I refer here neither to the one-man minion, nor the martial arts maneuver of the same name. Rather, I refer to T-Mobile’s latest shoes, which are cool and streetwise and appealing to the urban kiddies. I hear the folks in SoCal love this thing, even if it’s mostly to do with Paris Hilton’s breasts unintentionally advertising the Sidekick II some moons ago. Here I refer, of course, to the hacking of said Sidekick II and the release of its photographic contents, which included images of the always-slutty Hilton in both dressed, and undressed poses. Giggity-giggity.
Suffice to say, T-Mobile is claiming “limited supplies,” and customer-only availability of the Sidekick III prior to the July 10th public sale. The exclusivity of the supplies to me an my ilk is appealing, if only because I’ve eyed the Sidekick III’s predecessors in the past, despite their comparatively large size. I’ve never made the leap, however, because the featureset was small compared to what I wanted, such as Bluetooth and, well, Bluetooth.
The Sidekick III finally brings my primary request to the field, albeit in what I understand is an “outdated” version. If the Sidekick III lets me connect to a wireless headset and synchronize my contacts and such, however, “outdated” is virtually meaningless to me in this case. So too is the fact that the Sidekick III only sports a 1.3 megapixel camera, because frankly, who really expects their cell phone to replace a real digital camera anyhow?
I’ve come to the realization that I need not be so connected to my cellular phone anyway, so perhaps the larger size of the Sidekick III isn’t that big a deal after all. I’m not anal about always answering my cellular phone when it rings anyway, such as when I’m eating dinner or participating is some kind of activity. Why the cell-phone generation of today jumps at the moment their cellular phone rings is beyond me, since they’re hardly as motivated towards things that matter.
So maybe the ability to moblog as they call it outweighs the size issue of the Sidekick, for which the chincey camera is perfectly apt for. Similarly, I can finally stop wasting money on HotSpot access, since I only use it in “emergencies” and when I need a web fix when away from home. That 20 bucks could easily go towards Sidekick data service, which I’d use more often, and in most cases, would replace my need for HotSpot access.
I’m mostly tempted by the moblogging theme, which I can’t help but think would have been a thousand times more entertaining if I were still in college. Nonetheless, I do have access to San Francisco, which means there should be plenty of stuff to comment on while on the go.
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