The T-Mobile Sidekick ID

I picked one of these up recently in my latest T-Mobile upgrade and wanted to share my opinions on what I have found.

Pros:

I can get on the internet everywhere I go. I live in a big city so it may be different wherever you live. It may be a little slow since it uses GPRS, but it is worth it! My “Myspace” page loads much better on this than it did on my old blackberry. The keyboard rocks! This thing is awesome for typing text messages and emails. The scroller does take some time to get used to but is pretty easy to use.The scroller wheel blinks different colors based on the status of anything that it is doing. For example: It blinks green when it is connecting to check for new data. / It Blinks blue if you get a new text message, instant message or miss a call. Another cool thing is that you can log into all three instant messengers at the same time.(Yahoo, AOL and MSN) This can be quite challenging when you have 3 friends trying to talk to you on 3 different messengers. You can even customize every tone or message so you know who is trying to reach you. You can even have it vibrate differently for each function.It can send emails in a snap. It is probably one of the most user friendly phones out there; once it has been set up. Game play is easier and more fun on the sidekick than most flip up phones. It actually resembles the feel of a gameboy in some aspects of it’s build. Overall it is a pretty cool phone; if you like to stay connected to your friends and family. I chose it because it was 100 dollars cheaper than a sidekick 3. It also has multi-colored covers that are easy to change for around 20 dollars. (see examples above)

Cons:

It has GPRS instead of EDGE. That basically means the internet speed is a little slower than the newer phones like the sidekick 3. Of course we all know it doesn’t have the MP3 player, Bluetooth, Camera and extra storage slot. I actually have about 4 total complaints in all…The above doesn’t really bother me much at all. I knew all that before I bought this phone. My first complaint is the phone sound quality. I can’t say I have ever had a descent, clear phone call since I have had it. The best phone calls are when I use the speakerphone. Isn’t that the main reason we buy a phone in the first place??? Pretty sad huh?My next complaint is that it only limits you to 3 email accounts. In otherwords you can only have 3 pop emails sent to your phone. I know this makes most of you say “Who has more than 3 email accounts?”. You would be surprised…. It is like saying “Who has more than 3 passwords?”. My third complaint is the size and carrier of this device. I really wish they could have made it a little smaller and lighter. It is like carrying a Nintendo DS or an old 80′s cell phone. This thing is huge! Maybe I need to gain weight or something but if your belt isn’t tight…Your pants are going to drag…My final complaint is not necessarily with the phone…so I guess it really falls towards T-Mobile. The pop mail feature stopped working with my yahoo account. I am forced to have my email forwarded to my phone. I hate this because I can’t keep the emails I want to save on the server. They claim they are working on it but it has been weeks. Well that’s all my complaints…

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This is worth getting if you like to text message and instant message without paying a lot of money for a phone. If you want to do more than that; then I would suggest looking elsewhere. Would I buy it again? No…I would most likely pay the extra hundred dollars for the Sidekick 3. I would definitely make use of the MP3 player, Bluetooth, Camera, Edge network and Extra storage slot. The only other deciding factor on this type of phone is that T-Mobile’s Sidekick plan is cheaper than the blackberry plans. It includes everything for only 20 dollars. (Unlimited Internet, text, emails and pictures). The blackberry plan doesn’t include unlimited text messaging. I guess it boils down to personal preference.