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Sidekick 3 bluetooth12/12/2023 ![]() On the 2, the start/end call buttons were at different angles from the Cancel/Done buttons. And looming larger is the minor catastrophe of the soft buttons on the right side, around the trackball. On the down side, I’ve run into issues of inadvertently putting the speakerphone on once already. Some of the buttons certainly needed the change, particularly volume up/down and power. ![]() Last big change: all the remaining face buttons have changed sizes and orientations. ![]() It has a nice noticeable tactile feel as you roll it, but not in an obnoxious way. Sensitivity is set perfectly right out of the box (but is adjustable, should you not agree). When I first touched the trackball, I thought “Why would I need this when I already have a 4-way d-pad?” My objections soon dropped, as the trackball is effortless to use. Not only is it a trackball, but the multi-color LED (which traditionally was under the d-pad) is under the trackball, so it will light up in a variety of colors as needed. Next big change: The scroll wheel has been replaced with a trackball. This is a welcome change while I certainly liked the bumper at times, it tended to get grimy and ultimately was just a dirt magnet. In fact, almost all the soft rubber on the system is gone now. (I’m going to be skipping on trying to take screen shots if you need to see illustrations of what I’m talking about, your best reference point would be the ()).Įxisting Sidekick users who put their hands on the 3 will immediately notice a major difference: the rubber bumpers along the top and bottom are gone. This post is my best attempt to answer the questions I had before I got my hands on one. With that said: while there are a number of professional reviews available about the Sidekick 3, very few go into the technical aspects and random questions that tech wonks like myself have. Again: these were not giveaways, these were people waiting in line to *buy a cell phone*. It is difficult for me to survive without one: it manages all of my email, the majority of my IM conversations, serves as my primary syndicated feed reader, and acts as my notepad for random nuggets of information.īut this morning, I stood in line with what I would estimate as roughly 500 people on 41st and Madison, waiting patiently for our chance to purchase a Sidekick 3. It is nearly inseparable from my hand to the point where it often feels like a body part rather than a cell phone. Today, I realized that I had a third major cult membership: the cult of the Sidekick.ĭon’t get me wrong – I was fully willing to admit my Sidekick addiction for the two and a half years I’ve owned one. (No blog post along these lines would be complete without shouting “LONG TAIL!” at the top of the author’s lungs, and I will not break the trend.) I belong to a number of shopping cults: my memberships in () and () are well documented. No longer was there just the mass market and a void, but small niche markets became common, sought after, marketed at. Around the turn of the century, consumerism took an interesting turn: cultism became favorable.
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