Cingular plan but want a t-mobile phone

Hey
I have cingular as my plan and i really want a sidekick 3 which is a t-mobile phone but i don't want to swich my plan i want to keep it cingular but i still want a t-mobile phone with out swiching my plan
Please Help!
I really want this phone

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The features of the sidekick only work on T-mobile. Plus the data settings are pretty well locked onto the phone. So, you have a choice, give up the cingular plan, pay the etf and go with t-mobile or keep cingular and give up the sidekick.

Originally Posted by Shrocat

The features of the sidekick only work on T-mobile. Plus the data settings are pretty well locked onto the phone. So, you have a choice, give up the cingular plan, pay the etf and go with t-mobile or keep cingular and give up the sidekick.

well what about the sidekick 1 or 2 anny different? i have been waiting for cingular to get the sidekick just kinda like the razor everybody has it.
cingular needs better phones.

Howdy Fireball,

You can wait, but you'll be waiting a very very very VERY (did I say very?), long time. Sidekick is a T-mobile only deal. You can use it as a phone after it's unlocked, but you will not be able to use any of the data related features with Cingular.

Now what you can do is get a Sidekick without phone service, meaning you will still be paying Cingular for you voice phone, but using Danger (the company that handles the SK data services through Tmobile), for the data services with the SK.

I know quite a few people that do this, have a voice line and a SK. But most of them are hardcore texting and IM animals, so the unlimited texting and IM's works great for them.

So for you, right now it's wait or pay the ETF. And if you want a SK with phone service, why would you worry about who makes better phones?

Originally Posted by BlkBear

Howdy Fireball,

You can wait, but you'll be waiting a very very very VERY (did I say very?), long time. Sidekick is a T-mobile only deal. You can use it as a phone after it's unlocked, but you will not be able to use any of the data related features with Cingular.

Now what you can do is get a Sidekick without phone service, meaning you will still be paying Cingular for you voice phone, but using Danger (the company that handles the SK data services through Tmobile), for the data services with the SK.

I know quite a few people that do this, have a voice line and a SK. But most of them are hardcore texting and IM animals, so the unlimited texting and IM's works great for them.

So for you, right now it's wait or pay the ETF. And if you want a SK with phone service, why would you worry about who makes better phones?

Does it cost money for the sk data service?

Originally Posted by fireball1259

Does it cost money for the sk data service?

Well of course it does. Just go to the T-Mobile web site to see what the service costs. You didn't think that all those SK users were using them for free did you?

So if you are unwilling to pay for your current phone plan and a data plan, you are going to be stuck with just a cell phone, no matter what you actually want.

You'd have to have a data plan to use data services, with ANY of the cell phone carriers. So won't matter if you have one device or two to do the job. Many people use their cell phones as modems (with the laptops or their PDA devices), to use limited or unlimited data services with their carriers. And use the cell phone to make calls even if their PDA can make calls.

I see people all day with one ear on a cell phone and both hands texting like a coked up monkey on speed!

So in short, even if you went to T-mobile, and got a SK, and used it for messaging and texting and surfing the next, you'd have to have a voice plan as well if you wanted to use it as a phone, which of course means... more money every month of of your pocket.

Originally Posted by BlkBear

Well of course it does. Just go to the T-Mobile web site to see what the service costs. You didn't think that all those SK users were using them for free did you?

So if you are unwilling to pay for your current phone plan and a data plan, you are going to be stuck with just a cell phone, no matter what you actually want.

You'd have to have a data plan to use data services, with ANY of the cell phone carriers. So won't matter if you have one device or two to do the job. Many people use their cell phones as modems (with the laptops or their PDA devices), to use limited or unlimited data services with their carriers. And use the cell phone to make calls even if their PDA can make calls.

I see people all day with one ear on a cell phone and both hands texting like a coked up monkey on speed!

So in short, even if you went to T-mobile, and got a SK, and used it for messaging and texting and surfing the next, you'd have to have a voice plan as well if you wanted to use it as a phone, which of course means... more money every month of of your pocket.

Can you give me the link of were i can check out the sk data service cause i looked on the t-mobile web site and i couldn't find it.

Originally Posted by fireball1259

Can you give me the link of were i can check out the sk data service cause i looked on the t-mobile web site and i couldn't find it.

Well sure I suppose I could do that... Found it very easily myself on the t-mobile web site under their plans. just scroll down the page until you see the words SideKick® Data Plan.

SideKick® Data Plan<---- CLICK here


SideKick® Data Plan

Get the most from your Sidekick with unlimited e-mail, AOL® Instant Messenger™, Web browsing, and text messaging. If you want to talk as much as you type, you can purchase a voice plan and add unlimited Sidekick Unlimited service.
Plan name Sidekick® Data
Whenever Minutes NONE meaning no talking
Data per month Unlimited
E-mail per month NONE <--- don't need it if you already have email accounts, you log onto the net and access them.
Price per month $29.99

Originally Posted by BlkBear

Well sure I suppose I could do that... Found it very easily myself on the t-mobile web site under their plans. just scroll down the page until you see the words SideKick® Data Plan.

SideKick® Data Plan<---- CLICK here


SideKick® Data Plan

Get the most from your Sidekick with unlimited e-mail, AOL® Instant Messenger™, Web browsing, and text messaging. If you want to talk as much as you type, you can purchase a voice plan and add unlimited Sidekick Unlimited service.
Plan name Sidekick® Data
Whenever Minutes NONE meaning no talking
Data per month Unlimited
E-mail per month NONE <--- don't need it if you already have email accounts, you log onto the net and access them.
Price per month $29.99

gees i thought it was only going to be like 25-20 bucks gees

If you buy a suncom "hiptop" (the non-tmobile sidekick) can you get the data services on cingular?