Not Quite the SideKick iii

t-mobile's new toy
runs for around three-fifty
but i needed it

As we have all waited patiently for a new SideKick to come out, when I saw this on the T-Mo website, I was intrigued.

It's a phone, a PDA and a bluetooth modem as well. It also has a 1.3 mega-pixel camera capable of photos as well as video. Compatible with miniSD cards, you can add storage space up to I think four gigs. With all that it's running the latest version of Mobile Windows and contains the Pocket versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It handles PDFs and MP3s flawlessly. All and all a pretty cool device.

I will admit that I had slight reservations at first because of my reliance of SideKick simplicity, but after working with it for two days, I have managed to link it to two external POP e-mails and configure my Apple Powerbook to use the device as a wireless modem on the T-Mo internet.

The major downside I've found is the plan. As I do not have T-Mo voice service, I use a data only plan. The T-Mo data only plan costs $49.99 and includes T-Mo hotspots. If I could drop the hotspots it would only be 29.99 and that would be just like my sidekick. Because it's a WiFi device, T-Mobile believes in pushing its hotspot service because it would provide faster access to those using WiFi Devices.

I'll be ok paying for the hotspots because when I'm in the airport they have T-Mobile hotspots and I usually end up paying ten bucks an hour to get my Apple on the internet because I'm addicted like that.