Comments on: Goodbye SideKick II, hello Blackberry 8700 http://blog.kischuk.com/2006/01/11/goodbye-sidekick-ii-hello-blackberry-8700/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:51:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rob Kischuk http://blog.kischuk.com/2006/01/11/goodbye-sidekick-ii-hello-blackberry-8700/#comment-11 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:48:29 +0000 http://rkischuk.wordpress.com/2006/01/11/goodbye-sidekick-ii-hello-blackberry-8700/#comment-11 I can see myself going back, but Danger’s going to have to work to earn my business back. They have indeed done an EXCELLENT job on the interface and usability, but they’ve neglected the hardware for too long. 8 megs of internal storage doesn’t cut it anymore. The walled garden approach of only letting users install software that T-Mobile blesses and charges you for is unreasonable.

They’ll need to significantly improve and revise the hardware. The rumors that one of the next SKs will be a music-centric device doesn’t appeal to me at all.

If I don’t return the Blackberry after the trial period, I’ll have a 2 year contract to fulfill and think about what my next phone will look like. I’ll probably head back to T-Mobile and get a free phone from them when that time comes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.kischuk.com/2006/01/11/goodbye-sidekick-ii-hello-blackberry-8700/#comment-10 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:26:24 +0000 http://rkischuk.wordpress.com/2006/01/11/goodbye-sidekick-ii-hello-blackberry-8700/#comment-10 You’ll probably go back :) . For me, the Sidekick II is simple and does what I want it to without crashing or just plain getting screwed up. The HTML browsing actually really works too better than any other phone I’ve tried including Treo and Blackberry. In fact I paid big bucks for a Treo and returned it because it just sucked usability wise compared with the sidekick. I’ve got enough stuff to hack on at work and at home. I could really care less about ring tones. In fact, I don’t even want to have to think about my phone except for when I plug it in. I am quite happy with it.

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