Ah, the Sidekick. Grandaddy of messaging phones, a predecessor to the smartphone. It’s the neanderthal to the smartphone’s homo sapiens of the phone world–bigger and tougher than the newer smartphones ...

When T-Mobile rolled out its 2008 major software update for the T-Mobile Sidekick devices, we got a taste of it on the Sidekick LX loaded with the new software. But with the release of the new ...

When it introduced the original Sidekick three years ago, makers of smart phones were still struggling with how to make them easier to use. The first Sidekick’s flip-up screen, relatively expansive ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. T-Mobile is officially retiring the Sidekick 4G (aka Samsung SGH-T839) but says that it won’t discontinue the ...

T-Mobile USA has decided to discontinue sales of the Sidekick family of devices starting on July 2. A T-Mobile spokesperson said to Phone Scoop in an email, "As T-Mobile looks to further innovate and ...

A T-Mobile spokesperson confirmed to Phone Scoop that the Sidekick 4G by Samsung has been "retired", although the spokesperson added that "it doesn’t mean we are discontinuing the T-Mobile Sidekick ...

New York - T-Mobile USA is updating its Sidekick cell phones, adding a high-end model and the first Motorola-built entry in the line of quirky gadgets with a screen that swivels to reveal a keyboard.

It's been six months since T-Mobile retired the last of its venerable Sidekick handsets, but the carrier revealed Thursday that a new Sidekick — complete with speedy HSPA+ data access, plus Android ...

T-Mobile USA is updating its Sidekick cell phones, adding a high-end model and the first Motorola-built entry in the line of quirky gadgets with a screen that swivels to reveal a keyboard. The new ...