Last week I gave up on the Sidekick 3 in favor of the Samsung t629, going for a lower end phone to hold me over until the arrival of the iPhone. Yesterday, however, I decided that I had had enough. I exchanged the Samsung t629 for the T-Mobile Dash (as I was still within the 14-day grace period) and only had to pay a small difference fee.

Why did I give up on it so quickly you ask? For starters, the obvious lack of the qwerty keyboard. Having used the Sidekick 3 for so long, I was accustomed to having a full keyboard at my disposal for typing text messages and emails. Secondly, email, the Samsung t629 did not have the ability to access email how I was used to doing on the Sidekick 3. And finally, the lack of any decent organizational structure within the OS of the phone software itself.

So now the question that begs is, well, why the T-Mobile Dash? For one, it alleviates the issue of the qwerty keyboard, as the Dash has a beautiful keyboard with very nice, tactile feedback when pressing the keys. Secondly, email, the Dash has a myriad of email capabilities and will certain allow me to send and receive almost any email I want. And finally, the organizational structure; the Dash came with Windows Mobile 5 and as of today I can now upgrade to Windows Mobile 6, so it essentially puts a computer in the palm of my hand, and as I am a very mobile-connected individual, I really need that type of all-the-time connectivity.

I have yet to upgrade to Windows Mobile 6 but you can rest assured that when I finally do I will be posting about it. Cheers!