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Treo Vs. Sidekick: Sightings on Stage and Screen

Having owned a Sidekick for a while, I’m very familiar with it’s reputation as a celebrity phone. Danger actually does list celebrities as one of it’s target markets! Personally I could care less who uses the phone I do, as … Continue reading

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Still no sync for Sidekick – on Macs

While this story broke last week, there’s been no more news since and I’ve been wanting to throw in my two cents. T-Mobile still refuses to allow third-party developers to offer people the tools they need. It’s as if Dell … Continue reading

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Synch for Sidekick finally here

Well, after driving me and countless other Sidekick users away due to their idiotic and anti-customer policy of not offering a product that had already been developed, T-Mobile has finally decided to offer Outlook Synch for this device. Unfortunately it … Continue reading

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Sidekick II upgrade offer temporarily on hold

My wife, who has my old Sidekick, got an email from T-Mobile last night that the Sidekick II $100-off upgrade offer for current Sidekick owners is on hold. Apparently there was such a huge demand from these owners that they … Continue reading

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Sidekick II upgrade offer

T-Mobile has finally heeded the screams of its Sidekick community and thrown them a bone with a special $100 off the Sidekick II, making it $199 for previous Sidekick owners. The only problem is that it seems like most of … Continue reading

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Telephony

Gizmodo has a review of the Sidekick II in addition to an accounting of some T-Mobile account problems. The review is ok, although it doesn’t really compare the unit to the previous Sidekick and may have a couple of inaccuracies. … Continue reading

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T-Mobile Sidekick Vs. Handspring/PalmOne Treo 600

Many of you have read about my love-hate relationship with T-Mobile’s Sidekick and its lack Outlook synch capability. Almost a year ago I had gotten tired of waiting for the ability to synch my contacts, calendar, and task list with … Continue reading

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More on the Sidekick Petition

The Sidekick Sync petition I posted about last week has been making some news! RCR Wireless News had a piece about it on Friday and Mike Dano, the author of the piece, actually contacted T-Mobile and Danger for comment. Unfortunately, … Continue reading

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Bringing Synch to the Sidekick

Those of you who own the T-Mobile Sidekick I’m sure have been following the story of “synch” or synchronization. Basically, many PDA’s and PDA-phone’s out there (The Blackberry, Treos, and various PocketPC phones as well as other “smartphones”) have had … Continue reading

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My brief affair with the Blackberry 7230 and how I came back home to Danger

Being a long-time internet junky and more recently a progressively obsessed cell phone geek, I decided to buy a Sidekick (made by Danger) from Tmobile back last November, just a month or so after it came out. For those who … Continue reading

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