Review: T-Mobile Sidekick iD
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It’s easy to see why MySpace moppets love the Sidekick: It’s cute, uncomplicated, and cheap. It’s also an IM addict’s dream: The wide, tactile keyboard lets thumbs fly with precision, and the chat client offers simultaneous access to AIM, Microsoft Messenger, and Yahoo. Add push email, swappable color plates, and that nifty myFaves thing for \[…\]

This is one of the best phones I ever owned. You could type nearly as fast on it as a traditional keyboard. It even had a scroll ball as well to act like a mouse. The things I would do for Google to implement something like this in a modern Pixel phone. I hate even trying to respond to people these days from my phone, because of how just how bad touch keyboards are in comparison.

  • yardratianSoma@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I used to have a Blackberry Key One, and it was amazing, the ability to use modern android with a physical keyboard, it was even backlit also supported swype typing, but sadly I lost the phone one day on a walk, it was nice while it lasted. . .

    I’m thinking I might just get one of those external bluetooth keyboards. Writing stuff while on the train or bus sucks on a touchpad.