Comments on: ยป Sidekick LX 2009. Potential MID? http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/ portable pc, mobile computer, pocket pc and handheld computing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: EC http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-18230 EC Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:13:56 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-18230 Pics of the Sidekick 2009 in the wild: http://www.hiptop3.com/archives/the-sidekick-2009-in-the-wild/ Pics of the Sidekick 2009 in the wild:

http://www.hiptop3.com/archives/the-sidekick-2009-in-the-wild/

]]> By: EC http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17917 EC Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:17:38 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17917 Ok thought so I'm waiting for my 6 cell 900A battery then we will see what I can make out of my 900A I want most of the 901 "plusses" without the added 901 size. :) Ok thought so I’m waiting for my 6 cell 900A battery then we will see what I can make out of my 900A I want most of the 901 “plusses” without the added 901 size. :)

]]> By: EC http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17916 EC Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:16:37 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17916 I am very pleased to see there are other "non-teenagers" out there who has "found" the very practical and useful features of the SKs beneficial! I can't help but notice that you mention you use a SK2, is there some specific reason for not having tried the SK3 and/or SKLX? While the SK3 offered some improvements it did have a tad "hard" keys for some of the SK2 owners, however the SKLX has done a compromise on the keyboard making it a SK2&SK3 hybrid so to speak. Not to mention the added size and resolution of the screen on the SKLX, etc etc. I am very pleased to see there are other “non-teenagers” out there who has “found” the very practical and useful features of the SKs beneficial!

I can’t help but notice that you mention you use a SK2, is there some specific reason for not having tried the SK3 and/or SKLX? While the SK3 offered some improvements it did have a tad “hard” keys for some of the SK2 owners, however the SKLX has done a compromise on the keyboard making it a SK2&SK3 hybrid so to speak. Not to mention the added size and resolution of the screen on the SKLX, etc etc.

]]> By: Veri Tas http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17911 Veri Tas Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:17:05 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17911 Beat Ya! I'm 67 and run this e-commerce site with Sidekick II when mobile and in the office. It's all about the Keyboard, Unlimited Data, Instant CRM for customer inquires, and battery life that matter most. I'll probably have my cold fingers pried off my SK II in favor of the Android sync with gmail now that MS is poised to ruin the SK. Combining gmail with mobility and e-commerce would be a nightmare by comparison with Exchange/Outlook BS. So glad I don't need a network and BB. Google is becoming all the network one needs when operating solo. I'd pay double/triple for a Sidekick PRO that has wifi and natively syncs with gmail. That would be the perfect storm of communications simplicity, but alas, not likely ... unless the Apple graduates (Rubin, et al) who started Danger get the Keyboard right on a future Android beast ... not unlikely now that I think of it. Beat Ya!

I’m 67 and run this e-commerce site with Sidekick II when mobile and in the office. It’s all about the Keyboard, Unlimited Data, Instant CRM for customer inquires, and battery life that matter most. I’ll probably have my cold fingers pried off my SK II in favor of the Android sync with gmail now that MS is poised to ruin the SK. Combining gmail with mobility and e-commerce would be a nightmare by comparison with Exchange/Outlook BS. So glad I don’t need a network and BB. Google is becoming all the network one needs when operating solo. I’d pay double/triple for a Sidekick PRO that has wifi and natively syncs with gmail. That would be the perfect storm of communications simplicity, but alas, not likely … unless the Apple graduates (Rubin, et al) who started Danger get the Keyboard right on a future Android beast … not unlikely now that I think of it.

]]> By: Harvey Clinger http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17693 Harvey Clinger Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:23:59 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17693 No, I was talking about the EEE PCs i have (700 & 901A) =) No, I was talking about the EEE PCs i have (700 & 901A) =)

]]> By: EC http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17677 EC Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:56:08 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17677 You're NOT talking about the LX and SK08 when you say "MOD on both" right? :) You’re NOT talking about the LX and SK08 when you say “MOD on both” right? :)

]]> By: Harvey Clinger http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17623 Harvey Clinger Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:40:11 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17623 LX is the backup now and SK08 is my regular. i was thinking of doing a MOD on both. or just wait till new ones come out. i like the Idea of a better SSD like you have fo faster speed. =) LX is the backup now and SK08 is my regular. i was thinking of doing a MOD on both. or just wait till new ones come out. i like the Idea of a better SSD like you have fo faster speed. =)

]]> By: Smiley http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17488 Smiley Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:11:32 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17488 Yeah, saw this today too. This is interesting since NetBSD only runs on CPU with a MMU. The Danger employee post on the NetBSD mailing list seems to indicate they're going for an ARM11 platform, i.e. not a Cortex, which is slightly disappointing, though... Yeah, saw this today too. This is interesting since NetBSD only runs on CPU with a MMU. The Danger employee post on the NetBSD mailing list seems to indicate they’re going for an ARM11 platform, i.e. not a Cortex, which is slightly disappointing, though…

]]> By: EC http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17470 EC Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:29:35 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17470 Interesting new twist! http://www.hiptop3.com/archives/sidekick-lx-2009-blade-will-run-netbsd/ Interesting new twist!
http://www.hiptop3.com/archives/sidekick-lx-2009-blade-will-run-netbsd/

]]> By: EC http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17469 EC Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:25:48 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17469 So you have the SK08 as primary and LX as backup or? I never did understand how the 901A differs from the 901? Personally I sold my 701 long time ago have a 900 and a 900A, later which I plan to mod with Runcore SSD larger battery and maybe 3G. So you have the SK08 as primary and LX as backup or?

I never did understand how the 901A differs from the 901?

Personally I sold my 701 long time ago have a 900 and a 900A, later which I plan to mod with Runcore SSD larger battery and maybe 3G.

]]> By: Harvey Clinger http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17466 Harvey Clinger Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:41:46 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17466 I been using Sidekicks for years. i have Sidekick LX and Sidekick 2008 and asus eee pc 700 and 901a for me thats all i need. Sidekick LX is my back up device in case i loose it or get stollen, eee pc 700 i carry with me 24/7 and the 901a is my home laptop. I been using Sidekicks for years. i have Sidekick LX and Sidekick 2008 and asus eee pc 700 and 901a for me thats all i need. Sidekick LX is my back up device in case i loose it or get stollen, eee pc 700 i carry with me 24/7 and the 901a is my home laptop.

]]> By: EC http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17445 EC Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:16:38 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17445 Though not my picture this is exactly what I had too in my pockets back in 2005: http://flickr.com/photos/eichin/65770887/ Though not my picture this is exactly what I had too in my pockets back in 2005:

http://flickr.com/photos/eichin/65770887/

]]> By: EC http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17444 EC Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:13:09 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17444 I use it mainly for business too, obviously I keep in touch with family and friends too. Back in 2003 I was using the Nokia 9290 and frankly from a browser point of view I don't know if there was a big difference. But I was getting a need to process many hundred emails every 24hours, and having done so previously over an EMAIL->SMS->EMAIL (on an unlimited setup) I was in need of something different without paying through the nose so to speak. Ran accross the SK and had never been appealed by the design, just as Chippy put it I looked at them with European eyes too and though "what a toy" but what sold me was the $19.99/mo unlimited email, sms, web etc. that was a great deal then, and still is. Then really grew to love them, despite their limitations at times. They do what they do fantastically. Yeah the multitasking (albeit slow download) is something that's invaluable you can't even do that with the fancy iPhone, meaning you can't initiate a page download and jump over to email and expect the page to continue to download. A small but great feature that shows that it's designed to use just so is the "alarm" you can set (it's on by default I believe) of a little tone or/and vibration when the page is fully loaded, it's invaluable when on the go. You can tell it to go to a link and stick it back into your pocket if you know it will take a while and you'll know when it's loaded! Yeah the keyboards have always been outstanding, but I wore out the SK1 edition ones in a couple of weeks or so :) the text on them that is. About having all the data stored on the server, I'd like to alter the wording on that, it's not "I can" but it would be more like "it is" I don't think there is anyway to disable it, the only exception on newer models now is what you have on your memory card, that's not backed up. But yes all your settings, address book, notes, emails (doesn't matter if IMAP or POP3), bookmarks, everything it's literally like you would CLONE the new SK to be your old one, literally. That's something I've been preaching ALL phones should have, if SK's have been able to do so for 5 years and counting why couldn't all phones?? I'm getting a bit uneasy now :) two smart phones and no home phone aaah yeah that matches :) do have a SkypeIN/SkypeOut deal and Philips cordless Skype phone but yeah no landline :) As for first smartphone I don't know if the Nokia 7110 was that "smart" but I used it us such along with my HP Jornada 680 of the day, then the Nokia 9290, I can't list all the ones I've owned to try out since then, but basically it was Nokia 9290 -> Sidekick 1 color and that was it for me after that the Sidekicks filled that QWERTY PHONE role :) I use it mainly for business too, obviously I keep in touch with family and friends too.
Back in 2003 I was using the Nokia 9290 and frankly from a browser point of view I don’t know if there was a big difference.

But I was getting a need to process many hundred emails every 24hours, and having done so previously over an EMAIL->SMS->EMAIL (on an unlimited setup) I was in need of something different without paying through the nose so to speak. Ran accross the SK and had never been appealed by the design, just as Chippy put it I looked at them with European eyes too and though “what a toy” but what sold me was the $19.99/mo unlimited email, sms, web etc. that was a great deal then, and still is. Then really grew to love them, despite their limitations at times. They do what they do fantastically.

Yeah the multitasking (albeit slow download) is something that’s invaluable you can’t even do that with the fancy iPhone, meaning you can’t initiate a page download and jump over to email and expect the page to continue to download. A small but great feature that shows that it’s designed to use just so is the “alarm” you can set (it’s on by default I believe) of a little tone or/and vibration when the page is fully loaded, it’s invaluable when on the go. You can tell it to go to a link and stick it back into your pocket if you know it will take a while and you’ll know when it’s loaded!

Yeah the keyboards have always been outstanding, but I wore out the SK1 edition ones in a couple of weeks or so :) the text on them that is.

About having all the data stored on the server, I’d like to alter the wording on that, it’s not “I can” but it would be more like “it is” I don’t think there is anyway to disable it, the only exception on newer models now is what you have on your memory card, that’s not backed up. But yes all your settings, address book, notes, emails (doesn’t matter if IMAP or POP3), bookmarks, everything it’s literally like you would CLONE the new SK to be your old one, literally. That’s something I’ve been preaching ALL phones should have, if SK’s have been able to do so for 5 years and counting why couldn’t all phones??

I’m getting a bit uneasy now :) two smart phones and no home phone aaah yeah that matches :) do have a SkypeIN/SkypeOut deal and Philips cordless Skype phone but yeah no landline :) As for first smartphone I don’t know if the Nokia 7110 was that “smart” but I used it us such along with my HP Jornada 680 of the day, then the Nokia 9290, I can’t list all the ones I’ve owned to try out since then, but basically it was Nokia 9290 -> Sidekick 1 color and that was it for me after that the Sidekicks filled that QWERTY PHONE role :)

]]> By: Sidekick User http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17443 Sidekick User Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:52:27 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17443 yeah i use it for business. i do my calender on it for work. what i like about the Sidekicks is the Web, it was the 1st device in 03 to have a real web almost like a desktop, i have a huge My Yahoo page i built in 1999. and it was the only device i could access my Yahoo page. also the IMs and emails, also it uses a VM to handle multi tasking. I can download a web page while writing a email without the browser stopping. or doing IMs while waiting for a web page to finish downloading a page. Most devices can't do that multitasking today and the Sidekicks were doing it then. The Keyboard was the best keyboard i have ever used on a device. the best thing about the Sidekick was the client server. I can have all data from the SK stored on the server and if my device is lost or stolen the data is still on the server and i can get a new SK and put my PIM in and all data is retrieved and sent to the new SK. My 1st Smartphone was the kyocera 7135 Palm 4.0, then Treo 600, Treo 650, Treo 700, Treo 755p, and now Treo centro. if and when Palm pre comes on Verizon i will get that 2. i always had 2 smartphones i have no home phone. so 2 smartphones are great. =) yeah i use it for business. i do my calender on it for work. what i like about the Sidekicks is the Web, it was the 1st device in 03 to have a real web almost like a desktop, i have a huge My Yahoo page i built in 1999. and it was the only device i could access my Yahoo page.
also the IMs and emails, also it uses a VM to handle multi tasking. I can download a web page while writing a email without the browser stopping. or doing IMs while waiting for a web page to finish downloading a page. Most devices can’t do that multitasking today and the Sidekicks were doing it then. The Keyboard was the best keyboard i have ever used on a device. the best thing about the Sidekick was the client server. I can have all data from the SK stored on the server and if my device is lost or stolen the data is still on the server and i can get a new SK and put my PIM in and all data is retrieved and sent to the new SK. My 1st Smartphone was the kyocera 7135 Palm 4.0, then Treo 600, Treo 650, Treo 700, Treo 755p, and now Treo centro. if and when Palm pre comes on Verizon i will get that 2. i always had 2 smartphones i have no home phone. so 2 smartphones are great. =)

]]> By: EC http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/01/%c2%bb-sidekick-lx-2009-potential-mid/#comment-17430 EC Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:12:13 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5378#comment-17430 How about that another person who "swears by it"(?) here on UMPCportal! I never had the B&W edition of the SK1, other than that I too have had each model, well technically I never had the SK08 but both my son and wife love their SK08's. Actually our son had the iPhone since it first came out but wanted to go back to the SK (he'd had the SK1 before) due to having a need to IM/chat with various individuals around the world constantly. SKuser, do you use it more for business or pleasure? What do you like the most about the device? What do you miss? Have you had other smart phones? How about that another person who “swears by it”(?) here on UMPCportal!

I never had the B&W edition of the SK1, other than that I too have had each model, well technically I never had the SK08 but both my son and wife love their SK08′s. Actually our son had the iPhone since it first came out but wanted to go back to the SK (he’d had the SK1 before) due to having a need to IM/chat with various individuals around the world constantly.

SKuser, do you use it more for business or pleasure? What do you like the most about the device? What do you miss? Have you had other smart phones?

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