9/4/2023 0 Comments T mobile sidekick news![]() ![]() The best folding phones in 2023: our 4 favorite foldables right now T-Mobile’s huge lead in 5G speeds isn’t going anywhere In the race to make phones thinner, the quality of the keyboard has often taken a backseat. Keys have a healthy amount of space between them and a deep, satisfying click when you press them. The QWERTY keyboard has a full number row and is one of the better keyboards we’ve used. It’s a strange process, but it works pretty well, allowing a lot more space for the keyboard than a simple sliding design would. With enough pressure, it “kicks” out, revealing a spacious five-row keyboard underneath. Instead of simply sliding the screen forward like most keyboarded smartphones these days, you open the Sidekick 4G by putting pressure on the left bottom side of the screen. No, the screen doesn’t kick to the side like the original “smart” phone did so many years ago, but it does still have kick. The first thing you’ll notice about the Sidekick, aside from the fact that it runs Android, is the strange way it reveals its keyboard. ![]() The question is, does the Sidekick 4G fit the bill? Design and feel Today, texting isn’t our number one concern, but there’s still a place for a good QWERTY smartphone. Before all these Android phones and all this touchscreen nonsense, the Sidekick helped usher a class of phone that was sold not because it made good calls, but because it made texting easier. The original Sidekick was a revolutionary phone when it debuted back in 2002. However, for Tweens who’ve never used Android or people coming from the old Sidekick, the new Sidekick 4G is a great way to hit the ground running with Google’s OS.Custom user interface doesn't enhance Android Stock Android with large touch screens is the new way of doing things. For now, I like the older version.īottom line: For people like me who’ve moved from the Sidekick platform eventually to Android, this is a reminder that there is no going back. I imagine with use, the parts will wear and the process will get easier. This Samsung device is more of a two-handed peeling of the screen. The old one took a finger flip, which not only was super easy but contributed to the ‘hipness’. Perhaps my biggest issue with this device is a hardware gripe: The screen doesn’t pop up very easily in this new Sidekick. The combination of these two systems is confusing to users like me who’ve used both and prefer one or the other.Īs the week wore on, I got used to this interface but I’m not entirely convinced that it is overly better than either stock Android or Danger’s original. Meanwhile stock Android presents itself in a 2D grid that can be slid up and down. The original Sidekick’s menu was a simple one-dimensional slide through 10 programs, the most important ones in the middle. Worst of all, the overlay isn’t holistically beneficial. More importantly, the crazy overlay will also mean that it will take much longer to get Android updates to this device (if they happen at all). For those with more refined font and color palettes, the theme will be a turn off. That will appeal to tweens and the hip-hop sect that embraced the original Sidekick. To get the Android OS to operate the way a Sidekick does, Samsung and T-Mobile have built a pretty crazy overlay that puts everything in the funky Sidekick theme. ![]()
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