While the rest of the world waits for the release of the Sidekick 3 on June 28th, Paris and Kimberly Stewart already showing off their custom iced Sidekick 3s. We received word from a friend of Crystal Icing scored the contract with T-Mobile instead of NYC Peach. So if you want to get all those crazy crystals on your cat remote, hit them up. They apparently did three devices for the release party. It’s believed that Beyonce got the third one. Check out their site for more of their designs for the Sidekick 3:

We’ve been getting a lot of questions from people about the cost of the Sidekick 3. To answer a large number of these, here it is in plain english:

$299 for a 2-year contract
$349 for a 1-year contract
$399 for T-Mobile To Go (prepaid)
You will get to keep your old sidekick
There is currently no word on any sort of trade-in program like the Sidekick 2 had. We’ll let you know when we hear something.

Any questions?

We were pointed to this auction on ebay where a Sidekick 3 went for $4,050!!! We’re hoping this wasn’t a legit bid. Who would pay $4gs for a phone they can get for a couple hundred dollars in a few days?

We received some more Sidekick 3 box pictures. They have a “don’t steal” watermark, but we don’t know where they came from. If anyone out there would be kind enought o do a full photo documentation of the unpacking of a sidekick 3 and all the accessories, that would rock. If you do, just email it to admin@hiptop3.com

Speaking of TMobile, rumor has it that TMobile stores actually have demo units in the stores. So if you want to go check it out a few days early, go talk to your local TMobile rep.

We figured some of you out there had already drooled over all the photos of the people with a Sidekick 3 in hand, so here’s a picture of the box that hopefully you’ll be getting at the end of the month!

Anh Nguyen has a great recap of the Sidekick 3 launch party, complete with photos. Go check it out here. He also has a review of the device up. For those of you that don’t like to read, we’ll go through and give a brief summary when we’re not at work. 🙂

The short of it:
The Sidekick 3 release party was held in Hollywood, CA at Hollywood Palladium, where the theme was “Play, Laugh, Dream, Celebrate.” It sounds like it had a very carnival/playground feel too it, with games, cotton candy, scantily clad women, slides, and swings. The celebrities were all out, with attendees such as: Jose Conseco, Aaron Carter, Taylor Cole, Kristin Bell, Rachel Bilson, Sarah Carter, Christopher Knight, Adrianne Curry, Carlos Mencia, Travis Barker, Mark Hoppus, Shane West, Chris Masterson, Laura Prepon, Haylie and Hillary Duff, Kristin Cavalerri, Serena Williams, Marques Houston, Vida Guerra, J.C. Chasez, Kelly Monaco, Christina Milian, Jadakiss, Jason Mewes, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Misha Barton, Jessica Simpson, Eva Longoria, Kim Kardashian, Mike Tyson, and some totally random basketball players. DJ AM provided the tunes from the turntables.

There were about 200 people in attendance, and the whole block was closed off. There was also an ice sculpture of the Sidekick 3, and if anyone has good pics of this, we’d love to see them! No idea if there were gift bags and if so what was included in them. If you have a few minutes, definitely go check out Anh’s write-up, as well as photos of all the celebs at his site.

Amidst all this Sidekick 3 news, we were glad to find out that the stolen sidekick we reported on earlier has been returned to the owners. They say they aren’t going to press charges, and that the Sidekick will be sold on ebay, with 1/3 of the money going to a charity for single mothers. More info is available on the site.

For all those interested in who was at the Sidekick 3 party, you can check out the pics of the celebrities arriving here. Sorry, but we aren’t going to pay for the license to be able to post these images so you’ll have to check them out, watermark and all on another site.

We won’t waste words, here’s some videos of the Sidekick 3 in action:
MP3 Video – Trackball Video