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Originally Posted by Hell Puppy
Both are good.
General rule of thumb should be if you primarily want it to keep up with our email, get the blackberry. If you want to surf more often and/or do alot of IM in addition to email, I'd give a slight nod to the sidekick.
Both are now pretty solid in terms of phone function, that wasn't true a year ago, both companies improved the phone side dramatically with recent releases. The Blackberry 7100T even has bluetooth.
Sidekick gets a nod for the cooler form factor, but it's at the expense of battery life. You'll wanna charge a sidekick nightly if you use it a lot, and also go ahead and buy the car charger right out of the gate.
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I have had the Color Sidekick and now the new Blackberry 7100t.
If you are doing tons of outbound emails and are heavy IM, then sidekick might be a better choice because of the bigger , complete keyboard. On the downside, the sidekick is big and bulky, has had some reliability issues, and is a bit awkward to use as a phone.
If you are interested in mostly handling inound emails, doing light IM, want a decent selection of third party apps,and using the device as a phone, the 7100T is a better choice It is small, light, has better battery life than SK. It also has a speaker phone and bluetooth for a wireless headset. My only gripe is the screen is not so hot in direct sunlight. Please note the 7100T is a new form factor and is not the typical BB. The hybrid typing system does work VERY well.
Both have very reasonable voice plans with unlimited data.
