T-Mobile brings Sidekick iD back from the dead

T-Mobile (NYSE: DT)’s current Sidekick offerings have traditionally catered to the younger, hipper demographic looking for stylish, messaging-oriented handsets that don’t break the bank. To that end, the new Sidekick 2008 represents a marriage of functionality and style by combining many of the features of the flagship Sidekick LX with the swappable cover plates of the Sidekick iD.

But, it seems that T-Mobile still sees a need for a lower-end HipTop product to round-out their Sidekick portfolio. So, to fill the entry-level gap left by the Sidekick iD’s demise, T-Mobile has apparently brought the low-cost Sidekick back from its gadget-grave. The Sidekick iD debuted early last year to little fanfare and was quickly relegated to the depths of stockrooms in T-Mobile stores nationwide. Now, thanks to a little voodoo that brings dead and forgotten handsets back to life, T-Mobile is once again offering the entry-level Sidekick iD to Sidekick fans on a seriously limited budget.

T-Mobile is offering their T-Mobile Sidekick iD for $50 when purchased with a new two-year contract. There’s no denying that the $50 price-point is as entry-level as you can get before giving the handset away for free, but considering the Sidekick iD’s original $100 asking price, we’d think T-Mobile would do well to offer the Sidekick iD as a free-with-contract handset.

[Via: HipTop3]