We have held the sidekick 3
Yours truly was able to encounter a Sidekick 3 in the wild yesterday. The owner actually knew of hiptop3.com and was kind enough to let us play with the device after we wiped off the drool. There are no pictures because they were under NDA for another week. I got about 10 minutes to mess around with it. Some things that were noticed:
– The trackball is weird at first, feels real flimsy, but you get used to it
– Jump menus have sub items that have a pretty cool transition when rolling the ball to the right
– The MP3 player is called Music Player, and can play MP3s out of the speaker on the back of the device, not sure if it will play over bluetooth headsets
– The corner buttons (Jump, Back, etc) are smaller and take some getting used to
– HipCat was an available ringtone in the catalog, but there were no signs of the rumoured “Hiptunes” or any sort of song download option
– We didn’t have a ruler, but holding it up to the Sidekick II it seemed to be about the same size. No significant change
Many thanks to the owner for letting us take a peek! š
June 19th, 2006 at 11:22 am
Not trying to add on to the rumor. But it isn’t illegal for a provider to not insure a device. Cingular who uses LL(Lockline) will not insure any pda device.
June 19th, 2006 at 11:35 am
I actually commented on the JustBlaze pic a while ago after this comment:
My comment is still “awaiting moderation”. I’ll try again. The pic is NOT a fake.
June 19th, 2006 at 11:47 am
Ok that did’nt work. I think that comment needs moderation because I posted a link to JustBlaze’s MySpace. I’ll repost my comment without the link.
It is NOT photoshopped. That is well known hip hop producer JustBlaze. The picture was taken from his real MySpace page. He has no reason to make a fake picture. Also you can notice that his finger makes a shadow on the device. Iām no photoshop expert but I donāt think that can be done with photoshop. Also, in the picture the device is backwards. The trackball is on our left and the D-pad is on our right. Also all of the letters/buttons are revearsed. This is due to a standard āmirrorā web-cam setting. The link that zman posted is from the sidekick3.blogspot website but the pic and MySpace link were originally posted on the HipTop forums way before the Blogspot got it. The people at the HipTop forums seem to have āconfrimedā its authenticity.
If you want to check out the original pic’s location, go to MySpace and do a search for JustBlaze. His MS member name is: justblazeradio
And thanks akadrez for the T-Mobile addressā¦Imma go check it out š
June 19th, 2006 at 11:48 am
Ok that did’nt work either lol Just wait until the Admin approves it…
June 19th, 2006 at 11:59 am
Can cuban get in trouble for saying anything about the sk3, is he under nda also?
June 19th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
i have a feeling they will give us a official release date for the public for sure on wed cause come on they are having the release party – i dunno i kinda just have a feeling they will. im going to stop into T-mobile after work and see if i can find anything out.
June 19th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
hey smubound,is customer service a 24 hour thing?
June 19th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
Yes customeer service for tmo customers is 24/7
June 19th, 2006 at 12:38 pm
zman, how did you get sk3?
June 19th, 2006 at 12:53 pm
I hope that reach-around you gave him was worth the look at the sk3.
Was that before or after your orgy?
June 19th, 2006 at 1:06 pm
im just wondering but, if u take a close look at just blaze’s sidekick3 pic the screen looks like its covered with a sticker thing.. the screen looks like its covered… can someone explain
June 19th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
i dont have a sk3 lol, where u get that from
June 19th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
i see the sticker, it might be there so he cant show the menu or anything, since it hasnt been officaily released
June 19th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
wait,how did you even get to see the sidekick 3?you saw someone walking around with it or you talked a t-mobile rep or what
June 19th, 2006 at 3:07 pm
The sticker might be the protective covering that comes on phone screens
June 19th, 2006 at 3:08 pm
maybe but it looks all sloppy… w/e
June 19th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
ight kids after 3 different t mobile visits on the way home from work
all i got was
july. mid-july around the 20th. and then i even heard in the fall.
and that was from some dood who totally asked me on a date.
gah
June 19th, 2006 at 4:12 pm
what sticker? there is no sticker.
i think what you all are looking at is the shadow of the inlayed screen and the plastic cover that comes with all of the Sidekick phones, where “T-Mobile” is. The phone is just simply off.
Take another look, something is covering the light from hitting the top of the phone, and the light hits under it making the depth of the device visible.
June 19th, 2006 at 9:04 pm
Looks like the next 24 hours should be interesting. Not only will we have the launch party but I hear that some (if not, all) peoples NDA expires and we might be getting reveiws and more specs of it as well as a price and release date.
June 19th, 2006 at 9:08 pm
ya cant wait. tomorrow may be a big day.
Smubound, if you find anything out when u call customer service make sure u email the admin. also post it as a comment in the most recent news thing.
June 19th, 2006 at 10:34 pm
go to engadget.com
June 19th, 2006 at 10:44 pm
Just incase nobody has gone to http://www.sidekick.com it shows the OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE AND ACTUAL PICTURES! THIS IS THE OFFICIAL SIDEKICK WEB PAGE FROM T-MOBILE!!!!!! SO ITS OFFICIAL GUYS THE SK3 IS ON IT’S WAY!!
June 19th, 2006 at 10:46 pm
Its here bitches https://help.sidekick.dngr.com/en-us/manual/m2/R3.0/Desktop/
June 19th, 2006 at 11:09 pm
yes, yes, yes!!! It’s up!! http://www.sidekickiii.com it’s official date for release is 7/10/06 release for exsisting tmo customers for upgrade is the 28th of this month!!! EXCITING!!! Customer service still doesn’t know nething of course…oh well…ITS HERE!!!
June 19th, 2006 at 11:18 pm
IT HAS MMS!!!
June 20th, 2006 at 3:30 am
just to answer a few comment questions that don’t warrant a full post:
the owner requested they remain unidentified, so we can’t tell you, sorry.
the music seemed to be coming from the back. I couldn’t hear it well until I lifted it and put the back to my ear. In all honesty it was dark and on a beach. The next morning we wondered about the location of the speaker as we had forgotten to check. sorry!
they were under NDA “for about a week or so” was what we were told. as you can see this was because the device wasn’t officially launched until today.
September 2nd, 2006 at 5:17 pm
Verizon ringtones
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January 27th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
mp3 myspace player
By now, everyone knows what MySpace is–or at least, they think they
January 29th, 2007 at 7:06 am
funny myspace picture
If Myspace is so freaking huge it’s like being on the Internet. Apparently,
February 1st, 2007 at 11:09 pm
music myspace player
Someone on MySpace is 14 years old. MySpace Is Not My Space. MySpace