Will the hiptop drive mobile data further than the crackberry? It sure looks like it will help anyway, judging from the latest BusinessWeek article on "hot technology" that featured it. I was using one back in January at CES (reported in this very blog). As "big tigger" says about the hiptop (or the "sidekick" as TMobile branded it):

Not any more. Last summer, Big Tigger first caught sight of the T-Mobile Sidekick. One of a growing breed of handheld computer-phone combos, the slick Sidekick has a screen that rotates to reveal a keyboard for sending e-mail and instant messages. A couple of months later, Big Tigger got the Sidekick ($200 with activation from T-Mobile, plus voice and data service at $35 a month). Now he carries it everywhere, using it to zap quick e-mails and chat on the phone. And when he flashes the little machine, it causes a big stir.

"People have even tried to buy it off me," Big Tigger says.

I also saw the new BMW 745i..ooohh..ahhh. It's always amusing when you get the full blown stereo demo for auto stereo when you are sitting in a trade show, the dealers showroom or Circuit City. As if it will sound that way after adding 45 dB of road noise. I did like that Popular Science had Usability guru Jef Raskin test drive it...here's his review.