![]() Like previous Sidekick models, there's an underwhelming air to some of the features, particularly the 1.3-megapixel camera. These submenus usually show shortcuts to options that require multi-key combinations. Additional short cut keys - for quick access to messaging and camera functions - are located on the top side of the device.Ĭhecking for additional options for functions usually requires users to search drop down menus for lists of can-dos. Operating the device involves using a combination of keys on the corners of the fascia, alongside a clever trackball on the right panel and a four-way navigation pad on the left. ![]() The icon-based graphics are certainly youth-orientated. You can make changes online will appear almost instantly back on the handset.īack home on the device itself, the user interface is based around a carousel-style main menu "Jump" screen, with various sub-menus accessible from here. Images too are uploaded when you snap them and save them to the phone.Īnd all this happens without the user having to press any magic buttons or select menu options - it's all behind the scenes. The idea is that this delivers an always-connected messaging and browsing experience.Īnother selling point of the Sidekick is its ability to store and replicate all your contacts, messages, calendar appointments and other organiser entries automatically online. To really appeal to its UK youth target audience, T-Mobile is promoting the device for its web surfing prowess, so users can check out social networking sites on the move. The purple theme continues behind the keypad, while the back panel has a rubberized feel, making it a more grown-up looking device than its predecessors its now appears more PDA than teenager toy. ![]() Motorola has given the Sidekick more high street-cred by decking out the new device in a slick black casing, trimmed with purple edging. Some additional ALT characters are hard to spot with the colours used on the keys (blue on black), but for its size the pips aren't bad. The keypad is comfortably usable, even though keys are small. And it does the usual text and MMS messaging too. It does instant messaging too, with Yahoo! instant messaging pre-configured. It does push email, with users able to register automatically for a special Sidekick account and use their own online email accounts. The keypad is at the heart of the Sidekick's raison d'etre as a multi-tasking messenger. This contains a row of numeric keys that can be used for tapping out phone numbers, plus a phone pad shaped collection of numbers doubled up on character keys. This slides up revealing the 47-button keypad. Here, Motorola has trumped its Sidekick 3 predecessor with a more detailed 2.4-inch 320x240 pixels QVGA screen. Chief among these is a large display under which is hidden a Qwerty keypad. This April Fool's day joke was cute for T-Mobile, though it has us wishing there really was a T-Mobile Sidekick reboot after the Samsung-made and Android-powered Sidekick 4G from 2011.Despite Motorola's fingerprints on the chassis, some of the design traits seen on previous Sidekicks are echoed here. It can’t do any of the smart features, though, as they’re regular ol’ sneaks. You can actually purchase the T-Mobile Sidekicks (which are magenta hi-top Converse-lookalikes with the words “T-Mobile Sidekicks” on them) for $65 before April 15. There’s even a “Hey Sidekicks” voice assistant, which features the soothing voice of T-Mobile’s own CEO, John Legere.Īmong some other features, the Smartshoephone is entirely fictional as this is T-Mobile’s April Fool’s day joke. The T-Mobile sidekicks also have a display that takes up the entire bottom of the sole of one shoe while the other features “Sole speakers” and retractable Smart Laces that double as earbuds. The kicks will also light up when you receive an incoming call and the lights will flash like the Sidekick 3’s scroll ball did. Share your contact information quickly by tapping toes with another Sidekicks owner. ![]() T-Mobile’s Smartshoephone features a flip-out screen like the Sidekick, only it pops out of the side of the sole. Seeing really is believing with the new T-Mobile Sidekick. As fun as they are functional, T-Mobile Sidekicks are fully tricked out for speed on the fastest LTE network ever and optimized for unlimited data with T-Mobile ONE, of course. Today, T-Mobile introduces the world’s first Smartshoephone™: T-Mobile Sidekicks. It was an iconic smartphone that had several celebrity endorsements, a screen that flipped out in a really cool 180-degree motion, and its operating system would eventually evolve into what we know today as Android. The T-Mobile Sidekick is getting reincarnated in the carrier’s latest announcement. ![]()
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