Iphone Or SideKick, Which One Is More Reliable?

and you consider a sidekick an upgrade? what are you coming from, a Nokia 3310?

except if you're coming from a very low end device i wouldnt recommend a sidekick. problem is, its features are mostly locked on to TMobile's network so chances are some things may not work in naija, like the IM client.

as for the iphone if you've ever synchronized an ipod and are okay with it then you may go for it. note that iphone doesnt officially support MMS, Copy/Paste, bluetooth file transfer, video recording, and direct media transfer from PC (unless you opt to "manually manage music and videos" ala the ipod)

if you dont like syncing and prefer to just send files via bluetooth, love MMS, etc then avoid the iphone.

but its also a cool gaming device.

it bakes bread, and every saturday at 9pm it becomes a batmobile.

oh, and it has multitouch.


(im not going to mention that it has 1000s of apps and has a central repository for those apps, pushes mails, is the best ipod ever, best photo management app ever on a mobile device, has a solid OS, best virtual keyboard ever, best wifi implementation on any mobile device, powerful graphics chipset, visual voicemail, core location etc).

every Joe Blow phone already does MMS, Bluetooth, video etc so im not sure people place those features on their priority needs when shopping for a highend device.

blackberry just got video capabilities with the 4.5 software update, which was fairly recently. and all those features the iphone currently lacksare just 2 months away via the 3.0 software update. there's already QuickOffice for the iphone (same as in Nokia devices, only much more powerful and cooler) and Microsoft has announced development of MS Office for Iphone will commence soon.

just hold on for the next iphone coming soon.

i think the iphone is better o. . . go to gsmarena and compare the two
wanted a sidekick cos i liked the look esp in videos but its specs are not encouraging at all

no 3G and wlan. . .am in naija and thats llike the fastest internet connection now, so that makes the phone a no no

http://www.gsmarena.com/t_mobile_sidekick-2576.php

go there and read the specs and reviews

for all the diff editions go here
http://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sQuickSearch=yes&sName=sidekick

THANKS O, I CHECKED IT UP AND I'VE CHANGED MY MIND.

Samsung Behold it is.

Yea, but only verizon has it. 

i keep wondering on what basis people keep saying Blackberry is better than the other smartphones out there. at least when we Apple fanboys mention the iphone, we give countless reasons along side screenshots.

most people here keep thinking that paying through the nose for an internet mobile browsing you get hassle free elsewhere is a killer app on the blackberry, or that having push email is the deal sealer. truth is, Blackberry is a SERVICE, and through the Blackberry Connect software almost every smart phone from WinMO to Symbian can do the push mail trick. Hell, even the new N75 (pic below) already does corporate and webmail without BES and does Exchange/Domino nicely via Sync-ML/ActiveSync, and the best mobile browser isnt on blackberry or iphone; its Skyfire, available only on WinMo and Symbian. sure its prone to crashing, but its a Beta afterall.

guys, lets keep things in perspective; if you think a sidekick, say, is a great phone, kindly tell us WHY beyond " its cute, cuddly, fluffy and pink".

one more thing: gabbing on about megapixel cameras, DVB-H, bluetooth, HSDPA, exabyte storage etc doesnt really cut it. why? because every smartphone worth its salt comes loaded with those featutes. they are fairly standard across carriers, manufacturers and users.

we need a phone to have a little something extra beyond the standard fare. whether its in nice widget implementation (Omnia/F480), sleek interface, app store, internet mobile experience etc, it just has to be a little different, imaginative, creative. this way, we can endure the shortcomings.

sure, iphone doesnt have bluetooth, MMS, copy/paste(yet) but has a touchscreen. ok, Blackberry storm has all these and more, but by market sales, popularity, user reviews etc the iphone offers the betrter experience.

so when i say users shouldnt base their buying decisions on MMS, bluetooth etc it makes sense since these features are generic across almost all smart devices. i mean, there really is a thin line betweeen a Nokia E71 and an E66; or a Nokia N95 8gb and N96, or N76 and 3250.


A samsung BlackJack is just slightly away from a motorola Q, etc.

and the various HTC devices almost only have design differences, whether a TouchPro, HD, etc.

samething with balckberrys before the Bold and Storm!

now the one phone that is almost generic but which suddenly im saving for (despite being a WinMO) is the Omnia if only for the turn by turn navigation which ive tried and works wonderfully in naija, as well as the version of OPera Mobile which is almost as good as Skyfire.



Nokia N75 now shipping:


"It's out, Nokia's E75 S60 QWERTY is now shipping according to a feverish Nokia press release. For Espoo, that leading "E" stands for businEss so this slider is all about corporate eMail -- a first handset to ship with Nokia's new eMail user interface -- as well as getting you connected to your personal accounts from Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail. Unfortunately, the decent quad-band GSM / EDGE and dual-band HSPDA data, WiFi, microSD expansion, 3.2 megapixel camera, and a-GPS specs are offset by that puny 2.4-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixel) display. For our money, we'll be holding out for the 3.5-inch, 640 x 360 pixel N97 QWERTY slider "

www.engadget.com

i left blackberry ages ago, now i use iphone which is imap pushed mails.

i dont see anything in mobileme remotely compelling enough to justify $100. if its contacts sync im okay with Ovi and Funambol in the cloud. for local syncing i use Evolution (linux), Windows Mail (Windows PC- eeew), and AddressBook and Entourage (mac) all of which i use.

Ex Inferis,
Thanks a lot.

lol, I don't see what ppl see in blackberry.
The phones are so ugly, the keypads so small and annoying 

Any phone that works with T-Mobile is what I need   

@Ex Inferis,

Since you're so good with phones, give me the "gist" on these two phones


Samsung Behold - Rose



T-Mobile G1™ with Google™ - Black

Telecoms standard for sending messages that include multi-media objects (images, video, audio).

In simpler terms, extension of SMS as it allows longer message lengths

I'm going to ask about that.

What makes a G1 or HTC-8925 so good?

^^^If the OP was looking at the Iphone then its obvious that they're looking at a PDA phone,

The G1  was formulated to do things like a PC.
Google it and see.

as for the 8925 , it is not even called a phone, its called a mobile PC, and that what it is literally, I can tether it to my laptop and give it fast running inet connection, it opens adobe file, word, excel, and many others with letting me edit documents and sending them to my email.  My friends call it my "mini me" laptop,  its mainly for power users who looks for a muiltuse funtions in their phone, to me the Iphone is just a fancy touch phone with a even fancier MP3 player

The G1 and HTC 8925 can carry media card up to 16GB maybe even more but i havent see higher,
I have so mp3's on mine and I can upload programs that let me customize my phones MP3 player.
The G1, 8925 and Ipone are all touch screen phone.
But the G1 and 8925 comes witha stylus and a keyboard

please verify and straighten your facts before posting. iphone currently DOES NOT suppor MMS. granted there are ways to RECEIVE MMS via mail workarounds and third party apps, but that is a far cry from OFFICIAL SUPPORT.

MMS support is coming via the 3.0 software update slated for summer (ie from June) and ONLY for the 3G version.






ive fondled the G1 only once in my life and i wasnt really impressed because Google raised my expectations before Android came out. remember it was the period the iphone was in full swing so their decision to kill multitouch even though the OS is capable still got me stumped. and their App Store variant is just so-so. however with the recent "Cupcake" i expect the phone to improve. i cant really say much more because i didnt use the phone enough to form a decisisve impression and i dont want to echo other blogs and reviews.

as for the Behold i think its funny Samsung has found ONE design concept and is churning out phones all looking the same (Omnia, F480 etc). okay like the G1 ive not used this phone, but it looks a lot like my old F480 which however the looks and cool widgets still sucked.

though the Omnia runs WinMO, this one seems to run the same proprietary horseshit as the F480. sure its got 5mp cam, GPS, and the usual assortment of 3G, bluetooth, PIM functions etc.

iill take an Omnia anyday.




here we go, exactly what i griped on earlier. if tethering and opening office docs qualifies a phone as a "mobile pc" then almost every symbian device, winmo, blackberry etc IS a mobile PC!


ever heard of QuickOffice? its available for almost every smartphone known to man.

and as for full html browsing, Opera Mini makes that happen even on dumb phones.


my definition of a mobile pc is any phone that supports wifi, has a good html browser, integrates seamlessly with the corporate environment, does office docs, etc.

and that definition means almost ANY Smartphone IS a mobile PC.

The 8925 aka HTC TyTN 2 is a pretty good phone. However it has the disadvantage of running Windows Mobile  
Not a bad OS by any means, but beginning to show it's age these days. Add to that the undeniable fact that it's rather bulky these days.
I'm surprised you keep on about the 8925 when the Touch Pro is out there. It does everything the 8925 can do, with a whole lot more panache.

I cringe everytime i hear someone describe his phone as a 'mobile PC'. Please desist  

The G1 certainly shows some promise.

The Nokia 5800?! ROTFLMAO!!