Comments on: T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 review

By: Tarah

Tarah — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:55:59 +0000

i love this phone from a 1 to a 10 its about a 9.but just because of the LX but i like it and its only about 99.99$ if you have been on tmobile for 2 years.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:13:10 +0000

I loved my sidekick the only thing i didn’t like was that you couldnt watch videos and that you could only download the t mobile ringtones and that sometimes picture messages took forever to get to the person you were sending them too. I’m not sure if this is just because of where I live, but I also had quite a few problems with the service. the first year i had tmobile my signal was pretty decent but then all of a sudden my signal would just randomly go out for no reason. Also if your like me and just drop phones constantly it sucks cause my sidekick wont ever turn on anymore and the battery is only a year old and is shot already. Otherwise i loved it to death

By: tia

tia — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:15:41 +0000

i agree worst phone ever. i bought it from the store not from a hobo. it sucks especially if you dont have internet with it which is an extra 20 dollars per month and without internet you can’t get any ringtones or wallpapers cuz you can’t buy them online and i cant even get to tzones..i wanted one soooo badly for over a year and finally i got it the first week or so i loved it but then i noticed how you really cant do anything with it..

By: Chrissy

Chrissy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:56:20 +0000

DO NOT BUY A SIDEKICK 2008!!!

By: Chrissy

Chrissy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:54:31 +0000

I totally agree!! The Sidekick 2008 sucks!! Tmobile should be embarassed for selling them! They are peices of junk that have all kinds of problems and Tmobile does nothing to help you, they keep sending you different sidekicks that have other problems!! This was my first time using Tmobile, once my contract is up it will cancelled because of the Sidekick 2008!! It has ruined my life!!

By: Genesis

Genesis — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:18:55 +0000

u know wat i want so badly a sidekick lx or a sidekick 08 Lol

By: luis

luis — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:51:49 +0000

Cuz it’s hot dats y ….duhh!!!

By: Sidekicker

Sidekicker — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:00:28 +0000

Ok, I just got the sidekick 08 yesterday 4 my bday and it is incredible. I love the pic and video quality, it is very fun 2 slide, the qwerty keyboards letters r small but u will get used 2 it. I luv using the changable shells, and the mouse is very handy. The speaker is a mouse 2. Sometimes I go somewhere that I didnt try 2 go by using the mouse. You can lock it…very fun game(s). I cant rlly say much since i just got it yesterday, but very very fun 4 hardcore texters like me!

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:24:56 +0000

Your so retarded the sidekick 2008 BLOWS

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:16:38 +0000

DO NOT BUY A SIDEKICK 2008!!!! PLEASE PLEASE!!!
OK… My sister just bought one right?.. Well believe it or not she is having many many problems
i will name them;
1:It freezes involuntarily
2:The trackball stopped working
3:When it died, You could see the screen when it was off… and there was a big red X through the screen and a whole bunch of writing.
4:It turned back on when she charged it, but it shut off again and did the stuff all over again.
So PLEASE DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON TH SHITTY SIDEKICK 2008!!!

By: dave

dave — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:54:48 +0000

i have sk08 i think its ok phone.. my phone never restart it self.i be selling my sk08 soon going get sk09. cuz i want 3g internet.. phone is like $420 if u buy it out right

By: ladonna

ladonna — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:35:36 +0000

I would not recommend this phone to no one because I had so many problems with this phone within the first month I got the phone. And customer care don’t offer no help they truly ain’t worth shit. Anyway the phone reboots by itself a lot and the internet is slow ass hell. Also, I can’t even get into the applications and the track ball always get stuck so that means this phone is a piece of shit. They could have made a better phone for the price I paid for this phone I done better getting a g1 phone.

By: ladonna

ladonna — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:24:10 +0000

I recently purchased a sidekick 08 and I do not recommend this phone to no one. Because it does freezes up a lot and needs to reboot a lot. I had problems with this phone the first month I bought the phone and I am still having problems getting into the applications and my trackball gets stuck a lot. I feel tmobile should not sell this phone anymore they should take it off the market cause its a bullshit phone and its not worth the price I paid. I had more fun on a plain slide phone cause I had less problems. Also tmobile is full of shit cause they act like they can’t help you with a lot of problems I have with this phone.

By: hayley

hayley — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:20:56 +0000

Hi!
I just got the sidekick for my birthday. It is a really great device. It is very easy to text on, the first time I did I barely looked at the keyboard. Yes, the speaker phone is a little soft, but it is not really a big deal. If your surroundings are quiet, you should have no trouble hearing. The size is very nice, it is easy to hold and use. The device is very personalizable, the only down bit is that you can’t really design your menu, but again, no big deal. For example, instead of hitting a button and it going to your text messages, you have to click another to say either ‘Text Message’ or ‘Picture Message’. And the internet is very fast and easy to use.
Over all I think this is a great phone, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants a phone with quick texting capabilities. Yes, adults, it may be centered around kids, but I am sure you would like it, too.

Hope this helps!
hayley

By: thomas davis

thomas davis — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:23:54 +0000

i like that sidekick its kool so yea my papi say that i can get a sidekick on my b-day

By: sasha

sasha — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:17:43 +0000

i am really looking forward to it!!!!!

By: sasha

sasha — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:15:26 +0000

im getting the sk 08 for my bday. im so so so so excited i herd that from other people t hatt it is really good!! im getting it in about 4 months on july 1st so yyyyyyyyaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!!!!!

By: Veronica

Veronica — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:29:01 +0000

This is not the best phone. It gets very hot when you make a phone call and the batery life is horrible. The music player is okay, but drains the battery. The internet is actually somewhat fast and easy to use but the apps and such are very expensive. The texting is very nice with the full qwerty keypad. But the worst of all is that the phone constantly needs to reboot itself. It has a message that you must contact customer care, but customer care does nothing about it. I’ve been through five of these and they’ve done nothing to help me. Instant messaging is also very slow and drains the battery fast. The camera has horrible quailty and sometimes I never recieve picture messages.

Pros
Great for texting
Internet is fast
Music player

Cons
Camera and video quality is terrible
Constant rebooting
Slow IM
Expensive apps
Bad battery life
Constant freezing
Slow e-mail
Giant, screen is small.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:24:51 +0000

Hello…

You are so wrong. I have the sidekick 08 and I love it… just because you bought yours from the hobo down the street and YOU got ripped off doesn’t mean you gotta give the wrong influence…the sidekick 08 works fine…

By: ryan22

ryan22 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:56:34 +0000

does any1 knw hw 2 unlck dis fone 4 cingular?