-As-You-Go and none of those phones are Sidekick devices or even similar PDA/Smartphone devices.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:53 pm
this sucks!
an LX for 200!
i payed 350
for mine!
im also 14.
and it was my
money.
im soooo
mad.
but what
can i do now?
NOTHING!
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
you people are either very dense, or very uninformed.
a majority of the Gecco’s features have already been revealed; you could’ve easily found this out by exploring HP3 a little more.
it has a 2MP camera.
likely the same screen as the LX.
it’s codenamed as a sucsessor to the ID, so it’s unlikely it’s going to be very “superior” to the LX.
interchangable plastic covers (like the ID did)
likely (could be wrong) the exact same OS as the LX will have in a few weeks.
T0626N, i’m sorry to say this but it’ll probably have none of the features you are asking for.
furthermore, (maybe a HP3 editor should mention this in their next article) that $299 price tag is probably the UNSUBSIDIZED price. meaning, $299 without a contract. with a contract the price will probably be 100-200$, bringing it’s tag down to the LX-Slide contract price.
aside from having a 2MP camera, i have doubts (right now) that the Gecco will be “better” then the LX in any way.
July 4th, 2008 at 6:53 am
I think asphyxiafeeling just said it all.
July 4th, 2008 at 7:03 am
On my sidekick lx, a small pop up bubble in the top right corner appears evey now and again, and it reads theme received. Even though I have not downloaded a theme and there is no new theme listed. Anybody have this happen?
July 5th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
only select best buys carry tmobile sidekicks (ID) so perhaps not all best buys will be carrying this phone.
July 6th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I bought my LX back in April for $125 (it was in Delaware)….I think only select Best Buys feature the Best Buy mobile programs that give such great deals.
July 7th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
I’m just hoping this phone is freakin awesome! I bought the iD and 2 months later the LX came out and I was pissed for buying an iD. I don’t want to make the same mistake again so I hope this phone is as good or better than the LX. If not, then I rather buy the limited edition black LX.
July 7th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
so 2 more weeks to see if for real! just hoping its worth it.
July 8th, 2008 at 1:35 am
sklvr3:
there isnt a limited edition
black LX.
its not coming out.
unless you get it
customized its not
being sold.
it was only a rumor.
July 8th, 2008 at 1:37 am
why isnt hiptop3.com
updating their website
anymore.
they useto update
practically everyday.
if not a couple times
a day.
whenever i go on
the website its the
same thing over and
over again.
PLEASE!
PLEASE!
UPDATE!
PLEASE!
PLEASE!
July 8th, 2008 at 6:07 am
There is an unknown amount of black LXs that have been around since before the LX could have been bought at a store, they were used to test the OS and the hardware.
@iamjessica, There probably aren’t any updates to the site because there isn’t anything new to update about. All the new features of the OS update for the LX have been covered, the Gecco’s features have been shown to us in a previous post with pictures from the manual.
July 8th, 2008 at 6:15 am
@iamjessica, you also don’t have to hit enter when your text reaches the side of the text box, it will automatically wrap back to the other side. It looks like your display text size for the web browser is at it’s highest level, and you are pushing the enter button each time you reach the edge of the box when you are typing. It just makes your comments hard to read.
July 8th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
that soup,
i will continue to right
like this because i want to.
i really dont care what others
have to say.
its my way of writting
on the web.
if you dont like it then,
im sorry.
but its my way.
i write normally when i
do work.
this is my style of
writting on the web.
August 4th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Psh, the gecco isn’t as hot as rumors say.
The LX is what they call “the phone for the hardcore Sidekickers.”
(According to a side by side comparison of LX and slide done by wiki.sidekick.com)
Any new OS’s available will most likely be compatible with LX’s because of how advanced the LX technology is.
The LX is the phone I’ll stand by, especially with the new OTA upgrade I got two hours ago. Screw gecco. 🙂
April 21st, 2009 at 3:51 pm
your
best buy t mobile 13
7 may thursday