If cost has been the only thing keeping you from getting a Sidekick, you don’t have to worry anymore. T-Mobile now has a Sidekick just for you. It’s called the Sidekick ID!
So, what do you give up with the Sidekick ID in exchange for the low price? Not very much, really, especially if you’re deaf. If you think of the Sidekick ID as a SK2 in a SK3 case, minus the camera, you’re not very far off. The Sidekick ID doesn’t have the memory card slot, camera, MP3 player, Bluetooth, and 2.5G EDGE networking. Big deal. It gains a hour of talk time due to the power savings from losing several features. The only real downsides are the loss of the camera, and the fact that the screen is somewhat smaller than the SK3’s.
Like the SK2, the SK ID is customizable, but instead of the little bumpers, there are a couple of huge colored bumpers that snap on the Sidekick ID to really show off the color. The Sidekick ID comes in gray, but you can buy other colors for $20 each, including black, blue, yellow, purple, white, and glow-in-the-dark.
The Sidekick ID nearly seems to have been customized for the deaf pager market - taking out features that mostly (other than the camera) aren’t necessary for deaf users, keeping the price as low as possible.
11 responses so far ↓
1 Dianrez // May 3, 2007 at 7:28 am
Very interesting. The key factors is that it is cheaper than the usual Sidekick…what about specific information on that? How much does it cost, and how much per month to have service?
2 admin // May 3, 2007 at 8:30 am
Dianrez, You can contact them at sales@deafpagers.com about this new model.
3 Diane // May 3, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Umm looks good and a reasonable price as I heard. I am sooo cheeap .. lol $$ fly away due to my car problem recently. lol
4 scott // May 6, 2007 at 10:01 pm
hi i know that i would like sk3 new interal sk i d i see that nice that cool
5 JUAN HERNANDEZ // May 11, 2007 at 12:08 am
THIS IS JUAN HERNANDEZ HI SK3 I SAY TO YOU I WOULD LIKE TO TRADE SK-3 I HAVE A SK-2 I NEED TO CHANGE TRADE ? PLS AND I AM DEAF SMILE
6 Lisa Johnson // May 21, 2007 at 9:03 pm
I want to reduce money like $100.00 dollars more than $150.00 0r up that we can contact with deaf people and tty to talk with Hearing families and etc… Do u have reduce $100.00 more than others??? I like that MSN,Yahoo,Aim messenagers and Camera to take picture of my kids and traveling to prove and etc…Recieve or send emails to friends and families and etc…
7 nichole brooks // May 25, 2007 at 6:29 pm
hello i just want a low price like 99 or hundered dollar for sidekick id i aint worry abt sk3 with camera in it anyway
8 JAZZY // Sep 13, 2007 at 6:45 pm
i like sidekicks alot!
there cool and inpossble not to have.
i know every 1 likes them.
i was wundering do we have to order it with gray?
or we can do a different color when we buy?
is it possible if you order it on the phone save the phone for us. and then when we go there we can pic it up.
is that possible?
9 neah // Oct 1, 2007 at 9:44 am
how much do the cosh now?
10 kaylah // Oct 4, 2007 at 9:00 am
wwwwwwwoooooooooowwwwww that is great now why does the id coast so lil but da 3 and 4 coast so much come on 300-600 that is outrages!! that is way to high. but thats yall
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