The T-Mobile Sidekick family album

With a little help from celebrities like Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, and Dwyane Wade, the T-Mobile Sidekick has become a popular gadget with the younger crowd. However, it's not just the celebrity endorsements that give the device street cred. The Sidekick is great at messaging, whether it be instant, text, or e-mail. The handheld comes with its own T-Mobile e-mail account and has Yahoo, AIM, and MSN IM clients preinstalled on the device. Plus, there's a spacious, full QWERTY keyboard for easy typing and with the no-fuss setup, we can understand the Sidekick's appeal. Of course, there are other features too. It offers decent call quality, an HTML Web browser, and a photo viewer. The T-Mobile Sidekick 3 adds integrated Bluetooth, MP3 playback, and a 1.3-megapixel camera to the mix, while the allure of the Sidekick iD is its $99 price tag. And just recently, T-Mobile debuted the Sidekick LX and the Sidekick Slide. Both feature slimmed-down designs and improved screens, and the Slide is the first Sidekick to be made by Motorola rather than Sharp and has a slide-up screen. If you're in market for a Sidekick, here is the current lineup, including the limited edition models. Read on to see if one is right for you.