Read full reviewįor those people who would like luxury of having a Sidekick, but don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on it, this is the phone for them. What a pain!! Overall, I give this phone a 8 or 8.5 out of 10. ***One thing I found inconvienent is when you are on a call (let's say to one of those dreadful automated systems which ask you questions and in saying to press 1 for yes, 2 for no, yadda yadda), if the flip slider is closed shut, (which is more comfortable) You have to flip it open each time to use the QWERT/numeric pad to press the numbers, then flip it closed again. However the Keys are far enough apart for ease in texting. **The keyboard makes a chicklety sound when you text but you will soon get used to it. (Unlimited web access with 400 text messages is about 24.99, Unlimited web access with unlimited text messages is about 34.99) *Prices may vary in your area. If you want to take advantage of the full potential of this phone, (Web Browsing, Email, IM's, new themes & wallpapers, ringtones, and other applications) you will need the optional Data Service Plan which T-Mobile offers. There are a lo t of available Applications, Ringtones, Themes, Games etc available to download. The call quality is actually pretty good-you can hear loud and clear with minimal background noise/ does not take great photos or video but I guess it is something we could live with. It has a standard trackball on the right hand side for scrolling and it also buttons for shortcuts & commands that you can assign. The Sidekick 2008 has applications like email, instant messaging, picture messaging & video messaging.
It is smaller, measuring 4.7 x 2.3 x 0.7 inches and it also comes with much more things on it. It's got quite a few improved features like a 2.0-megapixel camera, a nice 2.6-inch display, video recording/playback, stereo Bluetooth. The Sidekick 2008 is a much better cell phone that the previous versions of the Sidekick such as the regular Slider LX & ID. Sidekick 2008 - Improved features/Smaller & $50 Cheaper