A new wireless gadget hits the consumer market today, but this one is different from the competition in a few key ways: It looks neither like a phone nor a handheld computer, and most people can actually afford it.
Some technology watchers, discouraged by the lack of consumer enthusiasm for new high-tech wireless devices, are hopeful that this odd-looking device -- the $199 T-Mobile Sidekick, designed by a Palo Alto start-up called Danger -- is the breakthrough they've been waiting for.
|