![]() However, for Tweens who’ve never used Android or people coming from the old Sidekick, the new Sidekick 4G is a great way to hit the ground running with Google’s OS. Stock Android with large touch screens is the new way of doing things. For now, I like the older version.īottom line: For people like me who’ve moved from the Sidekick platform eventually to Android, this is a reminder that there is no going back. I imagine with use, the parts will wear and the process will get easier. This Samsung device is more of a two-handed peeling of the screen. The old one took a finger flip, which not only was super easy but contributed to the ‘hipness’. Odin is the official tool by Samsung to flash stock firmware on Galaxy devices. Perhaps my biggest issue with this device is a hardware gripe: The screen doesn’t pop up very easily in this new Sidekick. In Super Mario Galaxy, his only regret is his failure to create his own realm, and in Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story, he is dismayed at having to. ![]() The combination of these two systems is confusing to users like me who’ve used both and prefer one or the other.Īs the week wore on, I got used to this interface but I’m not entirely convinced that it is overly better than either stock Android or Danger’s original. Meanwhile stock Android presents itself in a 2D grid that can be slid up and down. The original Sidekick’s menu was a simple one-dimensional slide through 10 programs, the most important ones in the middle. Worst of all, the overlay isn’t holistically beneficial. More importantly, the crazy overlay will also mean that it will take much longer to get Android updates to this device (if they happen at all). For those with more refined font and color palettes, the theme will be a turn off. That will appeal to tweens and the hip-hop sect that embraced the original Sidekick. To get the Android OS to operate the way a Sidekick does, Samsung and T-Mobile have built a pretty crazy overlay that puts everything in the funky Sidekick theme. I think T-Mobile doesn’t realize the importance of Voice Actions because they’ve also stripped the MyTouch 4G of that capability, replacing it with their own less powerful utility. This is something I use on Android many times a day and it is now entirely gone. ![]() That, in itself isn’t a bad idea, but in doing this, the Sidekick 4G no longer has a search button for instant Voice Search and Actions. For instance, the buttons that normally are on the bottom of an Android phone are now spread around the outside of the SK4G device. Unfortunately, the rest of the experience melds the current Android experience and the previous Sidekick experience in unflattering ways. It is easily the best Android keyboard I’ve ever used, beating the previous champion, the Sprint Epic 4G (also made by Samsung). So the good news in this regard is the new Sidekick 4G has the same 5-row keyboard, including shortcuts, as the previous Sidekicks. As with regular typing, I didn’t need to look at my Sidekick keyboard while I was typing. Also, touch screens are more versatile but aren’t as reliable for typing. Some of that could have been in the four years of continuous usage I had with Danger products. My HTC G2 is on its way and I'm hoping that this phone is 2% better than the sidekick.As strange as it may sound, I was much more productive (with messaging anyway) on my Sidekick 3 than I was on the iPhone that replaced it or any subsequent Blackberry or Android device that I’ve owned since. How many other texts or emails have gone to the wrong person? Every time I called tech support they were completely in the dark or blamed it on an app I must've downloaded so the last 2 I waited days to download anything and the phone went berserk before I had the chance to. The message wasn't in my outbox to anyone else and my hubby did receive it so I had no idea it even happened until the customer called. It is built in 2 High Power USB ports to charge 2. It types over what I just wrote, starts searching in middle of a text, sends it as I try to edit the shamble of a message, re-sets the brightness level and ring tone without touching settings, it sent a facebook post as an email, only half of my emails came in or went out and to top it off, the phone forwarded a text message meant only for my husbands eyes was sent to a customer who called hysterical and pissed. Conveniently charges your Samsung Sidekick 4G while you drive using your car standard 12v power outlet. This is the worst phone EVER! 3 replacements in as many months.
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