Sidekick/Hiptop 2

[Guest amo]

Anyone got one of these devices?

Tempted to have one brought over from the states. Anyone in the UK use one?

[Guest nickcornaglia]

Aren't they heavily carrier specific? I dodnt think these coulod be used with other carriers as they dont sync with the PC (as far as I remember) but sync over the air to TMobile's service. Even if you could get them unlocked and usable as a phone...I dont think they're very useful beyond with carrier support. I may be wrong but that was my impression and I have never seens ANYONE here in the US using one under a carrier other than TMobile.

[Guest Sogarth]

Aren't they heavily carrier specific? I dodnt think these coulod be used with other carriers as they dont sync with the PC (as far as I remember) but sync over the air to TMobile's service. Even if you could get them unlocked and usable as a phone...I dont think they're very useful beyond with carrier support. I may be wrong but that was my impression and I have never seens ANYONE here in the US using one under a carrier other than TMobile.

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Having had one, I think I can fill in the gaps in this response, which is mostly correct.

The Danger Hiptop does, in fact, heavily utilize backend servers that are kept and maintained by the platform manufacturer, Danger, which afaik leases these out to various carriers. There are a number of carriers in the US (and elsewhere) beyond T-Mobile, but you must have one of these carriers, since otherwise you'll end up being forced to use the phone without any network access (which also means that you won't be able to take advantage of the network synchronization/backup system either). They don't sync with a PC, and so that would mean that if your phone ran out of batteries or such, you would in fact lose all of your data. From my understanding, they are looking for carriers in Europe (especially considering they are now multi-band), but I would strongly recommend waiting for a carrier there to pick it up if your heart is set on it.

The following carriers have the Hiptop:

• Cable & Wireless
  
• Edge
  
• E-Plus
  
• Fido
  
• one
  
• StarHub
  
• SunCom
  
• T-Mobile
  

List here

And, I do happen to know the pros/cons of the device. What is it that you're looking for in a phone? :D

[Guest amo]

Just liked the cool spinning screen :D

Something different to my "smartphones" - had the motorola V80 and such but got bored