I didn't know that T-Mobile had gotten rid of the developer key. The Sidekick is a very nice device, the problem is not with the device, but with the carrier, T-Mobile. They have an exclusive deal on it and so can really control exactly what happens with the device, and for some reason they have decided to be really heavy-handed and seemingly arbitrary about what to allow to be offered. Because of this many developers have fled for the more open development environments of Symbian, PalmOS, and Windows Mobile. One has to get one's program approved by T-Mobile in order to offer it to the masses, and this process seems to take a very long time. I feel sorry for the people who created the device, it's OS and its apps. I'm sure they are more frustrated than anyone. T-Mobile has basically killed any enthusiasm for it outside of Hollywood and some other urban areas, since it's become a fashionable phone for celebrities and hip hop musicians and their fans who want to be like them. None of this may matter to you. It is a nice device, although not the best phone for making calls. It's lack of synch crippled it for a long time, and while this is now available for PC users who use Outlook, if you use another organizer or a Mac, you're out of luck. Again, this may not be an issue, but without such synching, you're putting all your data in T-Mobile's hands and if you in the future decide to go somewhere else or even to switch to a different phone, all that data is gone unless you've synched it with something. You can import your data to the Sidekick via comma delimited files, yes. It's not going to be something you want to do on a regular basis, but as a means of getting all your contacts in, for example, when you first get the Sidekick, that's possible. But of course without synch you'll be forced to have to always change things both on your computer and your phone...
Levi Wallach - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.blog-city.com Pictures: http://wallachexpressions.smugmug.com/Photos%20by%20Levi > -----Original Message----- > From: R M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 1:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [T-Mobile-US] Digest Number 1092 > > > As far as the Sidekick, I've had all incarnations of the > unit. The SK II was the last one that I used before I left > the SK side. Theres a few people in here (Levi comes to mind) > that were waiting for sync functionality with Macs. Last time > I checked someone had tried The Missing Sync which works with > the Sidekick but Danger / TMo's greed have kept it from > coming...basically its dead. The fact that it has remained a > closed platform and the fact that they got rid of the > developer keys, therefore forcing you to buy the crappy apps > from the Catlog (well not all of > them) rather than giving you choice made me give up on a good > mobile device OS. There were some Applescripts that allowed > you to export info from Address Book and iCal and put them in > a file you can upload to the Web based desktop. > > > Since then I jumped ship and got a BB7100 which has very good > sync ability with the Mac and iSync. The Suretype keyboard > takes only a little to get used to. > Other than that you can get the Motorola A630. It only has a > WAP browser, but you can add an HTML browser to it and it > syncs beautifully with the Mac - I have one! > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 18:29:56 -0500 > > From: Mike Chace-Ortiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Sidekick > > > > Hi Everyone > > > > My wife's been wanting a device that has decent browsing > capabilities, > > and a half-decent keyboard for texting etc. The Sidekick II looks > > like it might be a nice fit. > > > > Does anyone on the group use one on TM? How does the web "desktop" > > work? > > > > The only fly in the ointment is that we're Mac users and it appears > > that not only doesn't the SK support standards like vcards for > > contacts but Danger/TM seem to be keeping a tight lid on > the platform > > and seem to have prevented a number of third-party vendors like > > Missing Sync from being able to provide a Mac interface. > > > > So, it seems like a great device but I'm worried about the > > frustrations we're likely to have with no Mac support. But maybe > > there's a way to get stuff from the Mac (like contacts, calendar > > etc) to this web > > desktop? > > > > Anyone like to comment? > > > > -- mco > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > > > > > > - - - - > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. > At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/EpW3eD/3MnJAA/cosFAA/G6uqlB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------~-> > > - - - - > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EpW3eD/3MnJAA/cosFAA/G6uqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> - - - - Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
