Should T-Mobile extend Sidekick plans for BlackBerry?

October 20, 2008/Joe Pawlikowski

T-Mobile’s Sidekick prepaid plan. Considering T-Mo doesn’t even list the sidekick on their prepaid phones page, it’s understandable. However, it still exists, and I know a few people who use the plan. It’s a dollar a day, giving you unlimited text messaging, email, and Web browsing, and calls are 15 cents per minute. It might sound steep, and for some it is. Yet, if T-Mobile is going to offer this plan, why not extend it to prepaid BlackBerry devices as well? Namely, the new Pearl 8220 flip phone, which the company started offering last week.

The real killer is the price of the device. It’s currently selling for $149.99 after rebates with a two-year contract. The suggested retail price is $349.99. However, it appears that there will be a push in Canada to offer the device for $49.99. If that price subsidy hits the U.S., could T-Mo then turn around and sell the phone for $150 or even $200 for prepaid? It’s possible, but not probable. Still, it’s a neat idea. Would you pick up the Pearl flip if it were on prepaid and reasonably priced? ]]>

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3 Comments

  1. shan on November 15, 2008 at 3:04 pm

    oh. my. god. i haaaaaaate this phone.
    blackberrys should not be flip phones!!!!!!!!!!!!
    i hate it, step it up blackberry, step it up… and fast



  2. Jacob on March 8, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    Omg yah Blackberrys canot be flips..! Ugh yikes



  3. DENISE Marie King on April 28, 2009 at 6:22 am

    Blackberry Flip phone has a nice Masculine look to it to boost ego ….and the screen stays much more cleaner than the rest of them .. just like a car for a man in their…hands. EXCELLENT CHANGE!