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Summary: i love my sidekick.
Review: my sidekick is the greatest thing since sprinkles on ice cream.
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Summary: Love it!
Review: Great product. This is the best device for people on the move. I cant imagine being with out it.
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Summary: My Sidekick ROCKS
Review: I use this thing all the time -- it's great for email and web browsing on the go. And the IM feature is incredible -- take all your buddies with you. Once you get going with it, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it!
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Summary: I LOVE the Sidekick!
Review: I love this thing! I travel quite a bit and cant imagine going anywhere with out my Sidekick. I am able to IM all of my friends and colleagues, Surf the we (I can actually and sell stock on Schwab.com), make phone calls and play games on the plane. It's also has all of my PIM applications, takes picture and has a full size keyboard. I cant wait to see what these guys come up with next.
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Summary: The real web at last!
Review: I had an AT&T pocketnet phone for 3 years when it sadly went dark because AT&T decided to kill the service in place of their new GSM. This began my hunt for a replacement. My use was solely Internet access, I don't need no stinking phone, I want stock quotes, trade confirmations, account alerts and such. Of course when you go to almost any of the cell phone stores the sales people have no idea what the wireless web is about or what phones do what, not to mention, I never found a working demo phone. The best deal I found for wireless access was T-mobile with unlimited access for $30. T-mobile backs it up with a 14-day satisfaction guarantee, so with little risk I went for it. It took a couple days to get the net up and running and it needs a strong signal. Actually propping it up on things is better than hand holding it as your hands can block some signal. But with a signal this baby can go just about anywhere on the web. It downloads pics from yahoo, cnbc and such which are surprisingly sharp. And you can even view stock charts although the details are small and fine, some may have trouble seeing the finer details. The download speed is comparable to a 28-56k dialup. And emails are a snap to receive and send. You can have it set up to receive almost any pop3 email service. Now I get my emails all day long and I don't have to wait till I get home.I've had it a week now and I'd never go back to the old pocketnet. The battery is not removable so you can't carry a spare but I have found it to generally last 2 days per charge if I turn it off at night. I strongly recommend this unit, Danger has a great product here and T-mobile has impressed me with good customer service and reception!
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Summary: Not as good as it seems
Review: When I first got this phone, I thought "Hey, this is really cool. You can text message quicker, surf the web, get email, and even IM friends." But as months went by I realized that it wasnt all that I thought it would be. Now it may be the actual sidekick or the T-Mobile service. But whatever it is, it's not good. I can have reception one minute and then if I turn a different direction or just simply place the phone down on the table, I see the dreaded "X" over my signal bar or "NO SERVICE AVAILABLE." I think that if this phone were under any other service provided, it would be GREAT!! So if you're thinking about getting this, please THINK, and dont be like me and get it because it looked cool. Do your research and read the other reviews about it, whether they be good or bad. Hope you found this useful.
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Summary: Poor Device but was a Great Idea
Review: The danger Sidekick from T-mobile was a great idea on how a device should be made but the item was made poorly. I have gone through at least 10 sidekicks through my T-mobile warrenty and none of them have lasted over 2 months. The features are cool and up to date but it lacks in the quality of the device.
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Summary: You'll Love It Until You Hate T-Mobile
Review: Physically, it's like talking into a bar of soap, and voice reception isn't that bad, but I've found it worse than other phones. The email, web browsing, and instant messaging is slick! HOWEVER, and this is a BIG HOWEVER: The phones will break a little after a year, and this is where T-Mobile scams you. Think you'll get a new replacement phone? No way, you get used units with loose screens, wheels, etc. - it *feels* used. There's no kind upgrade program if your phone break, you're forced into repurchasing a phone at $300, and the customer rep says you need to repurchase all your downloaded apps and ring tones. At this moment my raw hate for T-Mobile has me boiling over to the point of switching providers and giving up features. It's not the phone, it's the company. And don't get me started on the rising cost in rate plans. While a cool piece of technology, stay away, stay away, stay away.
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Summary: HELP - Where find an unlocked item
Review: I would buy this item from Italy, so I need an unlocked item, it means non linked to any USA or ouside provider so I can use it in Italy by my personal SIM CARD.
May someone help me?
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Summary: Great unit, but the potential is underutilized
Review: After a nasty and EXPENSIVE run-in w/ another cell phone company, T-Mobile and the Sidekick (v. II in my case) are a breath of fresh air. Polite service, good to excellent coverage (range), reasonable, prices and there are all sorts of other uses. It's a Cell phone, PDA, email server, web brower, text messenger, etc. Also, it is pretty rugged (it would have to be to put up with my chaotic and oftimes clumsy antics).
Why not maximize the muscle this thing has? My only complaint is that the unit is, beyond all the goodies listed above, essentially a wireless modem with a USB port. Why not take full advantage of these qualities / features?
Some people are. A recent review (JP Holloway "JP"
Reviewer Rank: 400401) said third party programing is available, but fails to name names. I sure would like to know.
Also, put Bluetooth in the next update.
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