Sidekick Slide: Perfect for, well, no one
Rarely have I looked forward to trying a phone and had more disappointing results. I don't want to trash the Sidekick Slide; let's just say it's one I'll never carry after living with it a couple of days.
The Sidekick Slide is slimmer and has a screen that slides up instead of swiveling.
(Credit: T-Mobile)With almost all new cell phones, thinner is a given and just happens with each new model. For whatever the reason, that's barely the case with the Slide. It's about 0.6 inch thick, which is about 25 percent thinner than the traditional Sidekick, but that was a brick! For comparison, 0.6 inch is about the thickness of a Treo 650/700. Not exactly wafer thin.
And the Slide just feels like a Toys R Us phone for your 10-year-old. In spite of the spacious keyboard, it doesn't seem weighted for an adult. You don't feel the stability you'd get from a BlackBerry Curve, for example. And it's a good thing if you don't need to use numbers; the standalone keys snuggle right up to the base and are uncomfortable to punch unless your fingers are small enough to have just finished fishing the toy surprise out of a box of cereal. (The electric blue and purple color choices don't do much to distance it from Barney either.)
Using the phone reminds you that calls are not why you get this device. Even with all the bars, it still sounded hollow and uneven at times. Far better, of course, is its IM capability; no complaints there. AOL, Yahoo and Windows IM clients are all built-in, as is POP3 and IMAP e-mail.
The music and camera features are a bit below average, but OK. But the big hitch is the lack of video playback--that makes the Slide seems dated already. And at $300 with activation, yikes!
Here's my overview: You'll like the Sidekick Slide--as long as you're not old enough to get a driver's license.
Ronn Owens is the host of a popular morning talk show on KGO-AM in Northern California. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET. 
2. Its 199 with a two year contract, not 300.
3. Some people like the color purple.
4. Nothing is perfect.
site but this is by far the most bogus review i've read. i bought the phone the
day it came out and the call quality is AMAZING compared to the SK3 (which i
owned). my only complaint is the small keyboard and screen but i knew that
going into the purchase because i had the choice of the LX and SLIDE, in which i
chose the SLIDE. its made my Motorola and the build quality is far superior to
the SHARP models. please go down to a T-Mobile store and handle them and
play with them yourself, thats the best way to review a product.
2) Wrong price.
I usually find CNET to be reliabel with it's opinions, but idk. Is CNET even checked for mistakes anymore?
Or was it meant to be a biased rant that had little or no accurate information?
i love cnet and come here for research about electronics but this guy, this guy u know wat it isnt worth it, he doesnt know wat hes talking about!
- by she-knows February 6, 2009 10:00 AM PST
- ok sidekick slides come in more than one color or shape or whatever the report he wrote is pretty correct, i own one they suck! so if your going to comment some one about their opinion and probably experiences. you might want to do your home work first!
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