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T Mobile Color Sidekick

Wireless/Mobile Phone/Cell Phone

Compatible with T-Mobile service, the color Sidekick features a large 11-line color screen, a full QWERTY keyboard, the usual PDA features, and a wide range of AOL-based online services, in a device aimed at users who want versatility over portability in their "hiptop" computer. In addition to being a full-featured cell phone, the Sidekick also provides Web browsing on T-Mobile's national GPRS network, which includes access to Sidekick forums, contests, and a personalized homepage.

It also provides up to 6 MB of email storage, and users with AOL accounts (not included) can sign on and access, manage, and set up as many as three different POP3 e-mail accounts and use AOL Instant Messenger to chat with anyone on your AOL Buddy List. The device also sports a customizable address book that lets you give favorite contacts their own ring tones, blinking light, and their own caller ID picture, taken with an available attachable camera. The camera also works for taking pictures of just about anything else that strikes your fancy, for easy storage or emailing to other interested parties.

The Sidekick's PDA functions include wireless synchronization to your desktop, configurable notifications to alert you to important events and information, a personal information manager (calendar, address book, notes, etc.) backlighting, a clock, and a thumb control for the included arcade-style games Rock & Rocket and Snowbored.

Cell phone features include a text message indicator, voice mail button, voice mail indicator, volume select/display, and a signal strength indicator. Cell phone features include built-in paging, caller id, conference calling, call waiting and call hold, customer care, access to directory assistance, emergency calls, detailed billing, voicemail with message alert, call forwarding, international dialing, call restrictions, lock alarm, call timers, redial, missed call indicator, call log, any-key answer, auto-answer, auto-redial, speed dial, mute control, no-answer transfer, one-touch 911, vibrating ring, and differential ring. Its phone book capacity is 2000 entries.

Measuring 4.6 x 2.6 x 1.1 inches, the color Sidekick weighs 6.02 oz, and includes a headphone jack, hands-free headset, and a Lithium ion battery (average manufacturer rated talk time: 3.5 hours; standby time: 60 hours).

Features of T Mobile Color Sidekick:

• a large color screen that flips open to reveal a full qwerty keyboard makes for quick and easy communication
• important note: it's required that you add the sidekick unlimited data option to your service plan before you check out.
• pda phones
• stay connected with all your friends with unlimited e-mail, aol instant messenger, internet browsing, text messaging and mobile snapshots
• the t-mobile sidekick is the ultimate communication device
• to add the required option, you must add the sidekick and a service plan, and then on the accessories page, you need to select the sidekick unlimited data option located under service options (this option is located on step 3 in the checkout process)

By T-Mobile