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T – Mobile Sidekick 4G

The Good Statement :

With the addition of a touch screen and comes with an Android operating  system, T-Mobile Sidekick 4G is an impressive smartphone. This gadget also offers enhanced  messaging features, the camera is gorgeous, and has a good call quality.

The Bad Statement :

The user interface won’t look attractive to everybody. The smartphone can be sluggish sometimes

The Underline :

T-Mobile Sidekick 4G continues the legacy of the Sidekick cell phone as a device  with excellent messaging capabilities and also functions as a smartphone in a high-class

Design

Although Samsung has been in control in a sharp body design, the company wisely saves a lot of design elements  that make a Sidekick cell phone is a Sidekick cell phone. T-Mobile Sidekick 4G is still landscape, shaped slab oriented and still with the same size  (2.4 inches wide 5 inches long 0.6 inches thick) with the Sidekick LX, 2009, but is more streamlined because it is not too much space or buttons that stand out. The result, phone looks slim and get into the pocket more easily.

4G Sidekick constructed  of plastic and looks relatively light but is actually solid. Soft-touch finish found on the previous Sidekick now no longer exists, but you can find a textured surface on the back along the left and right sides, making it easier and convenient to hold the phone when you use the keyboard or typing.Another same aspect as previous Sidekicks is a four-button navigation control that have been placed in every corner of the handset. Navigation Talk and End has been removed, but you still find homes navigation, menu, back, and jump key. Jump key will bring you to the latest display applications in use. There is also an optical joystick that functions as the OK button as well. However, its small size makes us feel difficult to use it to scroll the list.

Fortunately, you do not have to use the optical joystick for all navigation because of  4G Sidekick has a 3.5 inch touch  screen  – The first size for Sidekick. The addition of a touch screen makes it easy to select the application and use it or switch the screen to the home or various menus. You can also enlarge a Web page or images faster, thanks to pinch-to-zoom feature. In general, images and text looks sharp at 480×800-pixel  screen. However, some say that the video display looks a little bleak when compared to n equivalent number of screen resolution or higher this time.

When the slide is opened, you will see a five-row QWERTY keyboard, and as expected from Sidekicks, the keyboard is excellent. There is enough space between  the round buttons and they provide a nice touch feedback, so that we can type fast and make very few mistakes. We also appreciate the presence of  number line and special buttons for emoticons, the @ symbol, and voice commands.

Around the gadget are a 3.5mm headphone jack, speaker volume, and the power button on the left side (in portrait mode). Micro-USB port and the camera button on the right. Placement of a few buttons a bit inconvenient, especially when trying to take pictures using the camera button, the finger will often press the power button so it will  lock the phone before a picture drawn, which it is quite disturbing. 5-megapixel camera lens is located behind along with sans flash, and you’ll find a microSD slot behind the battery cover.

User interface and software

Recognizing the need for a more modern device and come up with something that is popular in today’s market, Microsoft and Danger make a joint decision to close the Danger service and switch to a new mobile platform. As a result, T-Mobile Sidekick 4G is now running on the Android operating system, which is Android 2.2.1.

Standing on a Froyo is Samsung and custom T-Mobile Kick UX interface. This is different from other Android phones that already exist and the target orientation is more towards the younger Sidekick users. You can customize the seven panel homescreen with a variety of wallpapers and themes which are more attractive than most.

Specifications :

Price = + $100 (Recommended!)

References : gsmarena, reviews.cnet.com

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