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T-Mobile and Moto launch Sidekick Slide

Beside every great superhero is a great sidekick: Batman and Robin, Han Solo and Chewbacca, Dangermouse and Penfold. But now it’s your turn to p

Dan Grabham Dan Grabham

Beside every great superhero is a great sidekick: Batman and Robin, Han Solo and Chewbacca, Dangermouse and Penfold. But now it’s your turn to play superhero, with T-Mobile and Motorola’s new Sidekick Slide.Gone is the quirky swivelling screen that made previous Sidekicks the choice of US celebs like Paris Hilton, replaced with a more traditional slider that reveals a full mini QWERTY keyboard.Some might mourn the loss of the feature that made the other Sidekicks head turners but maker Motorola does make up for it with an improved 320×240 QVGA screen and natty new black and purple paintjob. Shame there’s no room for more than a paltry 1.3MP camera.Function-wise it’s designed as a portable web warrior extraordinaire. Despite only a GPRS data connection, Push email is on-board, as is Yahoo! instant messaging and a fairly decent web browser, making it a tempting offer for Facebook freaks.One flew into the office this morning promising to serve us like every loyal sidekick should, so expect a hands-on video and review very soon.Essentials T-Mobile Sidekick Slide Price: £free with contract On sale: November Contact: T-Mobile Related stories: 3 prepping Skype mobile? With i-Mates like these… T-Mobile flaunts new Sidekick

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home