Sure, the iPhone and the G1 have a million apps, but the vast majority of them are novelty, I prefer -communication- over pointless apps any day of the week. They keys are spaced out fairly well, and not directly up and down like the G1 so it feels much more natural to type on vs the G1 as well. Not to mention I believe I get battery life on mine vs a G1. But don’t quote me on it.

Whoever mentioned the Sidekick’s being a ‘niche’ phone can honestly suck it, they’ve been making sidekick’s for several years now, and they aren’t going anywhere. Afterall, they’ve basically remade the same phone since the begining, just adding stuff here and there, the only other company that’s been doing this has been the Blackberry.

Besides, you drop an iPhone once? It’s broke. 199 to replace the screen. I probably drop my sidekick -at least- 3 times a day. If it get’s scratched? Replace the skin. Screen cracks? 7 bucks for a spare on eBay. Never crashes on me, put an 8 gig micro SD card in it, have as much as space as a small iPod. Without any need for DRM.

At the end of the day, it’s a texting phone, and does texting better than anyone else.

Period.