From rssfeeds@jmason.org Wed Oct 2 11:44:21 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 669ED16F03 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:44:21 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 02 Oct 2002 11:44:21 +0100 (IST) Received: from dogma.slashnull.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g9281WK31739 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:01:32 +0100 Message-Id: <200210020801.g9281WK31739@dogma.slashnull.org> To: yyyy@spamassassin.taint.org From: boingboing Subject: Danger Hiptop reviewed Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 08:01:32 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; encoding=utf-8 URL: http://boingboing.net/#85511986 Date: Not supplied The T-Mobile Sidekick -- the first commercial implementation of the wonderful Danger Hiptop PDA/phone -- is now onsale and the reviews are starting to appear. As soon as I'm in San Francisco for more than a couple days straight, I really think I'm going to pick this up. That's partly because it costs less than half as much as its current competitors -- $199, compared with $450 and up for the others. In the same spirit, T-Mobile will offer unlimited data usage on its new, relatively high- speed "GPRS" network for $40 per month -- far below what a serious surfer would likely rack up under competing wireless-data plans. (Voice time is another story -- more on that later.) Another reason I like the Sidekick's prospects: It was designed for, and will be pitched to, a very different market. While vendors of the competing hybrids focus on "enterprise" customers -- the big businesses that are supposed to have deep pockets for this sort of thing (even though most clearly don't at this point) -- Danger and T-Mobile are targeting, in their own words, "Internet-savvy, primarily urban, young adults in the 18- to 34-year-old demographic." I am that demographic! Link[1] Discuss[2] (_Thanks, Steve[3]!_) [1] http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/30/BU202936.DTL [2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/LMAtpjUTbVezf [3] http://www.portigal.com