The official word on the Sidekick 3 from the FCC!
Manuals, photos, internal photos, all sorts of stuff are available here
Some quick links for you:
External Photos
Internal Photos
Test Setup Photos
Reference Guide Cover
Sidekick 3 Start Guide
Sidekick 3 Reference Guide (part 1)
Sidekick 3 Reference Guide (part 2)
The manual pages look very familiar. Some interesting observations:
– The SonicBOOM manual page we received matches up almost exactly with the “Music Player” page, so looks like a name change. 🙁
– No video support 🙁
– There’s a considerable section on the “Danger Service Privacy Notice” and what sort of information they collect and share.
– Yes, USB 1.1, not 2.0
– MP3s play off the miniSD card
– EDGE support!
– Bluetooth (as if noone saw that coming)
and I’m sure our commenters will have some other things to point out…
June 7th, 2006 at 2:29 pm
The reason that I’m going to buy this version of the sk3 is just to say that I have it…lol…but I’m defiantely going to buybthe video version as well….all that depending if the roadmap is correct or not
June 7th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
Adam716.
I’m glad someone is reading the memos and whatnot. Lots of information in there.
But negative. What #6 is saying is that Sharp didn’t submit the documentation for the EDGE Test Component to the FCC properly, and they needed to do so because GSM and GPRS are different applications than EDGE.
Hope that clears it up.
June 7th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Does iny 1 have iny idea about how much we the exchange price is gonna b im hopin its 100 dollars….
but does iny 1 have iny clue
June 7th, 2006 at 2:47 pm
On another note. T-Mobile does carry MMS messages. The Sidekick just never supported it before.
This version looks like it has integrated MMS into it’s original SMS.
I do find it odd however, that it says this in the manual, “Press JUMP to go to the Jump screen. Scroll to highlight Text Messages, then press the trackball to open the application.”
Perhaps the messaging option has been split similar to the way the instant messages have, but most likely not.
The manual also states this:
“In the Email and MMS compose screens, the right shoulder
button opens your photo albums so you can select a photo to attach to the
message, and the left shoulder button opens the voice recorder.”
Which leads me to believe even more that the “Phone Messaging” has been split to include Voice Mails, Text Messages and now MMS.
June 7th, 2006 at 2:56 pm
I apologize. T-Mobile Siddekick II * never supported it before. (T-Mobile being the operative word)
Since the manual put out by the FCC was written primarily by T-Mobile, this leads me to believe that MMS is integrated.
June 7th, 2006 at 3:18 pm
Ok, well all know sk2 doesn’t have MMS, but there is a site (https://www.hiptools.net/sms) that lets you send pics through ur tmail to other cell phones. So if the Sidekick 3 doesn’t have MMS… You can you the stuff on https://www.hiptools.net/sms
And 2 track man….
Sidekick2music.com is the same as sidekicktones.com… It send songs to ur tmail and you can play them…
June 7th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
Danger doesn’t have to tell everything to the fcc does it? Because they still prolly have some stuff that they want to stay hidden until launch.
June 7th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
EDGE is /NOT/ WiFi.
Even the SidekickII fetches an IP address- that’s just part of connecting to the GPRS network, and allows the Sidekick to communicate online. Just because it gets an IP doesn’t mean that it has WiFi.
Dialup Internet connections also get IP addresses, but they aren’t WiFi, either. All an IP address allows you to do is communicate over the Internet. That’s it.
June 7th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
yea i know SD. i just dont get why danger would put that it seemlessly connects to wireless networks if it only connects to one. the tmobile “network” im going to school for networking, anything over the internet has IP, i was just saying that it referred to the internet.
June 7th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
Sorry about the double post… My other one wasn’t showin up so I posted it again..sry
June 7th, 2006 at 6:07 pm
The only documents Sharp needs to present to the FCC is what has been submitted already. The only thing the FCC doesn’t make public is the formal proposal for their PV-200 to be considered for admittance to the Federal US Communications Annex. Ofcourse there will be changes, the formal proposal was submitted sometime in September-November of last year. The documents the FCC has are simply an outline of what the device will be, basically.
There are bound to be improvements and changes.
June 7th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
This web site is so fake. The sidekick III is not coming out. It has been discontinued for now because of the leak to the public
June 7th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
Also, in the manual when it talks about “Connecting to wireless networks seamlessly” they are talking about Wireless Carrier Networks. Since Wireless networks have something called “Outbound Neutrality” (incase signal fails for whatever reason), your device is able to pick up another major *network* that is nearby and can be read by your device. Since each device has it’s own IMEI #, the IMEI # is looked up in a central database and then the corresponding carrier which you are leasing will bill your actual carrier for Digital Roaming charges, in a nutshell.
And on another note, why the hell do you need WiFi? It’s a phone lamo, not a computer. T-Mobile provides you internet access with your $20 unlimited plan. If you were able to pick up wireless computer networks then there would be a whole other issue on hand for not only the FCC but every wireless carrier.
If the SK3 had access to wireless computer networks then it would be in a completely different class of devices. Plus, you would be taking away business from your carrier because you won’t *need* their data services if you had access to WiFi.
June 7th, 2006 at 6:48 pm
And how do you know?? The leak to the public is a good thing… More people know, more people will buy = More Money… If I’m wrong.. Correct me.
June 7th, 2006 at 7:13 pm
Yea I’m just gettin it to say that I have it but I’m still considering the mda its just so sexy but if there’s other versions of the sk3(video) then I will go and get that instead
June 7th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
Sidekick3.blogspot.com sux…hitptop3 is the truth….ill tell y’all details about the launch party….dmgmtmobile is retarded…holla at ya boy
June 7th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
The MDA sucks. Seriously, it has stability issues, the phone is lousy, the keyboard is awful, and you have to use the /TINY/ stylus for just about everything. I know someone who has one, and I’ve toyed with one myself, and as much as I like PocketPC devices in general, I’m NOT impressed with the MDA.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:22 am
mda. had it. sucked balls. returned it and waited for this. nuff said.
June 8th, 2006 at 9:00 am
Damn is the mda that bad!?
June 8th, 2006 at 10:12 am
yep
June 8th, 2006 at 10:45 am
MDA is terrible. Mine started fritzing, had to return it. AIM never worked, never had data service. It would freeze and lock up. The camera was good, bluetooth was nice, mp3 player was awesome. But the Sidekick 3 will have all of those.
June 8th, 2006 at 10:59 am
Kathleen do u live in the country or city
June 8th, 2006 at 11:31 am
Similar problems about the MDA here, and I’m in San Jose, CA, the so-called, “capitol of the silicon valley.”
Interesting side-note: Danger’s HQ is right across town from me… 😉
June 8th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
What’s poppin? I dont know about y’all but tonight I am giong to be watchin every minute of the NBA finals because i think t mobile is going to start advertising the sidekick 3 tonight..or sometime during the NBA finals because for one then sponser the NBA finals, and for 2 they know everyone will be watching and it’d be a good time to start advertising since its just around the corner…does anyone else have any insight or this or have they heard anything about it?
June 8th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
I live in los angeles, ca. Never had a service problem before getting the mda 🙂
June 9th, 2006 at 12:14 am
Damn what about the sda? But whateva I’m tired as fuck cause I waisted my damn time watching the nba finals and saw nothing dealing with the sk3. When in the hell is this website going to post new news?
June 10th, 2006 at 9:07 pm
Personally I’m going to wait for the mini sidekick to come out I heard its gonna be off the ringer!
October 1st, 2008 at 11:27 am
Ok. I understand that sidekicks are supposed to be a great deal. But ¥ only update the lx. We all paid the same amount for our phones, and expect extra ordinary things, like videos. Or usb 2.0. What’s the big wait for time to upgrade the 3’s now.