Samsung SGH-T839 Sidekick 4G

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Pros:

Physical keyboard will keep thumb warriors happy. Tons of media options and chat features keep you entertained and connected. Speedy 1GHz Hummingbird processor gets things moving: Games like Angry Birds Rio don’t stutter in the slightest. Battery li
Hardware captures the essense of the Sidekick, software rocks Android.

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Screenpopping mechanism is a bit tricky. Button placement is downright poor. The mix of onscreentouch and physicalbutton navigation is perplexing and redundant. It takes a lot of work to get a good photo –if I wanted to mess with that many settings.
The usual for Sidekicks; it's large and plasticky.

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Last revision on October 7, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Physical keyboard will keep thumb warriors happy. Tons of media options and chat features keep you entertained and connected. Speedy 1GHz Hummingbird processor gets things moving: Games like Angry Birds Rio don’t stutter in the slightest. Battery li
Hardware captures the essense of the Sidekick, software rocks Android

Reviewers Didn't Like

Screenpopping mechanism is a bit tricky. Button placement is downright poor. The mix of onscreentouch and physicalbutton navigation is perplexing and redundant. It takes a lot of work to get a good photo –if I wanted to mess with that many settings
The usual for Sidekicks; it's large and plasticky

Expert reviews and ratings

You could say the original Sidekick was the first shot fired in the smartphone revolution.With a flip of the thumb, you could expose the physical keyboard hidden behind the screen. It was aligned horizontally to make typing easier, but it wasn’t...

By Wired on April 28, 2011

If you're an ex-Sidekick user or are simply looking for an Android phone that's great for texting and messaging, the Sidekick 4G by Samsung is easy to recommend. The phone has all the goodness of Android: a capacitive touch screen,...

By MobileTechReview on April 18, 2011

It's been nearly two years since we last reviewed a T-Mobile Sidekick, and it would be a vast understatement to say things have changed. Then, they were designed by Danger and manufactured by Sharp, and were the messaging phone of choice. Today,...

By Engadget HD on April 29, 2011