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Senior Correspondent

In Brief: Sharp’s Sidekick 3 coming next week

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Jul 6, 20061 min

T-Mobile USA will begin selling the latest version of Sharp’s Sidekick mobile e-mail device in the U.S. on Monday, Sharp said.

The Sidekick 3 is Sharp’s first PDA (personal digital assistant) designed from the ground up to be wireless and includes an e-mail client, Web browser, MP3 player, instant messaging software for AOL, Yahoo and MSN networks, and a game player. Its predecessor, the Sidekick II, also came from Sharp but was based on a reference design from Danger Inc.

Sharp plans to manufacture 100,000 units of the device per month and is also interested in expanding sales to Europe, it said on Thursday.