Review Of T-Mobile Sidekick
REVIEW:
Motorola is known for its experiments in making mobile phone and they have come up with yet another good experiment T-Mobile Sidekick. The Sidekick lets you not only change the color but also allows you to add your images, designs and graphics to the outer shell, making it completely unique and your own. Sidekick also ships with all the new features that were introduced with the Sidekick LX software update, including playback, video recording and stereo Bluetooth support, while keeping its strong messaging capabilities. With all these things we think Sidekick will be a hit in the market with its target audience of young T-Mobile customers looking for an all-in-one communication device. The price of the Sidekick is reasonable and easily affordable for the users.
T-Mobile Sidekick most closely resembles the Sidekick LX; it is just a smaller and lighter version. Its weight is reasonably light and with solid construction it feels comfortable in the hand. 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.
Sidekick has a slightly smaller 2.6-inch WQVGA display, give the more compact size. And it supports 65,000-color output and 400×240 pixel resolution of the LX. The screen could have been much bigger but the images and text look sharp and vibrant. 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. You have a Cancel button, Talk and End keys, an OK button, and the trackball navigator on the right of the display. There are Jump buttons, directional keypad and Menu on the left of the display. On the bottom of the display are power button and volume rocker. On the back of the phone is the camera lens.
Sidekick has a full QWERTY keyboard and there is plenty of space between the keys, you can now dial numbers without having to use the keyboard. There’s an onscreen dialpad that you can access using the track ball and you can also scroll through your address book and select and call contacts.
The T-Mobile Sidekick comes packaged with a USB cable, a 512MB microSD card, an AC adapter and a wired stereo headset, and reference material. For more add-ons, please check our cell phone accessories, ringtones, and help page
The T-Mobile Sidekick doesn’t bring any unannounced, new features to the handheld, but it has all the enhancements that came with the Sidekick LX software update–most notably a stereo Bluetooth support, video recording and playback. The Sidekick’s address book holds up to 2,000 contacts, with room in each entry for five numbers, a street address, notes, an e-mail address, an IM account and a web URL. The Sidekick does support MyFaves to give you unlimited calling to five contacts. The Sidekick has integrated Bluetooth 2.0. Other uses for Bluetooth include videos, and music, wireless transfer of photos, hands-free car kits and connecting to other Bluetooth peripherals, such as a printer. 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 have your corporate e-mail forwarded to the Sidekick.
Of course, you’ve also got the choice to instant message with friends. The T-Mobile Sidekick comes with three of the major instant-messaging clients Yahoo, AOL and Windows Live Messenger. Beyond communication, the T-Mobile Sidekick offers a built-in media player that plays WMA, MP3, AAC and WAV music files and 3GP and MPEG 4-SP video files. The media player has shuffle and repeat modes and you can search for songs by composer, artist, genre or album as well as organize tracks into playlists.
T-Mobile Sidekick does get an upgraded camera. Its camera is good and has 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. Picture quality is decent. Video quality was sub-par. Clips were pixilated, and it’s difficult to shoot and watch video in such a small frame.
SPECIFICATIONS:
| Price | |
| Manufacturer | Motorola |
| Model number | DANSIDECTMO |
| Availability | Yes |
| Colours | Black |
| Phone design | Sidekick |
| Width | 2.4 in |
| Depth | 0.7 in |
| Height | 4.7 in |
| Weight | 4.5 oz |
| Display type | LCD display |
| Display size | 400×240 pixel |
| Messaging Services | Yahoo! Messenger , AOL Instant Messenger Service (AIM) , Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger) |
| Camera | 2 megapixels |
| Speaker Phone | Yes |
| Radio | Yes |
| Games | Yes |
| Ringtones | Polyphonic, MP3, |
| Internal memory | Yes |
| calendar | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Internet browser | Yes |
| Dual sim | No |
| Alarm clock | Yes |
| Java applications | Yes |
| Downloadable Content | Games , Ring tones , Wallpapers , Audio files , Video files , Screensavers |
| Conference Call Capability | Yes |
| GPRS | No |
| GPS | No |
| Edge | No |
| Vibrating alert | Yes |
| Battery (talk time) | Up to 300 min |
| Battery (stand by) | Up to 96 h |
| Calculator | Yes |
| Polyphonic Ringer | Yes |
GOOD FEATURES:
1 Nice keyboard.
2. Nice sleek design.
3. Can listen to music while texting.
4. Call quality is good.
BAD FEATURES:
1. It doesn’t support 3G networks or Wi-Fi.
2. Slow Internet.
3. Web browser still needs some improvement.
4. Battery life is low.
MAIN POINT
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. But on the downside there is no Wi-Fi and 3G. The video recording and playback is limited. So I give 3 stars out of 5 stars to it.