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March 09, 2005
SideKicked in the rear end
Most of you probably know I have this fancy phone - the T-Mobile Sidekick II. It's great -- when it works. The problem has been lately, service has been awful... Which is culminated now by the fact that I haven't been able to use any of my phone's data features for over 30 hours now.
The problem really is in how the phone is designed. In order to provide the impression of speed on an admittedly slow network (GPRS is limited to no faster than a dial-up modem, and usually much slower) Danger, the company that makes the Sidekick, uses a bunch of servers that the phone is constantly connected to. The good thing is that when it works, it works well - web browsing speeds aren't broadband fast but they're not pokey either. The bad thing is that I said 'when it works' - when it doesn't work, nothing works. Web browser, instant messenger, email... The only things that don't rely on their servers are the phone and text messaging - which is very good because I send texts to Becca all the time and it would be awfully sad to miss those...
By the time this post appears I will be back online. However, as of now, March 8, 10:15 am, there is no functionality in sight...
Sent from: Karl Gutwin
Posted by kgutwin at March 9, 2005 08:05 AM
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