SIDEKICK 3 PHONES BLUETOOTH
Unfortunately, the Sidekick doesn't offer the option to use stereo Bluetooth headphones it doesn't support the A2DP protocol, nor does it allow image or music file transfers using Bluetooth - only vCards. Tunes play loud through the back panels mono speaker and come across pleasant enough through earphones (there's a stereo pair supplied, with a 2.5mm jack socket offering upgrading opportunities). Not the most elegant mobile music player interface we've seen, but effective. You can call up onscreen a Mini Player onscreen music controls panel, or use drop down menus or key combo shortcuts to operate it. Tracks are listed in various familiar MP3 player categories, and you can create playlists. You can add tracks to the memory card by dragging and dropping when connected with a supplied USB cable. The music player supports MP3, AAC and WMA formats. This boosts capacity for tunes as well as imaging, as the Sidekick Slide also checks in with a music player. Thankfully, T-Mobile is supplying the Sidekick Slide with a 512MB MicroSD memory card in-box (the phone will support cards up to 4GB). Similarly, other apps - such as calendar, contacts and email - have portions of the onboard memory pre-allocated. The Sidekick Slide's memory allocation is parsimonious here, with just 1.75MB reserved for images. Using the camera (and in the menus), you'll also notice that the Sidekick Slide tells you how much space for pics you have left. Not a great come-on for the target youth audience. The camera's imaging quality is fairly basic, so wouldn't be suitable for more than cursory snap-and-sending. This would be a let-down in anything but an entry-level phone nowadays, particularly as it lacks even basic video recording facilities. 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.
SIDEKICK 3 PHONES PLUS
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.
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