T-Mobile Sidekick 2008
Last update: Video Review by DigitalTrends (12 November’08)
T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 is the latest Sidekick models this year and it offers plenty of features compared to the previous models. The sidekick 2008 features 2MP camera, T-Mobile myFaves-enabled, Dimensions: 4.7″ x 2.3″ x 0.7″, 5.3 oz, 2.6-inch display, Full QWERTY keyboard with horizontal swivel screen, Quad-band world phone 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and supports bluetooth 2.0
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T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 Reviews
DigitalTrends reviews the T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 and writes;
“Highs: Excellent keyboard and messaging features; sharp, bright screen; good web browser. Lows: Ni WiFi or GPS; bulky; poor camera quality; weak speakers and ear piece”
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Video Review of T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 by Mobileburn;
Gizmodo reviews the T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 and writes;
“The Verdict: It’s more features for less money. Not only is the Sidekick 2008 $50 cheaper than the $199 you’d currently pay for the Sidekick LX, it comes with more stuff. The best hardware improvement has to be the reduced size, and at 4.7 x 2.3 x 0.7 inches, it’s as long as the iPhone, slightly narrower, but about twice as thick. The second most important feature on an SK is the keyboard, and remains pretty much the same as before: chicklety. If you liked previous iterations, you’ll like this one.”
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Infosync reviews the T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 and writes;
“Pros: Customizable shells are a great idea for this phone. Trackball works well with the menus.
Cons: Messaging features lag behind today’s standards. Web browser is messy. Music player unimpressve, hard to control. Lousy camera.”
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Video Review of T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 by PhoneArena;
PCmag reviews the T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 and writes;
“The Sidekick’s music player is relatively elegant and supports (nonprotected) AAC, WMA, MP3, and even WAV and AIFF files, including album art. It read files off our 8GB SanDisk microSD card without a problem. Remember, though, there’s no way to use your own songs as ringtones. We played music over both wired and Bluetooth headphones without a problem.”
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Video Preview/Tour of new T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 by Phonescoop;
Slashgear reviews the T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 and writes;
“The QWERTY keyboard has always been the Sidekick’s not-so-secret weapon, and the 2008 is no different. A combination of great texturing and just the right amount of spacing adds up to very comfortable texting. The trackball navigation is not so successful, however, and feels a little imprecise.”
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Video preview of new T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 by PcMag;
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i have no idea how the hell to use this thing. its confusing as all hell! i downloaded well sync’d music onto my sidekick from my laptop but i can’t use them as ringtones. i dont know how to set up the web brower. or set pic id’s. its confusing to me!!
the only tricks i got is how to use it as a flashlight and a mirror. thats all i got and its gay. so if anyone can help me out, email me
heathernoel_86@yahoo.com
thanks.
i have over 40 songs in my media player in my sidekick…does anyone know how i can make them ringtones??
You can’t. I asked a worker at T-Mobile and she said that you can’t. Kinda sucks, but I guess that’s how they make their money, making money through people buying their ringtones…
Sorry, Heather…
There is no way to make the songs off of your media player into ringtones. You have to go to the catalog and purchase the for $2.49 each.
Go to sk08theames it is a hack
dude u spelled themes wrong
disz is so crazy but its cool i think da sidekick is so poppin yuh
Sidekick ‘08 is dopee.
Yeah, sidekick08 themes.com,
you can download free themes/backrounds, and make one yourself if you have the time. But yeahh, hopefully they’ll come up with an upgrade where you can put a song as a ringtonee.
IF ANYONE: knows of a site, where you can listen to music on your sidekick, without having to put music in the media player from your computer, plz plz email me.
AT: ohhaistacy@aol.com
because if there is a site, kinda like aolmusic, or yahoomusic, but you CAN ACTUALLY listen to the songs, that’d be radd <3 !
Does anyone know how to make your own themes for free?
Yeah man its not hard at all. download one from sk3themes or one of those websites, open up the folder and replace the pictures with your own (make sure you rename them to what was originally there) just make sure that the picture is about the same dimension as your screen (ive set mine at 400×208) oh and i think saving it (after youve edited the dimensions) as a .png would be a good idea. i havent tried it with a jpeg but i think the layering of some jpegs isnt conducive to the functionality of the phone.
No music as ringtones. No hacks. No free apps. No jailbreaking… Nothing. This is a sick phone and I love it, but there really isn’t much you can do free wise other than themes and wallpapers from the sites that were already mentioned. The powering system dangerOS that helps Sharp out has completely screwed us this time. But no worries my friends… They said the iPhone was unbreakable and some 14 year old kid hacked it within 15 minutes of buying the phone. There will be hacks. There will be third party apps. And there will be more freedom with this phone. Its an awesome phone so don’t give up on it just yet. Just give it some time and I guarantee you’ll be happy with the outcome.
Well I got the sharp 2008 sidekick & I just did a search on google & found sk3themes. My question is when I tried 2 download it from my phone it said “that we see u r currently on ur sidekick & u will have 2 download from a desktop computer which pisses me off. But my question is do I need 2 use my usb port 2 download the theme from my computer 2 my phone?
You do have to use your desktop or laptop computer to get the themes on to your sidekick. you cant extract the file on your sidekick. you need your usb port to hook it up to it then compress the file and make a folder that says themes and put it on your sim card. then you extract it to your sidekick.
so I want to download ringtones to my sidekick for free…can I use the internet on my phone to download?
I’ve been trying but i cannot find how to send music from my laptop to the media player on my sidekick 2008. Does anyone know how to do that?
Use ur usb cable
how do i get videos from my laptop ontomy sidekick/?
hey how do i get music on to my sidekick 08 i can’t fiugre it out and it is strarting to piss me off.
Has anyone hears of an apps hack for the sk 08?