T-Mobile Sidekick 4G
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T-Mobile Sidekick 4G Overview
T-Mobile is officially resurrecting the once mighty Sidekick brand with the help of Samsung and Android. The T-Mobile Sidekick 4G hopes to restore greatness to an iconic product line and based on the specs it seems like T-Mobile is on pace to accomplisht just that.
Following tradition, the Sidekick 4G has a sexy form factor featuring a 3.5-inch screen that pops up at an angle to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. Add a 1GHz processor running Android 2.2, rear and front-facing camera, special features like Group Text, pre-installed apps like Facebook/Twitter, and you've got a phone destined to regain its glory. And oh yeah... that "4G" tacked onto the name does indeed mean that it will be capable of blazing fast 4G speeds that drive intense multimedia capabilities.
The T-Mobile Sidekick 4G will be a powerful, affordable Android option that satisfies a massive amount of people who have desperately missed it's brief absence.
T-Mobile Sidekick 4G Specs
| General | |
| Form Factor: | Slide-out QWERTY |
| AKA: | ? |
| Date Released (YYYY/MM/DD): | 2011/04/20 |
| Size | |
| Weight: | 5.7 ounces |
| Dimensions: | 5 x 2.42 x .6 inches |
| Display | |
| Resolution: | 480 x 800 pixels |
| Size: | 3.5-inch |
| Type: | TFT LCD, Capacitive |
| Camera | |
| Video: | 720x480 @ 30 fps |
| Flash: | No |
| Auto-focus: | Yes. |
| Megapixels: | 3 MP / 0.3 MP |
| Connectivity | |
| GPS: | Y_es, with A-GPS |
| USB: | MicroUSB 2.0 |
| Bluetooth: | v3.0 with A2DP |
| Wi-Fi: | 802.11 b/g/n |
| HDMI: | No |
| Multimedia | |
| Headset Jack: | 3.5mm |
| Radio: | No |
| Battery | |
| Type: | 1500 mAh Li-Ion |
| Hardware/OS | |
| Operating System: | Android 2.2 |
| Internal Memory: | 1 GB |
| External Memory: | MicroSD (Up to 32 GB) |
| RAM: | 512 MB |
| Processor: | 1 GHz Hummingbird with PowerVR SGX540 GPU |
T-Mobile Sidekick 4G Reviews
CNET "The T-Mobile Sidekick 4G continues the Sidekick's legacy as an excellent messaging device and also serves as a great entry-level smartphone."
Engadget "In many ways, the Sidekick 4G is a return to form, but in an ecosystem filled with similar Android devices, can it stand out from the crowd?"
Techno Buffalo "The recipe for the new Sidekick 4G is a pretty impressive mix Android (FroYo), a 3.5″ (480 X800) capacitive touchscreen powered by Samsung’s Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor (the same one found in the Galaxy S line)."
Android Police "Enter the Sidekick 4G, holding the same classic form factor but, this time around, rocking Android 2.2 Froyo, manufactured by Samsung, and possessing one of the wonkiest button layouts I've ever seen."
Android Central "While Sidekicks are usually associated with the younger generation, Samsung has definitely taken that voice and attempted to change it with the customized version of Android 2.2.1 that brings new features for just about anyone."
Androinica "So completing this reunion, the founders of Danger and the brains behind our beloved Android, with Samsung’s help, inspired the revamped Sidekick 4G."
Android Community "That’s right – this is the phone that all the art students who live on the South side of Minneapolis will want to be grabbing asap lest they miss the pink bus – aka they’re going to want to get the one I’ve got here, the white and pink edition. So cute!"
Into Mobile "Just when we thought the Sidekick was totally dead, T-Mobile revived the iconic handset with a new manufacturer and new mobile operating system."
Pocket Now "But the name has been resurrected with a new core: Android. Has the original concept been lost in translation, or will we see the Sidekick reborn?"
Brighthand "T-Mobile still owns the Sidekick brand, which it's now attempting to relaunch starting with a device manufacture by their partner company Samsung."
Mobile Burn "It carries the name of a heralded messaging device, some might even say "the best" messaging phone, yet it runs a modern, internet-loving smartphone operating system."
PCWorld "The Sidekick might not have the specs to compete with some of the high-end super smartphones out there, but it is excellent for social networkers or first-time smartphone owners."
PCMag "The T-Mobile Sidekick 4G is a terrific messaging smartphone with a very strong, unique design viewpoint."
Laptop Mag "Thanks to a best-in class keyboard and fast data speeds, the Sidekick 4G is a great value-priced Android phone for messaging mavens."
Phone Arena "Still placing its emphasis on the messaging and social networking oriented aspects, the reincarnated T-Mobile Sidekick 4G brings back the popular line with its new manufacturer in Samsung and involvement with the Android platform – as opposed to the forgettable Danger OS which previously powered the Sidekick."
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T-Mobile Goes Through the Evolution of SideKick on Facebook After discontinuing their last known SideKick, the Android-based SideKick 4G, T-Mobile has decided to establish a period of remembrance for the entire line. They’re going through the “Evolution of SideKick” and it, of course, kicks off with the first ever SideKick device in 2002. It goes all the way to the aforementioned SideKick 4G, and [...]
Death Comes For The Sidekick 4G – T-Mobile Hints At New Sidekicks In The Future The T-Mobile Sidekick will always hold a special place in my heart. I’d even go as far as to call its early days on this earth as a precursor to what we now know as the Android OS. Well, like all good things, the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G has reached its end-of-life today, and it’s time [...]
T-Mobile discontinues Android-powered Sidekick 4G Barring the announcement of a new device, it looks like T-Mobile’s Sidekick brand will again be going on hiatus. As of last week, the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G has been discontinued. The phone, which was released last year, revived the line of proto-smartphones with a fresh Android operating system and increased functionality. Still intact was the [...]
Google Releases Top Searches for 2011 – Kindle Fire, Sidekick 4G, HTC Sensation Are Fastest Growing [Video] 2011 is winding down and I have to say, it’s been a good year for Android. If you’re curious to see what devices were most searched this year, Google has released their annual Zeitgeist, fastest growing search queries, for 2011. There are quite a few categories and I’ve gone ahead and listed the fastest growing [...]
T-Mobile Sidekick 4G OTA Update Rolling Out Now If you’re currently a T-Mobile Sidekick 4G users I have some good news and I have bad news. Let’s start off with the good. An OTA update is headed your way in the form of software update T849UVKJ2 and has begun rolling out yesterday. Now are you ready for the bad news? Just like the [...]
Software Update For The T-Mobile Sidekick 4G Is Available Now If you’re a Sidekick 4G owner now would be a good time to check for a software update on your phone (if it hasn’t already been pushed to your device). Apparently, the software update will provide various bug fixes and enhancements based on customer feedback. Not exactly sure what that means but I guess it’s [...]
T-Mobile Details After Hours Sale, G2 and Sidekick 4G Free with New Contract T-Mobile had initially planned to hold their late night “insomnia” sale during the wee hours of Tuesday morning, but for reasons unknown pushed the whole affair back a couple of days. The good news is the after hours sale is definitely on for tonight starting at 9AM PDT and ending at 3AM PDT. For us [...]
T-Mobile Sidekick 4G and G2x Discounted to $29.99, $99.99 Respectively on Amazon [Deals] Looking to grab up a couple of T-Mobile’s newest devices? The T-Mobile G2X is a 4 inch stock Android device with Froyo out of the box. It also has an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor inside and this thing makes it fly like a bird. That’s why I wouldn’t be mad at all to have [...]
Sidekick 4G Rooted, You Say? You had to expect this was coming: the Sidekick 4G has been rooted. The device was released alongside blockbuster devices such as the T-Mobile G2X and the T-Mobile G-Slate on April 20th. This has almost become standard procedure, though, so I’ll just close this up by forwarding you on over to XDA where you can [...]
T-Mobile Sidekick 4G Now Available I can’t remember how old I was when the Sidekick first came out, but my friends who owned one (or several throughout the years) were the envy of my pre-smartphone eyes. How serendipitous it is that the brand should be relaunched with Android calling the shots. It comes a little too late for me — [...]
Pricing of the Sidekick 4G, G2X and G-Slate Gets Official In the biggest launch event T-Mobile has had in recent memory, this Wednesday, April 20th will see the release of some of T-Mobile’s biggest and brightest Android devices. The LG G2X, Samsung Sidekick 4G and Lg G-Slate will finally be arriving in retail outlets around the country and official pricing will be as follows: G2x [...]
T-Mobile Expects to Have Limited Sidekick 4G Supply at Launch T-Mobile’s warning their employees that stock of the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G will be limited directly after launch and to direct their customers that they’ll have a lot more two weeks afterward. It’s a usual tactic used not only by carriers, but retailers and OEMs to “test the waters”, if you will. They don’t want to [...]
RadioShack Posts April 20th Launch Date for T-Mobile Sidekick 4G; G2x and G-Slate to Follow? Well, well, well. What’s this we’re hearing about an April 20th launch date for the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G? T-Mobile already gave us a good look at pricing, but that wasn’t enough for RadioShack – the retailer took to twitter to confirm earlier suspicions of ours. We first heard that the T-Mobile G2X and the LG [...]
T-Mobile Posts More Sidekick 4G Videos We already got a pretty good look at this thing ourselves at CTIA Wireless, but if you needed to see more of the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G from Magenta themselves then today’s your lucky day. They show us what they’ve done with the messaging and multimedia experiences on the device as well as Google Services – [...]
T-Mobile Sidekick 4G Priced at $99 with Unlimited Data, $149 Without Some exciting news for future next-gen Sidekick owners: it has been revealed that when the Sidekick 4G lands on T-Mobile’s network this spring your wallet won’t be hating you all that much. With a new two-year contract featuring unlimited data the messaging machine should set you back a meager $99.99 after $50 mail-in rebate. If [...]
T-Mobile Sidekick 4G Hands-on [Video] T-Mobile finally let loose the Android-running 4G-donning follow-up to the Sidekick series here in Orlando at CTIA wireless. I got a few different chances to play with it and I think T-Mobile really has something good on their hands to retain those loyal Sidekick users. It was sort of surreal seeing the Sidekick 4G as [...]
T-Mobile G2x Officially Announced; Pricing for Sidekick 4G, G-Slate Now Confirmed T-Mobile left us a nice gift in our inbox this morning letting us know that the T-Mobile G2x is now official and will be headed our way sometime this year. (Earlier rumors have pegged April 20th as the date to look out for but T-Mobile hasn’t given a release window outside of “Spring”.) Just as [...]
T-Mobile Sidekick 4G Gets Its First Promo Video We went from the device being rumored, to T-Mobile’s CEO sort of announcing it at a press briefing inside of a town hall, to a more official unveiling, and now first video of the device being used. Joe Fernandez from T-Mobile gives us a quick look at the device and shows you what to expect [...]
Sidekick 4G Will Have Support for Mobile Hotspot and Tethering [FYI] In case you were wondering, the new Sidekick 4G announced yesterday will launch with mobile Wi-Fi hotspot and USB tethering options. It wasn’t mentioned in the press release T-Mobile issued, but the folks at Samsung have confirmed with us that the phone would be launching with these features. We’re not totally surprised as most of [...]
T-Mobile Sidekick 4G Officially Revealed Although T-Mobile themselves confirmed a reboot to the Sidekick franchise with Android, we had very little details to go on beside the fact that it had 4G radios and would be made by Samsung. They’ve just officially announced the thing, however, and we have a pretty clear picture and some more insight. Fans of the [...]
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