If you already have a Sidekick III you don't need to upgrade, and you likely have a test prototype.
If you have an SK2, and you want to upgrade, it will depend on what T-Mobile sets up for the upgrade path. It will almost certainly NOT be free (they didn't give the SK2 free as an upgrade from SK1, after all). The only people getting these for free are the "stars" that they give them to for advertising purposes.
The reason there's no price information: The 'very reliable sources' aren't all that reliable. T-Mobile insiders still don't know for sure. It's not on the official Upcoming Devices list that T-Mobile stores use, and as such, any dates are only about 70% likely to be correct. Even when it does get on that list, there's still a chance of the dates changing. Changes can move the date earlier or later, depending on logistics.
So, yeah. Might be out, save your money just in case, but don't expect it to be free, don't expect upgrades to be cheap at first.
As for features, per other sites, it takes an SD memory card, has a megapixel camera, has a stereo MP3 player that uses the SD card, will have video in an upgrade, has the same features otherwise that the SK2 has, but improved. And maybe the keyboard won't come off.
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If you have an SK2, and you want to upgrade, it will depend on what T-Mobile sets up for the upgrade path. It will almost certainly NOT be free (they didn't give the SK2 free as an upgrade from SK1, after all). The only people getting these for free are the "stars" that they give them to for advertising purposes.
The reason there's no price information: The 'very reliable sources' aren't all that reliable. T-Mobile insiders still don't know for sure. It's not on the official Upcoming Devices list that T-Mobile stores use, and as such, any dates are only about 70% likely to be correct. Even when it does get on that list, there's still a chance of the dates changing. Changes can move the date earlier or later, depending on logistics.
So, yeah. Might be out, save your money just in case, but don't expect it to be free, don't expect upgrades to be cheap at first.
As for features, per other sites, it takes an SD memory card, has a megapixel camera, has a stereo MP3 player that uses the SD card, will have video in an upgrade, has the same features otherwise that the SK2 has, but improved. And maybe the keyboard won't come off.