Sidekick 3

Guy Creates Wooden Sidekick 3 For Girlfriend

Handmade Christmas gifts are the best, and this hand-carved wooden Sidekick 3 will definitely make this guy’s girlfriend happy. Happy, that is, until she reads his forum post on Something Awful that says he didn’t make the thing slide because “she’s not THAT special.” Oh you!

Evolution of the Sidekick Flip From the 3, iD, LX to the Slide

As part of the Slide review process, Benny G and I just made this super-quick video of all four recent models: Sidekick 3, Sidekick iD, Sidekick LX and Sidekick Slide. What will you notice? Changes in flip action, changes in the flip sound effects, and remarkable difference in screen brightness and clarity. But one question,…

Sidekick LX Unboxing Gallery and Sidekick Sizemodo

Click to viewThe FedEx man just made us happy by dropping off a Sidekick LX, which will be available to T-Mobile customers tomorrow, and will be “widely available” on October 24th at T-Mobile stores and at t-mobile.com. Here’s a look at its classy exterior, definitely more of a grown-ups Sidekick than any we’ve seen before.…

Like the Helio Ocean, the Sidekick 3 and Sidekick ID can both get Opera Mini working as a browser. The caveat is that you have to be a Java programmer in the developer community. [Hiptop3]

Sidekick Users Getting MySpace App

If you thought Helio was the only handheld device to have a dedicated MySpace app, think again. T-Mobile and Danger are planning to roll out a Sidekick MySpace app that lets you upload pics, edit profiles and do many of the things kids used to sneak into Apple stores for for. https://gizmodo.com/apple-blocks-myspace-from-all-their-stores-263911 Sidekick 3 and…

Sidekick 3 Update Launching Now, Adds myFaves

If there are two things in common with Sidekick 3 owners is that they’re all a bunch of chatty Kathies and they love hanging out with teenagers. T-Mobile’s upcoming Over-the-Air (OTA) update can help them with the first, but not with the second. Once your SK3 is brought up to speed with Release 3.4, you’ll…

D-Wade Sidekick 3 Release Announced

On the T-Mobile wiki, they dropped some info pre-press release time, you know, to the little people. In a few hours, T-Mobile will officially announce the latest addition to the Sidekick line up. We wanted you to be the first to have the details…The T-Mobile Sidekick 3, D-Wade Edition, will be available at select T-Mobile…

Exclusive: NBA Star Dwyane Wade Talks Gadgets, Sidekick 3

I had a chance to talk to Dwyane Wade, of Miami Heat fame, about his limited edition Sidekick 3 coming out and other info. Jump to learn about why D-Wade designed his Sidekick the way he did, and other goods, including a final decision on the Mac versus PC debate (it is a shocker). https://gizmodo.com/gaudy-limited-edition-d-wade-sidekick-3-233447…

Gaudy Limited-Edition D-Wade Sidekick 3

If you’re a fan of NBA sensation Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat, you might be interested in D-Wade’s limited-edition Sidekick 3 that he designed himself. He’s been an avid user of the Sidekick since 2004, and designed this Sidekick 3 to look like the interior of a luxo-sport automobile, further personalizing it with his…

The Sidekick III Gets iPhoned

Who else thinks skinning your phone like the iPhone has jumped the shark? iBored [mrpunk2u – THanks Matt!]

Rumor: Sidekick 3 Short Bus Edition Coming

Leak machine FCC lets another one slip, this time a possible new pared down Sidekick 3. The docs peg it with a model number in between that of the Sidekick II and 3, but we’re not sure what kind of features it’s going to be missing other than Bluetooth. No word on when it’s hitting…

Monaco Sidekick 3 Dock: A Little Bit Convenient, A Little Bit Lame

The Monaco Sidekick 3 cradle is convenient because it will charge your SK3 and an extra battery without fumbling with cables, but it is also a little lame because that is all the Monaco dock really does. Sure it includes a USB port to transfer files to your PC, but most syncing with the SK3…

ColorWare Teams with T-Mobile for Colorized Sidekick 3’s

ColorWare, the company most well known for giving Apple products a little color, is expanding their territory by teaming with T-Mobile for customized Sidekick 3’s. There will be 28 different colors available for new Sidekick 3 owners. Don’t fret, pre-existing SK3 owners, you can still send in your phone to get colorized for a fee…

How Porno Stars Clean Their Sidekick 3 (Hint: They Use Their Bodies)

Our video guy Rich is a man about town and found himself in some sort of adult video release fiesta last night. (It was for the Vivid release of "Chemistry" for your later Googling.) Why does Gizmodo care? Here, we get to see how real life adult film star Dana DeArmond cleans her Sidekick 3…

Green LRG Limited Edition Sidekick 3

The November issue of XXL magazine is featuring this green Sidekick 3. There is no word on pricing or availability for this green SK3 or possibly the black version, but given that it appears in the November issue of XXL, we can assume a release within the next month or two. https://gizmodo.com/black-t-mobile-sidekick-3-wha-199829 LRG Limited Edition…

Black T-Mobile Sidekick 3, Wha?

This little gem may be the unicorn for Sidekick fans out there. Apparently there were 500 of these made during the Sidekick 3 launch back in the summer. Now you have the opportunity to own this mysterious unicorn because one of the said 500 units has appeared on eBay. The black SK3 is unlocked, in…

How To Load Custom Backgrounds On Your Sidekick 3

Some enterprising Sidekick owner has done, what was until now, the impossible. He’s found out a way to load custom backgrounds onto his sidekick. Not only that, with his theme-hack you can load in custom icons, sounds, and splash screens. Now, we’re off to load up our SK3 with pictures sounds of Paris taken from…

Sidekick 3: The Good, Bad and Ugly

So, folks have managed to use the Sidekick 3 for almost a month now and we want to hear what the world is saying. Sure we had our own review and all, but in all honestly we could have said using the SK3 is like talking into monkey poo and people would have still purchased…

Clips: T-Mobile’s Sidekick 3 Launch Party in NYC

We went. We sweated. We didn’t get a free SK3.

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