Dear Sidekick II,

I’m sorry. I really am. I went and had an affair when I knew I loved you already. Please, take me back. I apologize for ever saying anything bad about you, ever leaving my keys in the same pocket with you, or dropping you on the floor or the ground.

You see, her name was the T-Mobile MDA. She’s got all these great features like integrated wi-fi support, EDGE high speed data, Windows Mobile 5.0, a smaller frame than you, and a brighter screen. Her curves are sleeker, her colors more vibrant, and her face was touchable.

She even has the ability to play video, MP3s, and streaming radio from the internet. She’s got a lot more memory than you do also, and the ability to add more via her miniSD slot, making it easy to store tons of files. She had plenty of space for new applications and games from the internet, too.

Not only that, but she gave me the ability to make a phone call over wi-fi to anyone in the world using Skype for PocketPC. I had to tweak the settings a bit and overclock her to get her to do it, but it really was amazing. Talking to other nerds never has been so fun.

Now, you might wonder why I’m writing you at all after having this affair… well… I realized it was a mistake. Like any affair, it was short, sweet and I regretted it after. Things started to get ugly once I found out more about her.

Dating MDA was expensive. The fees were $10 more a month for data with MDA, and the transitions between using wi-fi, EDGE, and GPRS weren’t as seamless as I wanted. Her interface would lag for no reason sometimes as a rogue program stole CPU away from my precious task, and she wouldn’t even let me speak.

I kept thinking about your interface, and how seamlessly everything worked together. It only took me a few seconds to send messages through you. Scrolling through email fields, or sending someone a photo was like a walk on a summer beach.

These tasks were a chore with MDA. Navigating through useless menus in Windows Mobile that seemed like they were jammed onto it without any thought about usability for a cell phone got annoying. Fast.

Her camera took 1.4 megapixel photos, but they were washed out and blurry, almost like she was coming back from a hard night of drinking.

I sent her back today. I was thinking about waiting for your new model. The company that made you would never let me down in delivering your upgrade, would they? I am desperately waiting for it.

Please, Sidekick II, take me back. You know I care about you.

I promise I won’t wander from home again. At least until your sister is here.

Signed,
Dan

P.S. Lets never fight again.