Sidekick Gekko manual pages leak out

Alleged pages from the Sidekick Gekko's user manual offer little in the way of new details, but confirm some suspected and rumored features and offer the best idea yet (shy of a real photo) of what the front of the phone looks like. Most importantly, it looks like we can now say with certainty that the Gekko will offer replaceable shells, a key detail of the Sidekick iD not seen in a Hiptop model since. The device is also lined up to offer video capture, microSD expansion (we should certainly hope so!) and a 2 megapixel camera -- so if this thing is really the spiritual successor to the iD that we've heard it'd be, it's a definite step in the right direction.

[(Unverified) Posted May 28th 2008 11:09AM]

Smaller!
microSD slot!
2MP camera!
Video capture!
inter-changable faceplates!

Wow. Welcome to 2008 Danger. I hope you know your target audience has even surpassed you, but that's not going to stop T-mobile from picking this badboy up and making it their flagship phone, right?

Danger + T-mobile said, "We can't beat the iphone... so we're just going to market these toys for teens instead".

Anyone really give 2 craps about Sidekicks? Anyone?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 2nd 2008 9:45AM]

The sidekick is still a decent phone, you do realize this iD style device might be the same market that keeps buying new Nintendo DSes because they have come in a newer smaller device, or or come in different colors. The sidekick LX is a much more mature device, but still customizable under the hood to be as lame and kidlike as possible still, so don't you worry! ;)