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    Sidekick Is Back, Y'all

    T-Mobile Sidekick Gets Facebook and Twitter Apps

    Sidekick LX 2009 Review

    T-Mobile's April 21 Event Is for the Sidekick LX, Not Android

    Sidekick LX 2009 Is Lean, Mean 3G Twittering Machine (With a Better Screen)

    Xbox 360 Special Edition Sidekick LX Shown Off By Soulja Boy

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    Image of Dacker Dacker
    11/17/09

    In reply to Sidekick Is Back, Y'all
    Oh -- a phone. And here I thought that Phillippe Kahn and Borland Sidekick were back!

    ;-) #sidekick
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    Image of oshawn oshawn
    11/17/09

    @Dacker: That's exactly what I thought. Dammit. #sidekick
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    Image of Dacker Dacker
    11/17/09

    @oshawn:
    I'd bet 90% of today's self-described "computer geeks" don't even know what is a TSR program.

    I used Sidekick all the time, and heavily used it's editor (with Wordstar's commands) for dBASE III programming. #sidekick
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    11/18/09

    @Dacker: Kahn and Borland had some great stuff "back when"
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/17/09

    In reply to Sidekick Is Back, Y'all
    To be fair, didn't they recover the data after a couple of weeks? So, it was more like a temporary amnesia. That is perfectly fine for me because I usually think of the folks I am going to call and the groceries I am going to purchase a few weeks before I do. Apparently I am the perfect customer: A really slow person. #sidekick
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    11/17/09

    In reply to Sidekick Is Back, Y'all
    Sidekicks are so 2002. #sidekick
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    09/05/09

    In reply to T-Mobile Sidekick Gets Facebook and Twitter Apps
    #smartphones
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    09/05/09

    In reply to T-Mobile Sidekick Gets Facebook and Twitter Apps
    And Facebook thinks that the Android OS is still irrelevant...
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    09/05/09

    In reply to T-Mobile Sidekick Gets Facebook and Twitter Apps
    oh sidekick. What fun we had back in 2004-05. You were a dear old friend.

    Farewell chap, I hope you go peacefully in your sleep with no pain.

    -sent from g1/iphone/smartphone
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    Image of Maltbrew Maltbrew
    05/01/09

    In reply to Sidekick LX 2009 Review
    what is it with you americans and your sidekick?

    i remember when i moved there a few years back that everyone was all up in peoples faces about how awesome it was, yet i always thought it was really clunky and bulky.
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    Image of madog madog
    05/02/09

    @Maltbrew: Adopt the American way of life or it shall be forced upon you.
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    Image of aerospaceman aerospaceman
    05/01/09

    In reply to Sidekick LX 2009 Review
    sidekicks are fugly...if you want phones that look good just pick up any Nokia.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/01/09

    @aerospaceman: Anytime I hear Nokia now, I immediately think of the nGage. No thanks.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/01/09

    In reply to Sidekick LX 2009 Review
    It looks like a Metal Gear Solid accessory. Snake? SNAAAKE!!!!
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    Image of f0rge f0rge
    05/01/09

    In reply to Sidekick LX 2009 Review
    cant you get an iphone for $200? the choice seems pretty obvious to me.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/01/09

    @f0rge: How much does the monthly data plan cost? For instance, the iPhone 3g is $200 vs. $400 for the original iPhone. However, you ended up paying more over the 2 year contract, since the monthly plan was $10 more.
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    Image of madog madog
    05/02/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Event though the 3G iPhone is cheaper than the original, the

    Contract fees are higher. Plus, I think the plans for it are pretty standard for ATT.
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    Image of TheCrudMan TheCrudMan
    05/01/09

    In reply to Sidekick LX 2009 Review
    But it's so...sidekick. The design is pretty dated. I think for $200 you can actually get a decent enough unlocked phone and not have to renew your contract or sign on with T-Mobile. I just don't see how anyone is going to sign up a new account for T-Mobile to get this for $200 when the iPhone is the same price, and I don't see how any T-Mobile customer is going to want to pay $200 to sign on for another contract when there's so many good unlocked offerings to be had for the same price. I am a T-Mobile customer that was thinking about renewing and looked at the new sidekick...I spent my $200 bucks for a new phone after my phone broke on an unlocked LG Secret and have been totally happy with it. It might be closer to a feature phone than a smart phone, but I've always thought of the sidekick as a glorified feature phone with some smart functions...and for $200 there are better options out there.
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    05/01/09

    @TheCrudMan: If we're talkin' T-Mobile, the better phone to compare it to is the G1, which is also a step or two above this. I've always liked the bar of soap shape of the sidekicks though, great for pocket extraction.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    In reply to T-Mobile's April 21 Event Is for the Sidekick LX, Not Android
    So they're holding an event for hoodlums?


    Outside of an occasional celebrity pre-iPhone days, the only people I've actually seen carrying/using a sidekick look like they're the kind of people who "Keep it real" and live their lives according to the mottos "Thug Life", "Straight Hood", and are a part of Lil Kim's entourage.


    Now, I understand that certain technologies appeal to certain groups, but I have yet to ever see anyone not in ecco/fubu/rockawear/or who is not Paris Hilton carrying one of these things.


    Will there be metal detectors at the event?

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    04/17/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: Seriously, a launch party for a sidekick?


    The G1 was party worthy, the G2 should be even more so... But a sidekick launch eventy?

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: And apparently I need to cut back on my cold medicine. Sheesh.
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    Image of Bo Shonka Bo Shonka
    04/17/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: Hahaha, that was awful, irrelevent, ignorant/naive and a little insensitive all within 2 sentences. You sir, make me Lol.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @Bo Shonka: Actually, I'm being serious. The only time I've ever seen anyone actually use one, was when a celebrity was leaving the radio station next door to my office back in AZ... And there'd be like 8 people (4 of which were big enough to count as 2 people each) all futzing away on their sidekicks.


    I have literally never seen anyone else outside that narrow stereotype use one. Ever.


    Mostly it strikes me as the Sidekick has become pretty irrelevant in the world of smart phones right now. Where you have at computing device that is also a phone, rather than a phone that is also a computing device.

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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/17/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: it makes sense an "entourage" would use a "sidekick." haha get it? no? whatever.
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    Image of Linval Bailey Jr. Linval Bailey Jr.
    04/17/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...:


    was this meant to be some sort of hidden/code lang for: Black ppl are thugs?

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @Linval Bailey Jr.: Since when did one have to be black to be a thug?


    I was simply stating that a specific genre of people seemed to be the only people I ever saw using them. And, now they (Sidekicks) seem rather dated.

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    Image of Dethzilla Dethzilla
    04/17/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: I just got a text from Black Jesus... He says he "h8s u."
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @Dethzilla: But I thought Jesus was Jewish...
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    Image of rextuhfer rextuhfer
    04/17/09

    In reply to Sidekick LX 2009 Is Lean, Mean 3G Twittering Machine (With a Better Screen)
    If it had wifi i would be sold. seriously sold... just like if jessica alba was a hooker.
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    Image of SegamanXero SegamanXero
    04/17/09

    @rextuhfer: Id be sold if it had a touch screen, Ill keep waiting till that happens...
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