T-Mobile USA has announced the commercial availability of its Sidekick device, the first to use Danger’s Hiptop platform. Hiptop is a mobile device solution which includes a handheld reference specification and a set of hosted entertainment services.
The Sidekick will cost USD 199 and be available through major retailers and direct from T-Mobile. It uses T-Mobile’s GPRS network and provides unlimited data usage for USD 39.99 per month.
“The T-Mobile Sidekick is all about fun and getting more from life with spontaneous communication,” said Cole Brodman, senior vice president of product development for T-Mobile USA. “Whether it’s sending mobile snapshots, playing games or staying connected through instant messaging, the T-Mobile Sidekick is the ultimate device for the internet generation looking for easy to use, affordable fun in a single cool device.”
Mirren Fischer is someone who finds herself at the confluence of some really big challenges:…
Poetry and place...listening and lockdowns... Dan Phillips, who led the Royal College of Art's (RCA)…
Mark Baldino's path to co-founding a Chicago-based design agency wends its way from a degree…
Paul Campbell, a former chief designer at Ford, is now re-imagining the wheelchair at Centaur…
Opening the oven released a cloud of steam. I should have been expecting it. It's…
Jared Ficklin's approach of 'think by making' has led him to produce remarkable digital design…