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Sidekick Slide manufactured by Motorola comes with problem

By Satsuki Then on Monday, Nov 12th 2007 11 Comments

Got a new Sidekick Slide that Motorola manufactured? Well, a little bad news for you, it has a design defect. The handset loses its power when you flip the screen up and down a couple times and reboots itself without any warning.

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T-Mobile Sidekick Slide hitting retail outlets TODAY!

By James Allan Brady on Wednesday, Nov 7th 2007 No Comments

If you have been interested in the new Sidekick that was made by Motorola, the purple and black one, then you can pick one up today for $199.99 at your choice of T-Mobile outlets. Of course that price is with a two-year contract.

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On to better news, they have decided to give both the Slide and the new LX a “Consumer E-Mail Upgrade” basically it makes it easier to set up and use your public email accounts from companies such as Yahoo! and AOL. Specifically for those two companies, they also support their PUSH email systems.

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Sidekick Slide reviewed

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Nov 5th 2007 2 Comments

Well, with Mr. Rubin in the news a lot, one of the creators of Danger, the Sidekick mobile device manufacturer, lets take a look at a Sidekick that wasn’t from his former company, the Sidekick Slide made by Motorola. The Motorola phone doesn’t differ too much in the software department, it still uses the same OS as its Danger-made counterparts, but its screen doesn’t flip, it slides upward.

Overall, they liked it, the main thing they like was the aesthetics of the actual device, the way it looked, was shaped, stuff like that. They had some issues with the keyboard, and they kind of wished they had stuck with the rotating screen instead of the sliding one, but other than that, they liked it.

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Andy Rubin, the man behind the Google Phone, and the kid you wish you could be

By James Allan Brady on Sunday, Nov 4th 2007 No Comments

Let’s start at his home’s front door, he has a freaking retinal scanner! Then, if you hit the doorbell, a robotic arm swings around and hits a giant gong. How cool is that?

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He also has a laser controlled Segway, and a group of autonomous R/C helicopters. So, why is this guy in charge of making the Google Phone into whatever its going to be?

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Win a Sidekick LX

By James Allan Brady on Wednesday, Oct 24th 2007 22 Comments

So the guys over at the Sidekick wiki, your source for all things sidekick, are giving away a couple of Sidekick LX’s. As I am sure some of you know, the new Sidekick LX is dropping today, the 24th, on T-Mobile’s network.

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Now T-Mobile his having a bunch of little shin-digs, parties, or other gala events throughout the country, but the Sidekick wiki is just giving two of ‘em away. So, what do you have to do to enter to win one of these amazing devices? Sign up, upload a pic or avatar to your profile on their site, and post a comment answering a simple question, I’ll leave it to you to check out what that is. Read on for device specs though.

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Sidekick Slide and LX caught on video

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 28th 2007 1 Comment

If you’ve been looking to upgrade to the latest in the Sidekick range then November 7th may be looking a pretty long way off; to keep you busy then why not watch these three videos over and over until you’ve memorised the sliding action and can recreate it, at will, through the medium of dance.

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T-Mobile Sidekick LX and Sidekick Slide

By James Allan Brady on Wednesday, Sep 26th 2007 13 Comments

What a beautiful day for a T-Mobile Sidekick refresh! Two new models for you, the first is the Sidekick LX which is apparently from Danger. The second is the Sidekick Slide which is from Motorola.
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The first one, the LX has a 320×240 screen, ambient lighting, technology fro Sharp’s AQUOS TVs, and a microSD card slot. The thing is bundled with 128MB card. The LX also has a 1.3MP camera.

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Sidekick to get streamlined MySpace app

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 20th 2007 No Comments

If you’re driving yourself crazy counting down the hours until T-Mobile release the next-gen Sidekicks, then maybe you could do with the almighty distraction (and hunting ground for emo kids, new bands and any sexual predators that have managed to escape the regular security sweeps) of MySpace. Now that Helio no longer have the exclusive contract for the ridiculously popular social networking site on mobile handsets, apps have been springing up all over; T-Mobile may have taken a little longer than some rivals, but their implementation looks to be a good one.

MySpace app for T-Mobile Sidekick

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Sidekick LX to be released October 24th

By Chris on Thursday, Sep 20th 2007 6 Comments

If you’re waiting on the new Sidekick LX to hit stores, you’ll be happy to see the blurry snapshot below. You’ve got just over a month to wait.

Sidekick LX

According to this blurry card, you’ll be able to find the new LX in stores on October 24. Also apparent from the card is that you will in fact be able to “kick it” all the way to the “next level.” If you’re not planning an upcoming visit to your eye doctor, and would like to keep it that way, I’ve posted the contents of the tiny text after the jump along with some blurry pics of the phone itself.

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Sidekick Slide (aka Zante) pre-production model shows up for play

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 11th 2007 51 Comments

Who knows what awesome powers The Boy Genius has to acquire all the pre-production cellphones he plays with, but rather than puzzle over it until our bladders ache instead let’s enjoy his hands-on experience of the new Sidekick Slide (aka Zante). A similar form-factor to the Sidekick 3, though returning perhaps to the more squared-off predecessors, it has a smaller, higher-resolution screen and quad-band GSM/EDGE.

Sidekick Slide (Zante) on right, SK3 on left