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Sidekick ID Official From T-Mobile

April 13, 2007 in Industry News comments 6

The Sidekick is stripped down for a more compact (and cheaper) version.

The Sidekick ID is unveiling itself soon, and here's confirmation on a lot of what the speculation is about. The Lite version of the Sidekick 3 drops the MP3 player, Bluetooth, camera, and costs only $99 bucks. (Half the price). The same Web, mail, messenger client for AIM, Yahoo!, and Messenger. It's roughly the same size, but it gains about a +1 hour of talk and a few days of standby since it doesn't have the same hardware soaking power. And check out those colors.

The question is, should they have kept the 1.3MP camera in this stripped-down version? And, should its price be $50 or $0 dollars with its two-year contract come April 25th?
Mishtram via gizmodo.com »
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    Sakura Apr 14, 07
    I would be more interested if they had kept the Camera, Bluetooth, and MP3 Player. Oh well, I don't need a new phone anyways. My friend will more than likely get it, so I'll get to check it out at school. =)
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    Mishtram Apr 14, 07
    Much like the PS3, I bet you ten to one that this will end up being phased out since no one ends up buying it, going for the massive one with more features. You never know, though.
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      George Apr 14, 07
      I'm pretty sure that this is going to happen because all of the current sidekick owners will not want to get a cheaper downgraded version of the phone.
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    dmf_dynasty Apr 14, 07
    I think it would work better if they kept the camera, which is a must for all new phones now. The mp3 isn't necessary, but a lot of people want it now. I don't use bluetooth at all for my phone, but the sidekick is so big that it would be much better with bluetooth. Still price drop is sw33t.
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    Guticb Apr 14, 07
    They should have kept the camera....

    Looks pretty sweet though.
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    George Apr 14, 07
    I'm sticking with my current sidekick 3 thank you.

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