Sidekick Gecco to be christened Sidekick 2008?

A number of shots have surfaced of an upcoming Sidekick that we've alternately known as the Gekko and Gecco, but the rumor du jour on the naming front is that we'll actually be calling it "Sidekick 2008" by the time it launches (later this month if we're lucky). The grainy photography shows a device looking roughly like what we expect the new model to look like -- but more interestingly, it shows the phone wearing a variety of different shells, some of which rock as much bedazzlement as a Swarovski one-off. Pretty cool. Oh, and don't bother trying to go to sidekick.com.shells -- we did, and it isn't online yet.

[Via Hiptop 3]

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 10th 2008 8:46AM]

wow, i just posted this stuff yest. at the tmonews forums and its everywhere now, yay!

just FYI: its the T-Mobile Sidekick, (thats it!) 2008 shows up in "( )".....

again.... its not the sidekick 2008, it just sidekick......

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 10th 2008 8:57AM]

http://tmonews.com/forums/index.php?topic=543.0

[JustinVincible Posted Jul 10th 2008 9:50AM]

*Yawn*

Danger is quickly becoming the new Palm.

[derX Posted Jul 10th 2008 6:08PM]

Danger bores the hell out of me too, but it's no where near Palm.

Danger has a hella dedicated fanbase--tweens. Anytime I see a new Sidekick is released, I many people with them in the following week.

Danger keeps appealing to the same lowet-to-mid-level techies and though this is to my chagrin, it's been working quite well for them.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 10th 2008 1:22PM]

Looks like a advanced SK ID..Which Im hoping is the replacement for the ID.

I hope this isnt the new model of the Sidekick. If it is I will forever never look into a danger device for anyone again.

[Roger A Posted Jul 10th 2008 1:34PM]

What makes this neat or cool, or even marketable?

Isnt this just the Sidekick iD with a yellow color and black keypad?

YES, IM SURE IT IS!!

T-MOBILE, YOU FAILED!