Tuesday, June 06, 2006

The full FCC Sidekick 3 Reveal

The FCC is giving us a treasure trove of Sidekick 3 goodness today. To view the manual on your Sidekick 3, click here.

Click here for the master list of FCC goodies.

And here are some of the best links of what they offer:
Pics of the Outside
Pics of Guts
The Test Setup
Reference Guide
T-Mobile Sidekick 3 Start Guide
Sidekick 3 Reference Guide A
Sidekick 3 Reference Guide B



35 Comments:

At 12:20 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Honey, none of us have a Sidekick 3 yet.
I think you meant Sidekick, and you may have edited it by the time this gets posted.
But wow, honestly that was nice.
BSD now we see how correct your info is....and it is!
Now we just need a release date.

 
At 12:29 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

FINALLY!!!!!! YEAAAAAH!!!!

I'm 2!!!!

 
At 12:48 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

is there wifi?

 
At 12:54 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love this Phone!!!!

 
At 1:03 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

yo i can see anything can someone email it to me at royer@tmail.com

 
At 1:05 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love this site!!

 
At 1:10 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

yes there is wifi.

it says in the manual that it can connect to wireless networks.

 
At 1:10 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

OMG!!!!!CAN'T WAIT!

 
At 1:11 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

OMFG, thanks soo much, Custimizable Backrounds WOot Woot

 
At 1:12 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wi-Fi? ? It looks like the answer is no. The product road map slide from a few months ago that leaked to Engadget showed it being added to a model a few months later (assuming that slide was legit and assuming that T-Mobile is even still following that roadmap).

Without Wi-Fi, I will be buying an MDA and kissing my Sidekick days goodbye.

 
At 1:13 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

no Wi-Fi and there is no video capability............it sill be good but uhhhhhh

 
At 1:18 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is soo.... cool. I can't wait to up grade from SK2

 
At 1:40 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

This has been the "best" information so far. BSD you know your stuff!!!

How about price and when will the release date be?

 
At 1:46 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great thank you BSD, I knew you had the facts straight unlike those other cat stories out there!

 
At 1:52 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

After reviewing your current posting...I contacted a T-mobile store in Baltimore. We should be seeing commericals soon and it will be available the last week of June per the sales person. The price should be around $400 due to the bluetooth. You can upgrade if you have a monthly plan. The salesperson described the sidekick that it will have a track ball. I can't wait!!!

 
At 2:03 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

YEA!!!! ALL WE NEED NOW IS A OFFICAL RELEASE DATE!!!!

 
At 2:42 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

No one really gives a flying fuck.. theres no such thing as a Sidekick 3.. theres not Sidekick 2 either... I don't know what you're all talking about.

 
At 2:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

when the heck is this thing going to come out.... they should let us no already

 
At 3:11 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think there is a hint of wifi????

i hope so, but i hope the total internet txting package is not expensive...

 
At 4:44 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

i'm sorry anyone who buys this upgraded SKII is wasting their money

 
At 4:57 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

those of you thinking of going to the MDA are gonna regret it trust me. Youll have to charge the batt. every 12 hours and reset it over and over when it locks up. Not to mention theres no push email. Just sold mine of ebay.

 
At 5:30 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

No wifi
The wireless networks are bluetooth and grps/egprs

Wifi you can get miniSD wifi cards, all we need is a driver made for the Sk3

 
At 5:40 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

why the hell do you keep saying no wifi.

it says right in the manual that it can connect to wireless networks. what the hell do you think wifi is.

 
At 6:38 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

No wi-fi.

There are no indications the product was ever tested for 802.11 (wifi) anywhere in the records, and everything's out now with regard to wireless.

When it says wireless, it means phone and Bluetooth.

Even the current model has a "turn off wireless" command.

 
At 6:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wireless access is via EDGE and GPRS, NOT 802.11.

No video for this Sidekick.

And as the ol' saying goes... RTFM.

Almost everything you want to know about the SK3 is in the manual links posted here (although not first.)

Still, good job BSD for keeping the site up to date.

 
At 10:36 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love you BSD

 
At 2:50 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great upgrade, but I think the Killer App here would have been Video Capability, though it is a big drain on the battery... I was thinking Sidekick3 w/ 4gigabyte flash card could have replaced iPod w/ Video, but now I'm not so sure... Still, the bluetooth upgrade along with MP3 and 1.3megapixel camera is pretty awesome! Will probably buy it.

 
At 9:24 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

So, how many people are buying these July 10th and how many are waiting for UMA? How important is UMA?

 
At 5:50 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

it will be released july 10th and i hope it isn't too expensive cause i am going to have it regardless of price

 
At 6:43 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

bro how the hell do i read the files cuz i cant read cgi wut do i do

 
At 6:56 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

How much can we think to pay for an upgrade?

 
At 4:29 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just so everyone knows...The manual is not complete. I have seen companies do this before...they won't show everything until promos start. The sidekick 3 just might have a video...

 
At 7:03 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I come to this site daily and miss the fact that there has not been any addtional info in the last few days....I can't wait to see what other info you will be updating us with.

 
At 3:02 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

july 10 let's wait an see

 
At 3:36 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is the sk3 comin out on july 10 or the last week of june as some commenters say they heard from actual t-mo employees, and where s this official information on the sk3 release date

 

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