Well, its been about a year and I’ve got the itch for a new cellphone. Up until now I’m been a strick minimalist when it comes to my phones. “I don’t need a stupid camera!” “I don’t need to get on the internet with my cell phone!” ” I don’t need to have Paris Hilton’s newest single for my ringtone!” Well that last one’s still true, but I’ve found myself wishing I had a phone that could do more. With the execption of playing music, (Nothing will beat the greatness of my iPod) I want my phone to well…do it all. That being said, I don’t think I’m in the market for a Blackberry. I’m not a business man and I would like something a little looser around the collar. Thats not to say anything is wrong with you Crackberry freaks out there, but I just really don’t need another day-planner / calender I won’t use. I want something that makes it easier to get all my information rather than just store it. Mainly I want a good phone with solid features along with the data plan extras like being able to use my cellphone to get on the internet with my iBook. I don’t need a music player or a way to store videos, but if those come along for the ride thats fine and I don’t mind not using them. With all that in mind, I’m looking hard at the eventual release of the new Sidekick III.

Here is my basic list of hopes and dreams for the new Sidekick III or any other new phone:

1. A good speakerphone.
2. A good camera.
3. Be able to fit it in my pocket and not look like have an odd-shaped hard-on or a thigh tumor.
4. Scarlett Johansson‘s phone number in the address book.
5. Bluetooth (which is confirmed)…but Bluetooth that works fully with OS X. I want to get full Address Book functionality, and ideally I would like it to work with Salling Clicker.
6. I want to be able to use the bluetooth connection to use my Sidekick III as a “modem” to get my iBook on the EDGE internet connection so I can connect from anywhere.
7. A price under $300.

So do you think the Sidekick III will meet all or any of those requirements? The ones I’m marking as required are # 5 and # 6. With out that functionality I would find it hard to spend the $20-$30 extra a month for the unlimited data plan. At this writing, the Sidekick III is rumored to be released on June 26th. So I guess we will all see exactly whats in store for that little device sometime in the coming weeks.

Any of you have the same dream phone in your head as me? Do any of you own a Sidekick II? If so, how do you like it? If not the Sidekick III, are there any phones out there now that fit my criteria? Do you think this baby with 3 arms could kick your ass? If you can answer any of these questions, lets hear what you’ve got in the comments!

Sidekick III information: HipTop3