PowderBlueOrbit: How I Am Punishing My SK3 and Learning to Love The Curve.

I owned a Sidekick 3 for over a year. Despite it's brick-like demeanor, I had convinced myself it was great. Although limited, it IM'd like a champ and txting was a breeze. The address book was extensive and well-designed. I could configure my business email account to it, and for awhile, it worked well.

But then I realized it was a total hunk of shit. People have written volumes about it's shittiness, so Google it if you care. I believe that they fucked it up when they lowered the pricepoint. See, the SK3 routes email from your POP server, through their (Danger) servers before delivering it to your device. Maybe. If they felt like it. More people buying the cheaper SK3 (and the worthless Slide, iD, and LX) meant more traffic for the Danger servers.

Service failure? Yes. Lost emails? You bet. Selective email blocking? Yes. Yes. And, as an added bonus, if you're on a mac, there is no way to backup or transfer your contacts from the address book. Oh wait, actually there is. You have to scroll through each one and re-enter them somewhere else by hand.

After transferring all my 400+ contacts manually, I decided that upgrading to the far superior Blackberry Curve just wasn't enough. I wanted my SK3 to pay, and pay dearly for the hell it caused me.

Thus, I have banished my SK3 to live on my windowsill, out in the rain and cold and whatever else the elements care to throw at it. Occasionally, I take my brand new Curve, my new buddy, to the window and look out (and down) upon the SK3 as oxidization sets in. Together, we both laugh, and laugh, and laugh...