of course the sk3 is going to be more expensive then the sk2. the sk2 is now down to about $200, and the sk3 is between $300 and $400, depending on what contract you choose.

as far as the price of an sk2, supply&demand. everybody wants it, hense the reason there are none in stores, and the price is still high.

When the sidekick 3 comes out, is the price going to be cheaper or more expensive than the sidekick 2?? Another question: Why does the sidekick 2 cost much higher than when it first came out and its practically no more left in stores?? Shouldn't the price be less since there are no more available?? I hope this is better than a MDA

I agree with ALL you with common sense.This is becoming a very high-tech country, I'm on my Sidekick 2 right now.For those of you that have it also know it is one of a kind.The only handset that gets BETTER,updates! I think the SK3 is beautiful and I'm upgrading as soon as I sell this one and pay my T-Mobile past due haha!

If the beaver offers you a fish, you take the fish!

JoeDirt - I guess it depends on what it is you're tyring to do - but there are a LOT of practical purposes to have a PDA. We've used them here for a few years now, and.., the bottom line is that it saves/makes us money in the long run. Of course if you're sitting in a meeting tyring to take notes on one, ha...well then perhaps a tabletpc or a laptop as you use is the 'right tool' for the job.
...but attempting to make a general/blanket statement that all 'pda's, smart phones, and sidekicks are retarded' is simply a sign of ones inexperience in the business world, that or sign of ones addiction to crack or meth or something.

The moon weighs 55 trillion bazillion tons.

I've found a lot of times the additional costs incurred by such repetitive issues often run downstream to the stagnant cesspool of incompetent IT staff who think their crap doesn't stink.

You found what? Your head? Where was it?

and your head is as big as that but still very hollow

I love myself, and I want a T-Mobile Sidekick. I think I'll get one tomorrow or the next day......or in a month....or 5.

Wow, spoken like a true idiot. Mobile PDA's drastically increase employee's productivity which can be seen on any company's bottom line. They are a great invention and will only get more and more popular.

My name is Buckwheat.

lol, and I laugh at morons like you who still use analog Nokia 5600 series phones that they buy on eBay because they’re cheap and "good enough."

The ability for a mobile user to be in communication with the home office is a key factor to the corporate productivity of any responsible company.

While you’re having one of your scribes etch your business deals on stone tablets, I'll be stealing you business because I understand the benefits of a modern communications infrastructure.

Anyone that cannot see the huge benefits of instant and reliable communication in the corporate environment should reconsider posting on a web page dedicated to new innovations and software.

You're a Donkey.

So, if you don't rely on technology, why are you using a laptop in a meeting? Why not just write the notes on your arm with an ink pen?

i laugh at idiots who argue on the internet. har har.

Keep trolling.

I really like the corporate world and I love digital everything.

I'm a gadget freak.

You should go back to school and get your GED, then maybe you can quit your job as a janitor and get a job that actually incorporates technology into its infrastructure. Good luck on that GED test btw. I hear it's a doozy.

Wheeeeee....

That's a lot of responsibility for a janitor, you're amazing.

On a side note, if you administer that much stuff and you don't see the benefits of blackberry's, etc., you're an idiot and if I was your CIO, I'd fire you for being so narrow minded. Good luck when you company goes out of business for not keeping up with more productive companies who see the AMAZING productivity benefits of these devices.

Ignorance is bliss. Not all of us can be as perfect as you. Some of us are stuck with aspirations. lol.

And yet your still an idiot!

LOL.....

You have huge man breasts that stink like rotting crotch.

The Sidekick II's are generally priceless to the folks that have them. I don't own one myself, but I the folks I know that do (mostly sales-monkeys) act like they could not survive 1 day without them.

As for features, I wasn't interested, and still am not. I do not understand why they cannot include full media capabilities on these things. The cost is negligable comparing a chip that plays MP3/WMA vs. a chip that plays MP3/WMA/OGG/WAV/FLAC.

...still waiting for the version that plays FLAC. Until then, iRiver will have to do.

I actually came from a Sidekick 2, and now own a Samsung i730. I really miss the messaging on the sidekick 2, but aside from that, I'm much happier with the i730, and the SK3 is really not improved enough for me to continue with t-mobile. The Sidekick's number 1 feature is it's proxied instant messaging. Since everything is routed through danger's servers, if you lose data during a conversation, it maintains your online status and continues to receive messages, and then pushes them to your phone as soon as you get data back. So conversations through IM become seamless. This was invaluable to me, both in personal and business activities. I have yet to find anything like this for my PDA.

Bah. Don't delete posts commenting on spelling errors in the article then. ;P

Wait, someone actually moderates Beta News?

Who knew?

Thank your lucky stars, too. Without Moderators, we'd still be hearing from ServerMechanic. ;P

Yeah no kidding.

Those were the days. ;)

But we still have to read posts from idiots like the one above me.