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T Mobile Sidekick Reviews Summary

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Highlights of T Mobile Sidekick Reviews

Pros:

Real-time e-mail and instant messaging
clarity on the color screen is awesome
Web browsing is easy and best of its class
The desktop interface is very useful and attractive
Extended memory and a little more storage space

Cons:

Does not sync with Microsoft Outlook and other PIMs
Very bulky and weird if you mainly just use it as a phone
Coverage not available everywhere (T Mobile only)
Battery drain too quickly
Lacks a basic calculator and alarm clock

Overall User Rating:

3.9/5 based on 189 reviews

Specifications for the T Mobile Sidekick

DIMENSIONS	4.26 inches long x 1.96 inches wide x 0.88 inch thick
WEIGHT	3.49 ounces
DISPLAY	High-resolution illuminated graphical display with white LEDs: 96 x 65 pixels
SERVICE	CDMA 800/1900 MHz
BATTERY LIFE	Extended Li-Ion Battery 850mAh -- Digital Talk Time up to 3.6 hours -- Digital Standby Time up to 11 days
SPECIAL FEATURES	Global Positioning System (GPS) capable wireless phone for location based emergency services

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Product Description from CNet.com

Panasonic's first flip phone--and the first camera phone--for AT&T Wireless service has a lot going for it, not just snapshooting capabilities. Its large, vibrant color display, its world-roaming capabilities, and its built-in speakerphone provide the backbone for a solid, feature-rich mobile. But at $300 with new service, the GU87 isn't the most affordable camera phone available. Will it hold its luster once other camera phones fill out AT&T's lineup?

Design

With its matte-silver casing and external LCD, the T Mobile Sidekick is sleek and stylish. While it has a slim, 0.9-inch profile and is relatively lightweight (3.6 ounces), it's one of the longer flip phones out there; some users may find it uncomfortable to talk on a mobile of this length.

Ergonomics aside, the GU87's internal eight-line, 65,536-color display is one of the more impressive screens we've seen to date on a flip phone. However, Panasonic should have made the phone's earpiece bigger; we found ourselves having to reposition the unit to hit the listening sweet spot.

To navigate the GU87's menu, you get a four-way rocker key; in the middle of it sits an unmarked OK button that lets you select the features. You use the surrounding buttons to maneuver through the menu, as well as to send and end calls. While the backlit keypad is large and tactile, we wish there were an easy-access control for the camera to complement the quick-launch mMode button for accessing AT&T's wireless Web service. It's true that you can program a key to activate the camera, but it's not the same. We would have also appreciated controls on the side of the phone to adjust volume level during calls.

As with many other camera phones, you can snap pictures using the large internal display as your viewfinder. You can also close the phone, point it in the direction of your subject, and press the shutter-release button positioned just beneath the external LCD.