T-Mobile Sidekick
Manufacturer: Motorola Part number: DANSIDECTMO
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- With the new features, extra level of customization, and affordable price tag, the T-Mobile Sidekick is a good choice for the carrier's younger customers looking for an all-in-one communication device.
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CNET editors' review
T-Mobile Sidekick price range: $17.95 - $74.99
- Reviewed by: Bonnie Cha
- Reviewed on: 07/29/2008
The good: The T-Mobile Sidekick offers customizable shells for extra personalization. The phone also features stereo Bluetooth support and a 2-megapixel camera with video recording and playback. The handheld continues to offers strong messaging capabilities.
The bad: The inclusion of Wi-Fi or 3G support would have been nice. The phone's speaker was very soft, and the video recording and playback is limited.
The bottom line: With the new features, extra level of customization, and affordable price tag, the T-Mobile Sidekick is a good choice for the carrier's younger customers looking for an all-in-one communication device.
It's so hard to keep a good secret these days. Just ask T-Mobile. Word of its new Sidekick model, codenamed Gekko, got out months ago and was all but confirmed when the ruthless blogosphere got hold of some internal T-Mobile documents about the upcoming model. Well, today, the wraps were officially taken off the new model. Simply called the T-Mobile Sidekick, it's the first Sidekick to debut since device manufacturer Danger was acquired by Microsoft. The Sidekick isn't a revolutionary, new product but we think there's enough there to attract the young, hip messaging fanatics.
The big highlight is the new level of personalization. While we saw some of this in the T-Mobile Sidekick iD, where you could swap out color bumpers, the Sidekick lets you not only change the color but also allows you to add your own graphics, images, and designs to the outer shell, making it completely unique and your own. Shells cost $14.99 for two or $9.99 each. Beyond looks, the Sidekick also ships with all the new features that were introduced with the Sidekick LX software update, including stereo Bluetooth support and video recording and playback, while keeping its strong messaging capabilities. For these reasons, we think the Sidekick will be a hit with its target audience of young T-Mobile customers looking for an all-in-one communication device. The T-Mobile Sidekick is available starting today in select stores and online for $149.99 with a two-year contract after rebates and discounts.
Design
Of all the current Sidekick models, the T-Mobile Sidekick most closely resembles the Sidekick LX; it is just a smaller and lighter version. It measures 4.7 inches wide by 2.3 inches high by 0.7 inch deep and weighs 5.3 ounces. It feels comfortable in the hand, with a nice solid construction. Of course, the big design news is the level of customization. Unlike the T-Mobile Sidekick iD, which only allowed you to change the color of the outer edges, you can swap out the entire "shell" with different color plates as well as add your own custom design or image. All Sidekicks will ship with an extra green shell in the box.
To pick or create your own shell, simply visit www.sidekickshells.com. From there, you can choose from a selection of predesigned shells or you can start with a blank slate (you have a choice of black, white, or pink as a base color) and upload your own graphics or images to add to the back. I had the opportunity to design my own shell, and much to the dismay of my T-Mobile contact, a University of Oregon alum, I placed a USC Trojan logo on mine. The whole process was easy and pretty fun. Sadly, I had not received my custom shell at press time.
Given the more compact size, the Sidekick has a slightly smaller 2.6-inch WQVGA display, but features the same the 65,000-color output and 400x240 pixel resolution of the LX. We wish the screen was a tad bigger, but nevertheless, text and images look sharp and vibrant. Plus, you can change up background themes and font sizes to your liking. The Sidekick doesn't have a touch screen, so there are a number of external controls that allow you to navigate through the menus and perform functions. To the left of the display, there are Menu and Jump buttons and a directional keypad that doubles as the phone's speaker. Meanwhile, on the right, you have a Cancel button, Talk and End keys, an OK button, and the trackball navigator.
On top of the unit, there are two function buttons that perform different tasks depending on which application you are using, as well as a mini USB port and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The volume rocker and the power button are located on the bottom. As we've noted in our other Sidekick reviews, we found these controls a bit hard to use since they're pretty tiny in size and set flush with the phone's surface. The camera lens is located on the back of the phone minus a flash or self-portrait mirror and finally, there's a microSD expansion slot, but you have to remove the back cover to access it.
With the exception of the Sidekick Slide, the T-Mobile Sidekick has a swivel-screen design where if you nudge the upper-right corner or the lower-left corner of the screen, the display will rotate a full 180 degrees and expose the full QWERTY keyboard. The keyboard itself is similar to the one found on the Sidekick LX. There's plenty of spacing between the keys, and we were able to easily compose messages. We did find that the top row of number buttons were pretty close to the edge of the bottom of the screen, so there were occasions our thumbs bumped against it. The good news, however, is you can now dial numbers without having to use the keyboard. There's an onscreen dialpad that you can access using the track ball (actually a bit time-consuming, so it might be easier to just use the keyboard) and you can also scroll through your address book and select and call contacts.
The T-Mobile Sidekick comes packaged with an AC adapter, a USB cable, a wired stereo headset, a 512MB microSD card, and reference material. For more add-ons, please check our cell phone accessories, ringtones, and help page.
Features
The T-Mobile Sidekick doesn't bring any unannounced, new features to the handheld, but it does ship with all the enhancements that came with the Sidekick LX software update--most notably, video recording and playback and stereo Bluetooth support. As a phone, the Sidekick offers quad-band world roaming, speed dial, call forwarding, three-way calling, a call log, a vibrate mode, a speakerphone, and text and multimedia messaging. The Sidekick's address book holds up to 2,000 contacts, with room in each entry for five numbers, an e-mail address, an IM account, a Web URL, a street address, and notes. For caller-ID purposes, you can pair an entry with a photo, a group ID, or one of 18 ringtones. You can also add contacts to a Favorites list, which is separate from T-Mobile's MyFaves plan. The Sidekick does support MyFaves to give you unlimited calling to five contacts, regardless of carrier. Plans for MyFaves start at $39.99 a month.
The Sidekick has integrated Bluetooth 2.0 and, as we noted earlier, this now includes support for stereo Bluetooth headsets. Other uses for Bluetooth include hands-free car kits, wireless transfer of photos, videos, and music, and connecting to other Bluetooth peripherals, such as a printer. As for data connection, you're left to rely on T-Mobile's EDGE network with speeds of around 100Kbps to 130Kbps. For the Sidekick's target group, EDGE should be fine, but we're sure there wouldn't be any complaints if 3G and/or Wi-Fi were added, as they provide faster alternatives for Web browsing. We should note that the Sidekick's Web browser now has a mini view, which provides you with an overview of an entire Web site so you can more easily find what you are looking for without having to scroll through the entire page.
Like previous models, the Sidekick comes with its own T-Mobile e-mail account with a push solution so you'll have real-time message delivery. You can also access up to three additional POP3/IMAP4 accounts, and while the Sidekick is definitely not a business-minded smartphone, you can have your corporate e-mail forwarded to the Sidekick. There's an attachment viewer for Word documents, PDFs, and JPEGs. In addition to the T-mail account, we configured our review up to access our Yahoo account and had no problem with the setup. It simply required entering our login and password, and we were up and running within minutes.
Of course, you've also got the choice to instant message with friends. The T-Mobile Sidekick comes preloaded with three of the major instant-messaging clients: AOL, Yahoo, and Windows Live Messenger. You can hold up to 10 simultaneous conversations, and you can switch between conversations quickly by pressing the Menu and D buttons. And if you happen to lose your network connection in the middle of a session, the Sidekick will save the chat until a connection is restored. You can also now create and join group chats and instantly see who's online from a separate tab in your address book.
Beyond communication, the T-Mobile Sidekick offers a built-in media player that plays MP3, WAV, WMA, and AAC music files and 3GP and MPEG 4-SP video files. The media player has repeat and shuffle modes, and you can search for songs by artist, album, genre, or composer, as well as organize tracks into playlists. However, the player is a bit kludgey since you have to hit the menu key to access any of the controls, or you can memorize the shortcuts. To get media onto the Sidekick, you can use the included USB cable and then drag and drop files from your PC to the Sidekick (which should show up as an external drive on your PC). The Sidekick has 64MB NAND Flash memory and 128MB DDR SDRAM, and the expansion slot can accept up to 8GB cards.
While everything has been pretty status quo in terms of features, the T-Mobile Sidekick does get an upgraded camera. It now sports a 2-megapixel camera with video recording capabilities. The camera doesn't offer a ton of editing features. For still images, you have your choice of three quality settings and four resolutions. Once you've shot a photo, you can rotate or reduce the image. Note for videos, you must have a microSD card inserted before you can even activate the feature. Videos are also limited to just 20 second clips.
Picture quality wasn't bad. Objects had good definition and clean lines, but we wish there was a bit more richness to the colors. Video quality was sub-par. Clips were pixelated, and it's difficult to shoot and watch video in such a small frame.
Finally, the Sidekick has several organizer tools, such as a calendar, a notepad, and a to-do list. There's a new QuickFind search feature, and a spell checker as well. You can download more applications, ringtones, and games via the preinstalled Download Catalog, and you no longer have to restart the device once you've downloaded a new application.
Performance
We tested the quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900; GPRS/EDGE) T-Mobile Sidekick in San Francisco using T-Mobile service and call quality was excellent. Voices sounded loud and clear on our end, and there was very little background noise, so we enjoyed distraction-free conversations. We also had no problem using an airline's voice automated response system. Our friends also reported good audio quality, and didn't have any major complaints. Unfortunately, speakerphone quality was mixed. While our callers were impressed with the clarity, volume was pretty soft on our side so we had a hard time hearing the conversation, even with the volume at its highest level. We were in a quiet room, as well, so we imagine it'd be near impossible to hear the speakerphone in a noisy environment. On the bright side, we successfully paired the Sidekick with the Logitech Mobile Traveller Bluetooth headset and the Motorola S9 Active Bluetooth Headphones.
General performance was good. We didn't experience any significant performance delays or system crashes during our review period. We had no problems with any of the messaging, whether we it be sending or receiving e-mail and instant messaging with buddies. Surfing the Net was a little trying with the EDGE speeds. It was fine for some mobile-optimized sites, but graphics intensive pages took a while to load. Music playback through the phone's speaker was louder than voice calls, but still somewhat soft and definitely lacking base. Thankfully, there's a 3.5mm jack so you can plug in a nice pair of headphones for a better listening experience. And as we said earlier, watching video isn't all that pleasant given the blurry quality and small viewscreen.
The T-Mobile Sidekicks's 1,030mAh lithium ion battery has a rated talk time of 5 hours. The Sidekick beat the rated talk time in our battery drain tests with a total of 7 hours on a single charge. We are also trying to confirm the Sidekick's digital SAR rating as reported by FCC radiation tests.
User reviews
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Best Sidekick to date!!!
by Cropsey27 on August 24, 2008
Pros: nice keyboard, sleek design, sidekick os, stereo bluetooth, rubber keyboard, call quality, beautiful screen
Cons: speakerphone could be louder, battery is ok, but could be better, no wifi still, cant read flash pages
Summary: I've been a sidekick user starting from sidekick 2, then I got a sidekick ID, and now I got the sidekick 2008. Right out of the box, the first ...
Summary: I've been a sidekick user starting from sidekick 2, then I got a sidekick ID, and now I got the sidekick 2008. Right out of the box, the first thing I notice is how sleek the phone looks. The previous sidekicks I've owned looked like a kid's phone, but this one definitely looks more like an adult phone. The keyboard feels nice and spacious to type on. Battery life could be better, but it's good enough. My ID definitely kicked it's ass in that department, but hey, more features, brighter screen mean battery life will suffer. Speaking of the screen, it looks really beautiful. Even when you turn the brightness down to half way, it still looks amazing
Few things I forgot to mention. There's a quick find function that lets you scroll through all the applications and find what you want fast by typing a keyword. Good if you have a lot of notes or a lot of songs.
Phone also comes with carebian green face plate for changing, but I think I will stick with all black. A 516mb mini sd is included, but the phone supports upto 4gb one, if you need that kind of storage. Included headphones are nice, and I like the fact that the phone supports standard headphone jacks, so if you want to buy better headphones, you can!
Let me just go through stuff that I use on this phone and how I like them.
Bluetooth- pairing the sidekick was easy right out of the box. I paired it to my asus computer and transferred a file without setting up any passwords. Then in my car I paired it with my nuvi garmin 660 and worked like a charm. Finally, I paired it to a Plantronics Explorer 220 headset and it worked well. I made a couple of calls, and only one person said that there was an echo and another person said it sounded like a speaker phone (but it's probably the headset that's the problem, not the phone)
I have not tested the bluetooth with a stereo headset, but when I do I will post an update
Call quality- On my end the calls are very clear and loud....in some areas i can hear light static, but most of the time everything sounds great. People on the other end hear me clearly and have no complaints whatsoever. The speaker phone is a little on the quiet side, but that's been the problem of many sidekicks (with the only exception of the sidekick 2, which had an awesome speaker) but I guess costs had to be cut somewhere. And since this phone has bluetooth support, you should have no problem with getting around the speaker volume
aim/text/pda functions are all great. the sidekick perfected those a long time ago and if you have owned any sidekick in the past, you'd know how great this phone is for those functions
The multimedia texting is pretty nice feature. I can shoot over pictures that I've taken to my friend's Voyager, and he sends me pictures back with no problem. I experimented with video and it worked, but it took a while to send a 5 sec clip. But that's more to do with the edge network
Email- I like the new email applications. You have your tmail account that comes with the data plan but you can also choose pop mail and select from many of the top email services. there is a slight delay in receiving mail from gmail (it's the only one I used) but unless you need to keep an eye on your email 24/7 it's not too bad
Internet- the new sidekick has the best internet of all of them so far. I can go on many pages that I couldn't go on with my previous sidekicks. I was really happy about that. There's a way to zoom in on pages, increase font sizes, and even an option to scroll through a page using a mini browser. I hope that the next sidekick will have flash capabilities so we can finally get the full web experience, instead of just html.
Internet speed- the sk08 is definitely better then the sidekick id in speed, but I would have loved for the new sidekick to at least have wifi support finally. wifi would make those text/graphics pages load much faster. Hopefully since t-mo is rolling out the 3g network, the future sidekicks would be faster.
Camera- The camera is pretty good for a phone camera. Best one of all the sks I used. The pictures come out clear...although a flash could have been usefull (but hey, it's a phone, not a camera so it's good enough). Only thing I wish is that there was a zoom option on the camera. Oh well, can't have it all.
Video is a little crappy, but it works if you need to make a little fun clip without caring too much about the quality
Music player is minimal with play, ff, rev, and shuffle options, but it does the job. I uploaded a song via bluetooth from my laptop and it sounds decent, even without headphones. I dont think i will use it as a music player, but maybe I will load up a few tunes to check them out when I'm bored. Wish this phone supported songs as ringers, and not just clips from the catalog, but that's the problem with Danger and T-mobile, not the phone itself
Those are the main features I use right now. I will update later if something catches my eye. But for now, this is the best sidekick I've had!!
Updated on Aug 24, 2008
Also, the alarm is pretty loud. It sounds annoying according to some people, but I like it. I set it purposely 5 minutes before my alerm clock radio, and it woke me up.
Reicently used programs option is very cool if you are a heavy sidekick user and want to toggle between the programs without using the jump shortcuts. You can acess that by pressing the jump + cancel key.
There's a lot of cool shortcuts for the phone. visit poweredbydanger.com and hit up the forums to see all kids of tricks, shortcuts, and even a secret game.1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Why I'm Done with Sidekicks, permanently!
by mykick22 on October 13, 2008
Pros: Instant Messaging. changeable faceplates, free themes from sklxthemes.com, flip screen.
Cons: Awful phone/call quality, annoying: chirps, hums, buzzes, and sounds, HORRIBLE issues with menu structure: LAGGY, not loud enough, and finally, the biggest peeve of them ALL the DROPPED CALLS, all the TIME, every time. "real" internet experience.
Summary: I'm not one of those people who rates a phone low, and comes on cnet to vent my frustration. However, this is a negative review, because, I have had ...
Summary: I'm not one of those people who rates a phone low, and comes on cnet to vent my frustration. However, this is a negative review, because, I have had a really bad time with this phone. Here are the cons first.
Phone makers need to start putting more attention on the PHONE. If it can't place a call, why are we calling it a phone? I do not understand this. This phone has to be the worst I've ever had. I know it is not T-Mobile because I've had two VERY good phones from T-Mobile and with those two phones I had a signal where the Sidekick does not. My previous phone was the Nokia 5300 express music, and it was a dream, but I had to go and break it, and now I have this. It makes me want to go and buy everyone I know walkie talkies from a Toys-R-Us because I know for a fact the sound quality would not only be better, but LOUDER. I hate the dropped calls. You don't even know it happens until the sidekick plays a stupid BEEP BEEP in your ear 2mins after the call was dropped! HORRIBLE!
Next, we will discuss the laggy menus. At first, I thought this problem was due to the uploaded themes had I loaded on the phone from sklxthemes.com, but I removed these themes and had similar promblems: Slow menus, White or blank screen, Screen turned off, but phone was still on, or just REALLY slow menus in general.
Next Issue, claims to be a music phone. Not loud enough, not loud during calls, not loud while playing music, tinny sound. Awful.
Next issue, the web browser. Why am I paying for the service if it has restricted sites? The sites that I try to access, that are restricted, AREN'T EVEN ILLEGAL OR CONTAINING QUESTIONABLE MATERIAL IN NATURE. One was a health foods site that was restricted, the other was CNET!! Horrible. If you DO get something to load it looks HORRIBLE, in BOTH web layout view ( "real" web browser view) or screen sized view.
Final issue; myspace mobile. DO NOT DOWNLOAD. Waste of money, it has NOTHING to offer you that myspace.com doesn't. Just enter m.myspace.com in the sidekick's horrible web browser and there you go. same thing, and you don't have to pay extra for it.
Pros of the sidekick:
Weather Underground, paid app, 1.99 a month, and totally worth it if your into the weather.
Organizer. Works fairly well for my needs, liked it.
Faceplates. Very cool idea, missing MANY options in the stores though.
Sklxthemes.com, LOVE this site, awesome themes for free!
The flip screen, I love it. period.
****KEEP IN MIND: I haven't dropped this phone in a way to cause damage. I dropped it once on a mattress, at like a 3ft drop, and that's it. Otherwise, no harm has come to my phone, and this is the experience I've had with it, do yourself a favor and get the new Nokia 5610, or if you need bells and whistles, get the google G1. I, however, am done with these "do it all phones" because they don't EVER get the phone part right. The ONLY way I will get another do-it-all is if I can some how afford the iPhone. In the mean time, I'm going to go pick up the 5610. Toodles!****************1 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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I'm now considering the G1 or My touch
by kairosan on October 7, 2009
Pros: I loved the sidekick and it's internet capabilities which was why I bought it in the first place, at first, it was a useful device with organizer, IM apps, and texting features
Cons: Within 20 minutes of talking on the phone, the battery is drained and is always indicated by the annoying "wheel of Furtune" like tone you are most likely to hear when the wheel hits $0 dollars instead of the grand prize of $50,000
Summary: OVerall by dec, i'll have the MY touch, this phone is epic fail to the core
Summary: OVerall by dec, i'll have the MY touch, this phone is epic fail to the core
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WROST PHONE EVER
by ihatesidekicks on October 3, 2009
Pros: has a spacious keyboard and a unique design.
Cons: everything else
Summary: This is hands down the worst phone I've ever had. It's probably the worst phone ever created as well. I've brought this phone into the store four ...
Summary: This is hands down the worst phone I've ever had. It's probably the worst phone ever created as well. I've brought this phone into the store four times because the phone shows a graphic of the sidekick with x's over its eyes. Then it randomly turns off and then doesn't turn back on. The first time it turned off the store replaced it with a refurbished version. The next two times were simple battery replacements. Finally during my latest visit, they gave me an excuse that said the sidekick system was down. I didn't believe any of that. I wanna run this phone over with a car.
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Not spectacular, but definitely my favorite phone.
by shandragetsinnocuous on August 4, 2009
Pros: Decent speed browser, keyboard layout, Quick Find feature, pretty good call quality, picks up reception where both of my Samsungs didn't, good camera, multimedia messaging is pretty fast
Cons: Reboots and freezes a lot, deletes things sometimes, "Sad Sidekick" (somewhat akin to "Sad Mac") pops up every so often, lags on power-up, drops web browser connection a lot
Summary: As stated in the topic, the Sidekick isn't a spectacular phone, but it is definitely the best phone that I have ever had. While, of course, it isn't ...
Summary: As stated in the topic, the Sidekick isn't a spectacular phone, but it is definitely the best phone that I have ever had. While, of course, it isn't going to be able to hold its own against smartphone behemoths such as the iPhone or the Blackberry line, it is a great phone for teenagers and young adults who want the "all-in-one" experience, but not necessarily the hefty pricetag that these phones typically carry.
The Sidekick 2008 is routinely bemoaned for still being on the EDGE network (though I hear that this is rectified for the new Sidekick LX), but I find that, for my purposes, the EDGE network is just fine. Google loads in mere seconds, while more graphics-intensive websites take around 2-3 minutes to load--which, for me, is not a terribly long wait. I can read most webcomics (Questionable Content comes to mind) on the Sidekick with >60-second load times, and the quality is not compromised at all.
The main problem I have with my Sidekick is due to the fact that I travel to Canada quite frequently (Vancouver, BC, specifically). My 'Kick always works fine while in Canada, but when coming back over the border, the switch from the Canadian Rogers Wireless back to the American T-Mobile really has an adverse effect on it. The phone freezes up, displays "Sad Sidekick", and then goes into a state where it repeatedly turns itself on and off, never even making it to the splash screen, until I remove the battery, and blow on the connectors (kind of like you have to do for the old NES game cartridges). However, after putting the battery back in and waiting anywhere from 10 to 25 minutes, the phone is in working order again, although it plays a little wonky with the "MyFaves Activity" section. So, it's not exactly the end of the world, but it's a bigger inconvenience than I would like to deal with every time I come back into Washington. However, I doubt that this is a problem with the actual Sidekick line--it might just be a unique problem to my 'Kick.
I personally have no problem with the call quality, on speakerphone or otherwise, and none of the people who I call seem to note any difficulty hearing me while we are speaking. Something I find slightly troublesome, though, is that after about 30 minutes talking on the Sidekick, the phone heats up to the point where it becomes physically uncomfortable to hold, and the battery life indicator becomes a little blinking thermometer. But, as I text and instant message much more than I talk on the phone, this is not a huge problem for me--I am rarely ever on the phone for more than 30 minutes at a time.
The still camera and video camera are fine for my purposes. If I want to take a picture that is meant to look nice or artistic, I prefer to just use my camera, but for quick shots to send to friends (over the incredibly fast multimedia messaging service), the camera in the Sidekick is perfectly good enough. I have never tried sending a video, as I have never recorded anything particularly worth sending to a friend.
I find that the Sidekick lags quite a bit upon power-up, and takes awhile to get all the services working correctly (mainly MyFaves, the download catalogue, and the internet), but, due to this, I typically leave mine on all the time and just put it on silent when I am asleep. This may not be the best practice for a cell phone, but nothing too adverse has come of it so far.
I tried to put music on it a few times, but I got a lot of strange messages popping up (none of which I can seem to remember right now), and then the Sidekick froze until I took the battery out. This is a bad thing, yes, but not a huge problem, as I typically prefer my iPod for media playback, anyway.
The email integration is okay, although I am slightly bemused by the fact that I have two Gmail accounts on there, and if they both get the same email, one seems to receive the email anywhere from six to eight hours after the other one. However, I don't need to be hooked into my email constantly, so this isn't exactly devastating.
All in all, the Sidekick 2008 is definitely the best phone I have ever had, although the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic I once possessed is a close second. The Sidekick, though it does drop my reception fairly often (interestingly, never when I'm on a call, just intermittently at random intervals), manages to get reception where the two Samsung phones I once had could not--for example, my Sidekick works in nearly every room of my school, where both Samsungs and my Nokia only worked in rooms on the top floor. While it is not flawless, it works as well as I need it to, and that is enough for me. Being one myself, I would certainly recommend this phone to cash-conscious teenagers, as not only is it primarily a messaging phone (which is the wave of my generation), but it feels like it was designed with us in mind, and that, I like, because so few consumer electronics seem to carry that consideration. -
Great phone!
by fbomb28 on July 10, 2009
Pros: Everything
Cons: Wish there were more applications to choose from
Summary: I've been to soo many phones in the last 6 months or so, looking for the right one. I finally think this one might be it! I love the ...
Summary: I've been to soo many phones in the last 6 months or so, looking for the right one. I finally think this one might be it! I love the large screen and nice keypad, the web browsing is the best quality of any phone I've had so far, and i personally like the sound effects.
The only thing I'd like would be more to choose from application-wise, I like to have a password keeper application to store all of my various login information for different websites. I've found that just making a note and putting my info there, and making sure I have a lock set up on my phone so when it's left alone for a while, you have to enter a code. I guess that'll get me by.
But all in all, I've went through a Blackberry Curve, Blackberry Flip, Palm Centro, HTC Touch Pro, etc., and this one is the best. -
its a nice phone, but that features r hard to get
by emalooska on July 4, 2009
Pros: AWESOME keyboard. nice size nice colors. all in all a very ncie looking camera.
Cons: you hav 2 pay pretty much an extra 25 to get ringtones and wallpapers that you want. it doesnt hav caller id when you're texting. the camera sucks. i wish the screen is touchscreen which it isnt. doesnt inform you when you hav a new TXT message
Summary: The camera is very good looking i think. truthfully that is the reason i bought it. it was my 1st phone. it is VERY confusing to start off with and ...
Summary: The camera is very good looking i think. truthfully that is the reason i bought it. it was my 1st phone. it is VERY confusing to start off with and to get everything set up. then it is easy to use once you get used to it. tmobile SUCKS. they didnt help me with any of the problems that i had with the phone. i also came up on caller idea as a someone elses name. i got messages from doctors and dentist appointments asking for several other people that i am not. i dont get to pick ringtones that i want. i only hav an option of 4 wallpapers taht some may think r appealing, but get very boring as time passes. tmobile made sure that you cant get free ringtones from anywhere else but tmobile which is also very annoying. one of the things i hate the most about the phone is that fact that when i recieve a new text message (by the way i am a HUGEEEE txter) it doesnt tell me. so i constatnly hav to keep looking at the screen if i am waiting for a message. for instance, it doesnt buzz or beep or anything like that when i get a new txxt message. the wierd thing is that it does make you aware when you get a new picure message.
a good thing about this camera besides its attractive appeal is that it doesnt breake easily. i have ddropped it probably tooo many times to count and it just ends up with scratches. another thing i like about it is you can change the shell (outer cover of it.) so you can pick the color yo uwant. or even design a shell to put on your phone. they are also relativy cheap. i would of liked this phone a little more also if it didnt flip up the way it does. i mean it sure does get alot of peoples attention but i would rather it just slide up which it doesnt. the phone is nice and if you are willing to pay for extra features that should already be free on the phone, then you will most likely adore this phone. i like it, but i would rather it have the things that i said before. -
Love The Screen, Keyboard, and Interface
by Christ9416 on May 24, 2009
Pros: Live Search
Screen And Keyboard
Download Catalog
Mp3 Player
and The changeable coversCons: Battery Life
Resets Sometimes
SLOW Internet
And Bad Speaker PhoneSummary: Over All This Has Been My Favorite Cell Phone But It Does Have Its Downsides But What Doesnt =]
Summary: Over All This Has Been My Favorite Cell Phone But It Does Have Its Downsides But What Doesnt =]
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The worst phone I've ever had.
Pros: Cool looking, nice faceplates, awesome for texting.
Cons: Droped phone calls, no service where I used to with a regular phone not a smart phone, dies and deletes contacts without the service, when left too long it will come up with a cartoon of the sidekick and have stars above the device.
Summary: I have had numerous phones from samsung to nokia. They were all great. I got the side-kick and it is the worst phone I have ever had. Literally if you ...
Summary: I have had numerous phones from samsung to nokia. They were all great. I got the side-kick and it is the worst phone I have ever had. Literally if you do not use it for two hours it locks up. A cartoon comes up and asks you to reboot it and it dies and you have to put the battery back in for it to even come up.
My contacts are deleted everytime my phone dies because the battery life is very short unlike what the guy told me in the t-mobile store.
The phone does not get service at all in WV where most of my family are and my t-mobile phone from 6 months ago got service there along with my parents phones that are not smart phones.
I can never hear people and I do not know how to make the message notification sound appear..I just look at my phone all the time to know if i got a text.
This phone is not user friendly. When a phone becomes high tech and looses its primary function to call and stay in touch with someone it is no longer functional.
Side-kick= the worst phone ever. -
I Need your help plz plz plzzz
by DcD7 on March 31, 2009
Pros: plz could you tell me what i should get...
this phone or the lx plz tell meCons: what i dont like is that i dont have it
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Motorola
- Part number: DANSIDECTMO
- Description: The Sidekick is the ultimate communication device, featuring e-mail, messaging, Web browsing, camera, as well as full voice service.
General
- Product Type Cellular phone With digital camera / digital player
- Service Provider T-Mobile
- Width 2.4 in
- Depth 0.7 in
- Height 4.7 in
- Weight 4.5 oz
Cellular
- Technology GSM
- Band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband)
- Phone Design Sidekick
- Antenna Internal
- Vibrating Alert Yes
- Polyphonic Ringer Yes
- Call Timer Yes
- Conference Call Capability Yes
- Speakerphone Yes
- Additional Features QWERTY keyboard layout
Messaging & Data Services
- Messaging Services Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger Service (AIM), Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger)
- Mobile Email Yes
- Internet Browser Yes
- JAVA applications Yes
Multimedia Features
- Downloadable Content Games, Ring tones, Wallpapers, Audio files, Video files, Screensavers
Digital Camera
- Camera highlights With a resolution of 2 megapixels, this model will give you higher quality pictures than other phones.
- Sensor Resolution 2 megapixels
Organizer
- Alarm Clock Yes
- Calendar Yes
- Reminder Yes
- Calculator Basic
Display
- Type LCD display
- Technology TFT
- Color Support Color
- Features Backlit
Connections
- Connector Type 1 x USB
- Slot Provided 1
Miscellaneous
- Cables Included USB cable
Power
- Type Power adapter
Battery
- Technology - Lithium ion
- Capacity 1030 mAh
- Talk Time Up to 300 min
- Standby Time Up to 96 h
Accessories
- A-Data Speedy Series flash memory card - 2 GB - microSD (33795596)
- ATP SD Trio Professional PLUS card adapter - flash: microSD - Hi-Speed USB (32128464)17.00
- Centon 2GBRSD3-1 - flash memory card - 2 GB - microSD (33503634)8.99 - 11.84
- Centon flash memory card - 4 GB - microSD (33362243)11.48 - 16.64
Manufacturer info
- Motorola
- Manufacturer profile
- Browse Motorola products on Shopper.com
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- Website: http://commerce.motorola.com/consumer
- Address:
600 N. Highway 45, Suite AS342, Libertyville, IL 60048 - Phone: 847/576-5000
