I wanted to post about this last nite but with all the drama of last evening I didn’t get a chance to, so here goes… I not only saw the Sidekick 3 but I got to play with it. Yesterday afternoon, we headed over to the T-Mobile store near my parents to get my brother all set up with my Sidekick II. While there the salesman flaunted his SK3 which I promptly insisted he hand over for inspection. A quick call to my sweetie and we were inspecting this beauty together.

So what did I find out? First of all, it’s sweet. It felt heavier when I first held it, but then when holding the SKII in the other hand it’s about the same. The unit is thinner, and not wide, but it seems to be a touch longer, even tho it’s not. The buttons tho smaller and slightly moved, felt perfect and in the right place. The track ball was perfect and so easy to use. There is a Messenger Center now that has a combined buddy list that does AIM, Yahoo!, and MSN. I also noticed that menu items actually have a back arrow to go back to the jump menu by rolling the trackball to the left. The music player was neat and the unit felt good in my hands. The camera was amazing. We took a nice shot of my brother and were surprised to see the dimensions were huge. The quality was much improved on the screen and it was very nice. The track ball really made the whole user interface better and I found myself hardly using the D-pad.

I can’t wait to get my hands on a new one and I want so bad to go to NYC and pick one up. I’m however pretty sure I’ll never get my hands on one so I’ll just have to spring for expedited shipping.