Sharp's Sidekick "Shuriken" hooks up with FCC

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With a name like SHURIKEN, this sucker bettter be sleek, thin and uuuh, fast. That would be my impression of an internal code name like that. By the mockups, it looks like this is the [physical] upgrade people have been waiting for.

We're still not sure whether this is the legit Sidekick 4 -- you know, the true successor to the Sidekick 3, as opposed to some tangential compromise like the Sidekick iD -- but we're definitely encouraged by Sharp's internal designation for this sucker. It's been assigned the model number "PV250" to be exact, which would put it above the Sidekick 3's PV200 (and well above the iD's PV150), suggesting that the Shuriken is likely the next-gen Sidekick we should all be getting excited about, not the Slide from Motorola. Then again, it seems like there isn't much new here; it should get a healthy 3-inch widescreen display, which is nice and all, but 3G data is still nowhere to be found. Guess you need a functioning 3G network to offer 3G devices, eh, T-Mobile?

more @ the source:
www.ENDADGETMOBILE.COM

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AAh, the FCC site with documents:

http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo ... PYNAR0063'


And it looks like the expiation to the short term agreement to withhold information expires on Halloween 2007 :)

There is no evidence of WiFi, though, which is really overdue. If there isnt going to be 3G, Tmo/sharp whoever needs to showve WiFi in there - they have the tech for UMA, they need to use it.

So far, nothing new here except for the screen, perhaps.