Twelve Black Code Monkeys

My wife, who has my old Sidekick, got an email from T-Mobile last night that the Sidekick II $100-off upgrade offer for current Sidekick owners is on hold. Apparently there was such a huge demand from these owners that they had to shut things down while they make plans to get more in stock. I just wonder whether models will be selling to the general public while those trying to get upgrades are waiting for some arbitrary additional surplus to build up so that they can take advantage of the offer again? Who knows, but somehow I doubt T-Mobile will be asking potential new customers to wait while they give their entire inventory to previous owners. That seems like too much of a 180-degree about-face from their previous “let’s worship the new guy at the expense of the loyal customer” attitude. No word on exactly how long this new wait will be. One would think that with Sharp as the new manufacturers for the device, they would be able to churn out new units pretty damn fast!