sidekick – Gadget Teaser https://www.gadgetteaser.com Tracking the gadget and tech revolution Tue, 17 May 2011 19:43:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 T-Mobile bleeds half a million customers in Q1 2011 https://www.gadgetteaser.com/2011/05/09/t-mobile-bleeds-half-a-million-customers-in-q1-2011/ Mon, 09 May 2011 21:37:22 +0000 https://www.gadgetteaser.com/?p=4171 All you mobile nerds are getting excited about that new Sidekick, right? Yeah, right. I’m actually shocked that T-Mobile even has plans to make a Sidekick 3 now that smartphones have become the wave of the future. If I can get an Android handset or an iPhone for the same price (or cheaper), why bother […]

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All you mobile nerds are getting excited about that new Sidekick, right? Yeah, right. I’m actually shocked that T-Mobile even has plans to make a Sidekick 3 now that smartphones have become the wave of the future. If I can get an Android handset or an iPhone for the same price (or cheaper), why bother with an expensive data plan for what is essentially a hardware gimmick at this point?

It seems 471,000 consumers agree with me. That’s the number of subscribers T-Mobile has lost in the first quarter of 2011. That’s not the full story – the company did sign 372,000 to new contracts, but that’s still some 99,000 short of growth. In any case, it’s not good news. Maybe AT&T is right about the buyout. Does T-Mobile need Big Blue to keep itself afloat?

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]]> T-Mobile Sidekick Gets Facebook And Twitter https://www.gadgetteaser.com/2009/09/05/t-mobile-sidekick-gets-facebook-and-twitter/ Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:21:52 +0000 https://www.gadgetteaser.com/?p=1838 T-Mobile’s Sidekick got the smartphone treatment today with the addition of Facebook and Twitter applications to the Sidekick Download Catalog. As one of the most prominent phones to implement a full keyboard and some proprietary messaging features, it’s really been a long time coming. The applications work with the Sidekick 2008, the Sidekick LX, and […]

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]]> Twitter on the Sidekick. T-Mobile’s Sidekick got the smartphone treatment today with the addition of Facebook and Twitter applications to the Sidekick Download Catalog. As one of the most prominent phones to implement a full keyboard and some proprietary messaging features, it’s really been a long time coming. The applications work with the Sidekick 2008, the Sidekick LX, and the Sidekick Slide.

The Facebook application is free but the Twitter app will run you $2 a month. I gotta say, $24 a year for Twitter use seems a little out of hand. It’s also strange considering the Sidekick 2009 comes pre-packaged with free apps for both Facebook and Twitter. Was Twitter really that much harder to integrate into the old phones than Facebook? Did they just not have as much developer support? Is the app just that cool?

If you have an older Sidekick and the time to drop a comment, let us know. This is a strange one.

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