Saw they are releasing the new color sidekick tomorrow, thought I would chime in with my opinions.

It doesn't really seem like anything revolutionary, just the next logical step. With everything converting to color, the sidekick had to convert or be left behind. I worry about the battery life, as the B&W one I have now would be lucky to make it two full days without charging. The new camera would be nice, as the tiny pics I take now are fairly useless. Being able to see them in color has its advantages too. But IM/email/SMS/phone would seem to be exactly the same.

I really like this phone though. I love being able to check all my email (which is mostly web-based) no matter where I am, check real websites when I need to for free, and not have to worry about going over my allotment of minutes or data.

What I don't like is that I don't use it very often. Yeah, I could blog my whole life, but just because something CAN be on the internet doesn't mean it SHOULD be. And I kinda feel bad for paying the $70 (after taxes) for this plan. What I'm looking forward to the most tomorrow is the introduction of new billing plans, so hopefully I can find something a little cheaper that has everything I need. Either that or I start using my phone more.

So will I upgrade? I'm not sure yet. If they offer the upgrade fairly cheap to me and I can swith to a somewhat cheaper plan and still have enough minutes for the month, I may just do it. I was an early adopter of the original SK, but now I don't need a phone/pda combo. Maybe when my contract is up they'll make me a good offer to stay, I don't know.

--Luke