Comments on: T-Mobile Sidekick Gekko revealed

By: zsazsa

zsazsa — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:47:04 +0000

i waant to buy one on e-bay !! i cant reache the person ..he wrote “type: slider” and then swivel screen !! what dose that mean !!lol hahahahah

By: Maru

Maru — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:06:42 +0000

Gatman713: T-Mobile 3g network launch here (Portland) yesterday. And it will be a nation wide launch october first.

By: gatman713

gatman713 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:09:15 +0000

You gotta be kidding me sidekick fan boys?
1. sidekick is a pre teen age boys phone
2. t-mobile (as a tmobile voice/ at&t data+ voice subscriber) puts there phone prices WAY FUCKING UP for new/ upgrading customers.
3. I dont see sidekicks getting 3g, or even tmobile getting 3g in the next decade.
4. the sidekick lacks LOTS OF FEATURES, what happened to wi-fi? and maybe a touch screen would be better, not to mention the accelerometer can do cool things, you install an app, and you can read miles per hour, 0-60 in your car.
5. look @ the price tag, if your signing up for new service might as well scoop up the iphone 3g for $199+ new 3g data plan ($20)+unlimited textin $10+ 450 minutes voice for $50.
6. I dont see the sidekicks getting 8 gb built in hdd?
7. I know my iphones touch screen qwerty on screen can be painful but you use your fingertips for the best response, or jailbreak it and get a larger keyboard like the one in htc touch.

as for me, if I am shopping for a phone wi-fi and touch screen (easy to use interface is a must!) even 3g at times cannot be as fast as wifi. so if the sk does have 3g I doubt it will have wifi.

and yes the iphone 3g does have some bugs, 3g doesnt stay on all the time, and when your browsing in 3g you may or may not get phone calls at all, causing the caller to go into voicemail. sometimes on poor coverage area 3g drops and edge comes in, causing google maps/ navigation lag. so wifi is a must!

By: MiKe

MiKe — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:02:36 +0000

well iphone is really great cause of its features but the sidekick is better because if ur on the iphone and ur texting u might press the wrong botton… and u have to erase it agian.. well i like the sidekick and im saving money for the gekko i already have 200… 100 more to go lmao

By: HELLo........................

HELLo........................ — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:16:04 +0000

Hop it is MUCH Cheaper cuz not every one can put 300 dollars just like that for a sidekick. It looks hot, only cuz the changable sides. But if they bring this out, they would drop the price for the other sidekicks like how they did with the lx when the scralet red slide came out.

By: sidekix

sidekix — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:49:53 +0000

i heard the reason why its called a gekko is because it changes colors with the amount of sun …idk bout im tired of seeing fatass sidekick i hope this one is a lot smaller (slimmer)

By: rudedude101

rudedude101 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:13:37 +0000

so ur saving for the gekko how much u got i am saving mine to and have 82 bucks

By: kawaii_desu

kawaii_desu — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:57:45 +0000

i am seriously into sk but they kept talkin bout the camera and video camera but im wondering do they have mp3 player? the phone look good alright but if i find out it dont have an mp3 then i will go back about buying a sk slide, cuz itz smaller nd more portable, nd it look like more for a girl. mp3 is important too u guys!! lol. btw they need to add javascript so we can at lease listen to music from online.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:57:57 +0000

Mr.Banana u rule, ur ideas are amazing and u should design phones. I think u need to apply to work for microsoft designing phones. apply at http://www.microsoft.com/aply/design21532561.2008

By: mr. banana

mr. banana — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:16:16 +0000

ok this phone will be cool, except the fact it only has a two p camera. they just came out with 5 mp camer w/ video that is the same size. hello, new sidekick by christmas. also the sk is not on the top when it comes to function, touch screen and light up keys may. they need to chane their keys= key pad to a electostatic sensitive type w/ a back light. ok give it up for them trying to improve, but i will ot spend the $300 for one with minimal function when there are phones with top function for the same price. also think metal shells not cheap plastic, improve the battery life because the tech is out there, and improve the speakers. add more functions like GPS, you-tube, and a video downloading off the interne, make the phone an mp4 and then i will buy it. ps. hook up with motorola again but get them to make it slim, windowns has the ability to make it V9 slim and bc they will design the new chips, after the Gekko/Aspen or waht ever. PS. I’M TYPING ALL OF THES ON A Virgin mOBILE Phone. and we all knowe they suck, so i suggest t-mobile improves the SK or i will switch to VM who have the same rates.

By: sk freak bry

sk freak bry — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:03:21 +0000

I honestly think this device will be a big hit I’ve heard that it will have a camera unlike the id and i liked the idea of custimizable bumpers but the fact the id didnt have a camera made me hesitate to get t now an id2 with a camera and it can take videos incorparated into it is actully very nice im getting this sk for suree

By: dwalk51

dwalk51 — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:12:03 +0000

And your a fucking retard. Learn to type out your words, jackass. No one likes reading incomplete words in incomplete sentences especially if the word has letters substituting for other letters. For you to type ‘yu’ without that poor ‘o’ inbetween is just amazing lazy or ignorant of yourself.

By: ur mom

ur mom — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:24:54 +0000

ur fuckin bulky mother fucker

By: ur mom

ur mom — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:22:49 +0000

yu guyz r just haterzz
n the iphone sux n if yu like the iphone so much y the fuck r yu lookin at the sk fuckerr

By: kebin

kebin — Mon, 26 May 2008 05:46:08 +0000

I’m saving my money already!

By: xtracex

xtracex — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:22:49 +0000

Defektiv you said, “allow for side-scrolling so you can see pages more like they actually appear”.

The sk can sidescroll already. If you hold “alt” and roll the trackball to the right or left, it will sidescroll.

=)
Happy sidescrolling

By: denisee

denisee — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:18:25 +0000

I don’t like how’s it’s rectangular shape looks (ew) it just looks too bulky. And I’m wondering why everyone says “there won’t be as much features as the lx.” Then it’s not going to be so great huh?!

By: Defektiv

Defektiv — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:31:38 +0000

I’ll do anything to avoid the iphone, at&t and apple in general. I just bought the LX and am relatively happy it won’t really be much different than this new release.

The sidekick in general is not a bad device. In my opinion all they need to do is update the browser software to allow for side-scrolling so you can see pages more like they actually appear and they’ll be small steps behind the iphone. I still think the sidekick has some better features than the iphone, or rather the iphone is still rather limited.

By: dwalk51

dwalk51 — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:48:29 +0000

I agree. It’s a very slick phone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:18:49 +0000

ya like dwalk51 said. Finally a company that has some self respect and ideas, and doesn’t copy apple. personlay, i like the iphone the best