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T-Mobile Sidekick 4G release date revealed by RadioShack

Chris Davies, Apr 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

RadioShack has confirmed the launch date for the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G, taking to Twitter to announce that the Android-based messaging handset will arrive in stores on April 20. T-Mobile had previously confirmed pricing for the Sidekick 4G, but is yet to attach an official release timetable. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile Sidekick 4G gets hands-on treatment [Video]

Chris Davies, Mar 22nd 2011 Discuss [3]

T-Mobile's Sidekick 4G is finally official - pricing for the Android-based messaging smartphone crossed the wire this morning - and over at our 'droid-obsessed sibling site Android Community they've been putting the QWERTY handset through its paces. In a suitably huge hands-on preview, the Sidekick 4G gives up its software and hardware secrets. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

T-Mobile Sidekick 4G Announced – Back to Life with Android! [Samsung at Helm]

Chris Burns, Mar 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

Oh you crafty bunch of re-animators you, Samsung, T-Mobile, and Google with your Android 2.2 Froyo, you've done it! You've given new life to the classic Sidekick and you've made it look… well… the same… but somehow fresh! And now it's got Android on it instead of its own very limited OS. Let's do it! This is the 4G way, with a design rolling around with a 3.5-inch touchscreen, a "pop-tilt" hinge, a five-row QWERTY keyboard in the classic Sidekick nature, and an overall messager-aimed telephone feel. Will it be the new king of mid-range? Perhaps! Read The Full Story

T-Mobile Sidekick letter offers 50% off Samsung upgrades or waived ETFs

Chris Davies, Mar 3rd 2011 Discuss [0]

T-Mobile USA said it would be easing the transition from a Sidekick to another device when the carrier announced data services would be shut down as of May 31; now the details of that transition have apparently leaked. According to a mailed out letter to one Sidekick owner, scanned for TmoNews, the carrier is offering 50-percent off "select" Samsung phones when bought with a new, two year agreement, or more flexibility in the early-termination fees (ETF). Read The Full Story

Danger Sidekick service shuttered on May 31: T-Mobile wants to sell you a new phone

Chris Davies, Mar 1st 2011 Discuss [1]

T-Mobile's promise to "work on the next chapter of our storied Sidekick franchise" is seemingly Sidekick in name only, with the news today that Microsoft is shutting down the Danger Service that powers traditional Sidekick devices. According to a statement from T-Mobile, after May 31 2011 the Microsoft-owned servers will be switched off, and users will in effect no longer be able to use their phones. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: January 27 2011

Chris Burns, Jan 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

Begin your journey today in a Don Reisinger column that even I agree with: More Action And Fewer Cutscenes In Video Games, Please. Then behold, as it's the day of the NGP: 3G and WiFi-only, trailer revealed [Video], 82-strong NGP studio support list, Sony PlayStation Suite & PS Store for Android gaming, and XPERIA Play vs Sony NGP (PSP 2) ULTIMATE SMACKDOWN! PLUS a bonus peek at the Play, and another battle between Samsung Galaxy S 2 vs Galaxy Tab 2! And a bonus tidbit of possible bad news along the lines of Notion Ink Customer Service - no stalls! Read The Full Story

Android Sidekick 4G rumored for T-Mobile HSPA+ [Update: Confirmed!]

Chris Davies, Jan 20th 2011 Discuss [0]

T-Mobile's Sidekick range met its end back in July 2010, with the carrier promising it was would "work on the next chapter of our storied Sidekick franchise." According to TmoNews, that chapter will involve Android 2.3 Gingerbread; their source claims to have been briefed this week on a new T-Mobile Sidekick 4G running Google's open-source platform and packing both a physical QWERTY keyboard and a touchscreen display. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: July 19th 2010

Evan Selleck, Jul 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

Is it Monday already? Wait, that can't be how that saying goes. Anyway, welcome to tonight's edition of The Daily Slash, we're glad to have you. Tonight, in the Best of R3 Media, we've got Samsung pulling the Android 1.6 update from the Behold II, Netflix is heading North, and Sharp wants you to love the Sidekick. And then in the Dredge 'Net, we've got a release date for Rock Band 3. So, sit tight, and get to reading, because there's no time like the present. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile USA axe their Sidekicks; working on “next chapter”

Chris Davies, Jul 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

T-Mobile USA have finally axed their Sidekick range of messaging handsets, with a statement confirming PhoneScoop's news that as of today the Sidekick LX and Sidekick 2008 will no longer be available to customers. However, it's not the end of the brand; the carrier says they're at "work on the next chapter of our storied Sidekick franchise." Read The Full Story

T-Mobile Sidekick Slide to be Android 2.1 based HD2 with QWERTY keyboard?

Chris Davies, May 17th 2010 Discuss [1]

Sometimes a leaky rumor comes along that you desperately want to believe, and here's a good example. Tmonews and PhoneDog reckon that T-Mobile are preparing to launch the Sidekick Twist, an Android-based handset made by HTC (but bearing the Sidekick brand) with a hardware QWERTY keyboard, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and a whopping 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile Sidekicks pulled: the end is nigh?

Chris Davies, Feb 23rd 2010 Discuss [2]

As predicted late last month, T-Mobile USA have apparently retired the Sidekick. All models of Sidekick - bar the Sidekick LX 2009 Carbon - have been pulled from the company's site, and the sole remaining model is listed as "temporarily out of stock". Read The Full Story

T-Mobile to retire Sidekick; replace with myTouch Slide?

Chris Davies, Jan 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

It's all unconfirmed right now, but according to a new tipster over at BGR T-Mobile are preparing to phase out Sidekick availability in the US. The source - so far uncorroborated - reckons that the arrival of the T-Mobile myTouch Slide will coincide with the Sidekick being slowly removed from sale. Read The Full Story