T-Mobile Sidekick Slide
Last update: Review by ITReviews (19 Feb’08)
T-Mobile Sidekick Slide is a bit smaller than the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide featuring 1.3MP camera, 2.5-inches display, Quad-band connectivity, QWERTY keyboard, external storage of up to 4GB, microSD slot and bluetooth.
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T-Mobile Sidekick Slide Reviews
ITReviews reviews the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide and writes;
“Strictly GSM (albeit quad band) with GPRS, the Web browser takes advantage of some backend shenanigans to compress Web sites for quick transfer over the mobile network. Mostly it worked OK during testing, but not all sites come through well, so depending on what you like to browse you could have good or bad experiences…Verdict: Distinctive, though chunky, the Sidekick Slide is definitely one for a certain type of in-crowd. Just make sure you have a large pocket to carry it in.”
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TrustedReviews reviews the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide and writes;
“The 320 x 240 pixel screen measures 2.4 inches corner to corner, and some web pages are rendered on the browser quite well. GPRS data speeds are dealt with up to a point by server-side stuff that tweaks pages for faster downloading. But not all sites are rendered well and there can be a lot of scrolling to be done to view the full content of a page.”
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Pocket-Lint reviews the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide and writes;
“The good: Qwerty keyboard, large screen, instant messaging support. The bad: Only 1.3 megapixel camera, quad-band, no Wi-Fi…To complement the email functionality you’ll also get a fully fledged web browser and the horizontal rather than verdict screen viewing means you can get more of the site on your screen. ”
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CNET reviews the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide and writes;
“The bottom line: With its slide-up screen, the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide offers a nice design alternative to the other Sidekick models. It’s fine for first-time users but diehard Sidekick fans may prefer the more robust T-Mobile Sidekick LX. ”
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LaptopMag reviews the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide and writes;
“T-Mobile brings new features, like push e-mail for AOL and Yahoo, to the Sidekick Slide, and it solidly maintains the Sidekick’s established reputation of being an easy-to-use text messaging tool. For that reason, older Sidekick owners and Sidekick fanatics will like the Slide. ”
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PCmag reviews the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide and writes;
“The screen is sharp, bright, and tight at 320-by-240 pixels, better than the ID’s dim and mediocre 240-by-160-pixel display but not quite as good as the LX’s luscious 320-by-400 one. It’s solidly built, too, with a dense little body and a soft-touch back panel that makes it a pleasure to hold. ”
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Infosync reviews the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide and writes;
“While calls on the Sidekick LX suffered from a significant buzzing problem, using the same SIM in our lower Manhattan office, the Sidekick Slide had no such difficulty. Calls still had problems. ”
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T-Mobile Sidekick Slide PRESS RELEASE
T-Mobile Sidekick Slide - Latest Danger Powered Device Commercially Available in the US; Product to Launch in Other Countries by Year’s End
Danger’s Mobile Internet Platform to Power the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide
PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Beginning today, the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide is commercially available through T-Mobile in the U.S. Powered by Danger’s software and services, the device also will be commercially available this year in Germany and the United Kingdom under the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide brand and in Australia branded as the hiptop Slide from Telstra.
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I would strongly not recommend this phone… to anyone. Too many problems plague it currently. For instance, in the one month I’ve owned it, I’ve had about 3 major problems with it.
The first is that the slide will often crash for no reason when you close the screen. It just shuts off. No explanation at all.
The second is that the slide also restarts without warning. There’s no system updates or anything happening, it’ll just restart.
The third and probably biggest problem, is that no data is saved on the actual device. This means that if it crashes, it will have to redownload all of your information from the internet. And if you can’t connect to the internet, which mine currently can’t, oh well.
wll,if you bought the slide when it first came out,it will have problems,but,they mad a factory recall and you have to go to tmobile to gt the new slid with no problems,i have the slide and it doesnt give me problems,but you should go into tmobile and se whats wrong with it
Waait. So can I get a replacement for my sidekick, even though it’s been awhile since the recall? I totally didn’t hear about this so called “recall.”
omg the same shit happened to me!!! but everytime i would call up tmobile for technical support they would never mention the recall on the phone.. they would sit there and try to troubleshoot..assholes! im pissed!—now my warranty is finished so im basically screwed.
True sidekick slide suck’s i hve one And belive me its to much to handle so many problems with it..not the best phone i should of stick to the lx only 1oo bucks more no worrys
im on my sidekick slide as i type. it comes in handy when my computer is down or im not near a computer. it only crashes when you slide it down to hard. i havent really had any problems with mine. ive heard that some of the sidekick slides had glitches, and if it does that stuff your supposed to send it back to t-mobile and there supposed to fix it.
the only thing that i find bad about the phone is the size. i usually end up having to carry it in my hand, since my pockets arent that big and i dont carry a purse. honestly though, its not that big of a problem.
yeah i don’t know what you guys are saying i have a slide and i love it. i havent had any problems with it so far it doesnt crash out of no where but it did restart on me ONE time that isnt going to kill me…i think its perfect size besdies the lx the lx is really perfect but compared to the other sidekicks, i love it way more..like the 3 i hate it i feel like its way to big bc im so used to my little slide..but yeah i reccommend it to people its a really good phone
This is my first sidekick, period, and I love it! Its way better than the t mobile shadow which I had 3 of. That damn thing would freeze for no reason, but my slide has been dropped no less than 5 times and I have no problems
When I had the slide, it was the best phone ever. I never had any problems with it and it never froze for no reason. Obviously, its a great phone considering someone stole it from me. ;l BUT, if you want to get it, then get insurance for it. Becuase if you don’t, well you’ll be in my shoes, without a phone.
I got the sidekick slide 6 months ago and someone stole it. i have had no problems with before until someone stole it. i confronted the person who stole it and punched him right in the eye and took my phone back. i didnt know he was putting porn pics on my phone and my girlfriend saw it!!!!!!
hahah i was on my third shadow and hate those phones…have the slide now and have not had any so far….DONT GET THE Shadow
Well idk about u guys but my sidekick slide froze on me and then the dam thing turned off and didny comeback on for about 10 minutes the phone is great but what gives.
i like the sidekick slide i just don’t like how you can’t put a picture that you take as the home screen you have to hav e it on like a garde oh well :( pecase out
I’ve had the sidekick slide for a while now. It has not crashed on me or restarted. I’M JUST BORED WITH THE PHONE. its nice but not THE BEST .
the commercial email that they offer doesnt work. dunno why. Tmail works just fine but my aol, and yahoo accounts dont work on my phone. got any remedies for that?
I have the slide and I have never had a problem with it. And I recently bought the sidekick 2008. And love it even more then the slide. My wife now has the slide she never had or has had any problem with it either. GREAT PHONE ALL THE WAY AROUND.
I hate da sisde kick slide my mouse froze on me it want go down it only goes up wat a d*mn bummer
I have the sidekick slide & I’ve been a proud owner for 6 mthns now. Its never givin any problem to tell you the truth the lx is ugly & it brown and PLAIN SOME MAY DIS AGREE BUT THE LX IS REALLY UGLY ID RATHER A CRAPY ID IF THAT’S THE CASE
Im a hugs fan of all the sk phones but I must say the LX is the king of all sk’s for now the slide is great for its size but it lacks with its camera and some of the stuff u can’t do on it.the latest sk update allowed u 2 take photos off sites only bad thing is the update was only for the LX and the sk 2008 (codename gekko).I say get the slide if it is ur first sk but if your a fan such as me of the sk phones get the LX…not the 2008 well jus cause I don’t like it(I have my reasons)
ii am a sk slide owner && ii despise this phone ii have has 2 already && the first one was stolen ii had hoped and prayed tht wen ii got a new sk it would be either a lx or gekko hell ii woulda even taken the g1 ii am a die hard sk fan and ii do not recomend this phone to others such as myself the only thing ii do appriciate about this phone is its size nothing more nothing less it has low picture quality it has technical difficulties and its browser sukxz !
K the sidekick slideis awesome, but the tmobile sux. It took me 3 sidekicks for it to work, but when it finaly did it was worth the wait
The camera isn’t that bad, texting is awesome, but the buttons are really stiff. The messanger feature is really good, and I do recomend this phone to anyone. Iim using it right now haha
Hey I Had The Sidekick Slide Over A Month So its Really Good Phone I Like It A lot I Had The 3 Before This One But Sum Bitch Stole It And Sold It For Crack Lmao Mad Funny But I Love The Slide
Im typing on my slide as I write this…
I have to say, thos version of the SK is nothing like the others, I prefer the flip up screen instead of the slide. The camera on the Slide is a complete joke, it will never take good pictures in low lighting. My Tmail account works fine, but my yahoo and AOL emails barely ever get emails into them, and when the email is finally pulled to the phone, its like 100 emails. The keyson the keyboard are quite small compared to the Lk. There is no way to customize it, unless you pay like $6 for a stupid background. The applications are just way to expensive. This phone is okay. I only got this because the Tmo store was out of LX’s.
My Sidekcick slide has crashed soooo many times and freezes for no apparent reason and you would think if you had a memory card it would go a little fast since most of your things are on the memory card it actually is worse.I dont think it is a good phone.I still have a year and some months for my contract to be over so I guess im going to have to deal with it.
I just hate the keys on this phone, that’s pretty much my only complaint.
I am on my slide right now. I’ve had this phone for about 6 months and haven’t had any major problems with it. But the camera sucks and a lot of the web pages don’t work. I wish I could download flashplayer since I need it to view half the stuff on the internet. Besides those little problems I think its a good phone.
I am a owner of a sk slide. & it honestly its not dat bad.! I luv it. Its my second 1 cuz I broke the 1st 1.! it has great service, gud 4 texting ect. Its true dat it doesn’t take gud pictures ina low light but I don’t mind b/c I don’t use da cammera dat much.! I luv mii slide.
hey i have this phone in Ireland sent over from CT from my cousin, all i had to do was buy a unlock code off ebay it works great!!! i was a bit confused at the start though because i saved all the contacts on my sim but they were not showing up but i just went into settings and imported contacts. does the job love the phone 8/10
I just got the slide about 4 months ago and since then I haven’t had any serious problem just as said before, it cuts off for no apparent reason. It never restarts itself and when I intentionally turn it off it may take a few minutes to cut back on. Only other thing is everyone brags about taking pics on it when in all actuality it sucks for pic taking. Other than that it’s a pretty stellar phone…wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to anyone though.
why in the hell, do some of u people complain about having to have big pockets to carry the SLIDE if the damn LX is bigger??!! it’s a nice phone, and since im a guy i dont really care about taking pics, thats more of a girl issue..overall its awesome, and u can customize it by going to http://www.skslidethemes.com..it will make a diffrence..