When Phones Were Fun: The Sidekick (2002-2010)

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Hey Samsung and Nokia, your tiny phones are cute ... and yeah RIM, if I need to a way for my boss to get a hold of me I’ll for sure pick up one of your "BlackBerry" things. But babes, it’s a new century … and what I really want is a way to use AOL Instant Messenger from my hip.
That’s right: it's 2002 all over again, and the Danger Hiptop / T-Mobile Sidekick is hot off the assembly line! Join Michael Fisher / MrMobile for a close look at one of the most important and influential smartphones in history, from its out-of-nowhere launch to its slow and inevitable demise, from way back in the days When Phones Were Fun!
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[ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN: T-MOBILE SIDEKICK / DANGER HIPTOP]
This is the third in a series of MrMobile episodes exploring the mobile tech world's most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2009.
When Phones Were Fun: Episode 3 features the T-Mobile Sidekick, a.k.a. the Danger Hiptop. The review samples featured in this video are a Sidekick v1, Sidekick II, two special-edition Sidekick 3, Sidekick 2008, Sidekick LX and a Sidekick Slide, all on loan from Des at T-Mobile. No company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication.
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@TheMrMobile 4 жыл бұрын

Want more Sidekick nostalgia even after all that? Check out TheUnlockr's deep dive for more facts, historical tidbits and - yes - Sidekick opening/closing sounds! *CHK-THWACK* kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zth2ic-qx8qzaac.html

@adambrazee3858 4 жыл бұрын

We still have a Celebrite machine, I only use it if I absolutely have to. 😖

@darknessviking 4 жыл бұрын

påhons sucjk nowadays, no fantasy. also they have no dedicated camera button! argh. im holding off until some phones have it again

@darknessviking 4 жыл бұрын

"is that a sidekick you have in your pocket or are you just happy to see me"

@NorthernBear_ 4 жыл бұрын

Hey MrMobile any interest in doing a HTC hero from 2009 video legitimately my first android phone or the Nokia n95 ??

@atheersameer4618 4 жыл бұрын

Nokia please

@AllusernamesgoneFUCK 2 жыл бұрын

Middle school in '07 one student had a sidekick and we all gathered around her desk, and she flipped it up and opened Myspace. It was the coolest thing we'd seen at that point

@laurenanzelc549 2 ай бұрын

I had one and I didn't even know I could go online!! We found out in PE one day and the boys asked me to download the Baker 3 skate video off kazaa and I swear it broke the phone 😭 it was never the same

@Christinar626 3 жыл бұрын

I can't even explain to you how badly i wanted a bedazzled sidekick. I was a child in the early-mid 2000s and had no one to call or text but I still wanted one nonetheless

@ohh_manda 2 жыл бұрын

I had one. Gosh I wish I still had them!! Bedazzled sidekick 2 and sidekick 3 with the rainbow glowing track ball 😍😍

@Joy_Tellz 2 жыл бұрын

Yooo, I feel you girl!

@professional.commentator 2 жыл бұрын

Same here! All the cool rich kids had them but those of us from low income families were screwed.

@michael.barlow Жыл бұрын

I remember being 18 and me and my ex girlfriend at the time wanted to get sidekicks so we switched to t-mobile and both our parents had to pay ETFs because we were both still in contract lol... what a terrible kid I was :D

@jtlovescodelyoko Жыл бұрын

Same here

@JAGO_Tech 3 жыл бұрын

When you heard that hinge open in class... you were jealous. When you saw the ppl on AIM buddy list on their sidekick mobile... you were jealous. Hard to imagine today, but this thing was amazing.

@godkinghell15 2 жыл бұрын

I use to own a sidekick when I was in middle school all the people were jealous especially the girls too

@anthonymoore7948 Жыл бұрын

Aim was life

@oliverhilton6086 3 жыл бұрын

That sound of the sidekick flipping up will never, ever get old

@FLUXXEUS 4 жыл бұрын

" *When phones had PERSONALITY* " 😂

@qpSubZeroqp 3 жыл бұрын

Wait, why the laughing emoji?

@siddheshabnave8517 3 жыл бұрын

Good one

@artaim2000 3 жыл бұрын

SubZero why not? S t f uuuuu

@idiotsimulator8055 3 жыл бұрын

Boomer.

@artaim2000 3 жыл бұрын

C0mm13 G00s3 -_- .... boomer means person born in the 1940s...... I’m pretty sure people in the 1940s didn’t understand the 1990s-2000s phones lol.... your not that smart are you?

@parvagopani1947 4 жыл бұрын

This should be part of youtube originals by now

@aadishkadam 4 жыл бұрын

Its definitely worthy of it. But he doesn't like to have a pay-wall which prevents access for anyone.

@bhootpriyo1987 4 жыл бұрын

@@aadishkadam yes. I actually saw him once in mwc. He was checking out the note 7 or 8 as far as I remember. We were there to watch the demoing of a tts system for accessibility users. Cool guy.

@Prince_Sidon 4 жыл бұрын

He's bound for greatness.

@TheUnlockr 4 жыл бұрын

Actually tho!

@Andrew982_ 4 жыл бұрын

@@bradhaines3142 Yeah, I think the YT originals thing is dumb. They're trying and failing at competing with Netflix.

@Snuzzled 2 жыл бұрын

I was using my Sidekick up until the very end, when I switched to an LG G2. I knew it was about time to switch when I handed my phone to a coworker to call someone, and she immediately turned the phone to portrait orientation and immediately got confused as to how to use it. 😂 And I'd still go back in a heartbeat if they made one in 2022, 2023, or beyond.

@SpaceRanger187 Жыл бұрын

Same. They could make it with a 5 inch screen and it would be fine

@markplstk 2 жыл бұрын

I used to work at Danger, started as a designer in Marketing then to the UX team. It was the best job I ever had and the team was talented and amazing. This brought back a ton of memories. Thank you for covering this.

@agungtirtakusuma4530 4 жыл бұрын

This video is literally the first place I saw this device, being a non-American millenial. My first thought was, "What's that, a Kamen Rider belt buckle?" Seriously, you people are blessed to have experienced these fun gadgets. :)

@BenedictCumberbatch0 4 жыл бұрын

you meaning by henshin?

@hxhdfjifzirstc894 4 жыл бұрын

Agung Tirtakusuma Well, Sonny... back in my day I had to store computer games on cassette tape. Oh, you don't know what a cassette tape is? Well it's what we used before CDs. Oh, you don't know what CDs are? Well, it's what we used before Ipods. Oh, you don't know what an Ipod is?

@Pasi123 4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure all millennials (1981-1996) know what cassette tapes, CDs and iPods etc. are

@armyevol 4 жыл бұрын

Lahir tahun berapa emang?

@shimeih2287 4 жыл бұрын

Haha.. I only knew them from tv and magazines until a cousin of mine came from the US with the 3 around 2007/08.

@estebancaro4186 4 жыл бұрын

Omg this was a dream phone for me for so many years. Then finally got one and felt cool af

@Errcyco 4 жыл бұрын

Man I had a Nokia brick that I loved lol. Never even used one! Kinda sucks they looked so cool

@Defy_Convention 4 жыл бұрын

Same always thought they were bad*ss, didn't get a cool phone until iphone 3g

@MiguelRPD 4 жыл бұрын

Always wanted one as a kid but it was so expensive.

@Ghostwatchertim-_- 4 жыл бұрын

I always wanted one but was too poor. :(

@AveemAshfaq 4 жыл бұрын

Me too. Though I never got to buy one

@resistance_x1381 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been saying it for years and will continue to say this, they need to bring sidekick back 🥺🖤

@conceitedMFer 2 жыл бұрын

I truly say this atleast once a month.

@jacquelinescourageousworld2438 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyheights5143 No No No I like the IPhone's much much better. Sometimes there are situations where some individuals will have multiple disabilities and that person or those people might need an Iphone. IPhone's are so much nicer and I remember on Drake & Josh when Drake and Josh were in their teachers house with one of those old cell phones that was made in like 2002 or earlier. I remember that Drake and Josh started fighting over the phone because Drake didn't believe Josh called the right house. But really there dad was working out.😆😆😆😆😆

@jacquelinescourageousworld2438 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyheights5143 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 I remember Drake was like you probably called the wrong number and the boys started wrestling over the phone. The phone fell in the toilet and Josh asked does it still work. Drake flushed the toilet and yeah the toilet still works. Josh got so so upset he said I know the toilet still worked, I meant my phone and Drake was like no that's gone. As Drake flushed the toilet and Josh's phone was on it's way to the sewer. It still cracks me up today. 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 One of the funniest episodes of Drake and Josh ever made. Next to the episode where Drake and Josh go sky diving when their parents said no. Drake and Josh fight over the parachute and both the boys accidently blast the pilot out of the helicopter. 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 All the episodes of Drake and Josh still crack me up today. I am laughing so much because all the episodes still crack me up today.

@jacquelinescourageousworld2438 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Heights I am 27 years old and when I was growing up the Amanda show was one of my favorites as well as Drake and Josh. I liked Drake and Josh because Josh because Josh played guitar. I also liked Icarly alot and I also liked That's So Raven a lot as well as Unfabulous. 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 I remember Zoey 101 I loved that show a lot as well as a cartoon that was made when I believe I was 5 years old. It was called As Told By Ginger. I believe All grown up was made when I was 5 years old. I liked that show a lot as well as Rugrats.

@jacquelinescourageousworld2438 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy It was not Josh that played guitar. It was Drake that played guitar. I also liked SpongeBob a lot and no matter how old I get and no matter how stupid SpongeBob still is today. It is still the funniest cartoon on Nick. 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 If you haven't seen SpongeBob I am pretty sure you'd laugh until your sides hurt or you had milk running out your nose. Especially the epide where SpongeBob and Patrick go Camping. Or the episode where Sponge tells SquidWard to start using his imagination. SquidWard says to himself get it together SquidWard....do I really believe if I pretend to drive a race that I will suddenly start hearing noises. Because SpongeBob and Patrick ordered a giant new Television and they threw the T.V. away. Squidward's like let me get this straight, you two odered a giant T.V. just so you could play in the box. SquidWard asked if he could have the T.V. so SpongeBob said yes. SquidWard get upset because the only thing that is on T.V. is shows about boxes. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Still till this day SpongeBob is one of the funniest shows on Television and I believe it was made when my step brother Jacob was born in 1999.

@delacrvz 2 жыл бұрын

Sidekick 3 and Sidekick LX were by far my favorite phones I have ever owned! Damn this video brought back so many memories of my Sidekick days in middle and high school. Good and simple times 😂

@duduman05 Жыл бұрын

The sidekick LX was my favorite, I love it, til this day, it was a great ice breaker, girls use to like it

@LunaNyaVT 4 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this phone on Zoey 101 on Nickolodeon back in the day, such nostalgia seeing it today lol

@kbhasi 4 жыл бұрын

I thought that was a fictional device created as a prop specifically for that show!

@FudoCesar 3 жыл бұрын

For me it was mind blowing that device at that time. Did not that really exist when I saw it in Zoey 101

@SlayXay 3 жыл бұрын

Kevin Bhasi I believe it was a Sidekick but they named it something else. If anything it was definitely based off them.

@kbhasi 3 жыл бұрын

@@SlayXay They did product displacement by calling it "Tekmate" in the show, and it made sense as, in one of the (last?) episodes, it'd vibrate until it fell in a water fountain and shorted out because it wasn't water-resistant, and Nickelodeon wouldn't have wanted Danger and T-Mobile to lose sales.

@TheRockadash 3 жыл бұрын

I love that episode.

@jaeag3754 3 жыл бұрын

I miss having an actual keyboard on a phone.

@dajourlivingston27 3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@Pirategod23 3 жыл бұрын

Me too me too

@lorenaaguilar8060 3 жыл бұрын

Me too :(

@OliviaTMtherobloxian 3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!!

@T.E.Pictures 3 жыл бұрын

The bună one

@bryangee1619 3 жыл бұрын

I miss my '08 everything about it, mostly the keyboard. I remember being in class and knowing every single key and not needing to look to type hahaha great memories

@Crazytomm 3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I could type with the phone underneath the desk without looking at it and playing the bowling game in class. It was the first online cell game I played

@bbygrlpt2 2 жыл бұрын

I was in HS back then in NYC and Sidekicks were literally everything!! I had SK3 and SK08 still have them stored. They were around $400-600 so not everyone had one. Flippin the phone to answer msgs and aims was soo fun not even when I switched to an iPhone was as fun as a SK.

@BeeBee-pl9ly Жыл бұрын

I was one of the kids in NYC during Junior High and High School that never had a sidekick... I was always jealous, and I got a razr (really my moms) and I would try to show off lol but didn't come close to the sidekick

@Enzo575 Жыл бұрын

The away msgs 😭

@AlanTorres-tl4ms 4 жыл бұрын

I would pay INSANE amounts of money for a modernized sidekick, I have my lx sitting in a drawer, it's sadly unresponsive

@jdpena26 4 жыл бұрын

LG is working on a phone with a side keyboard like these phones I. The thimbnail

@lev3k 4 жыл бұрын

It's not the easiest to get, and it's expensive, but the Fxtec pro1 has a slider keyboard. MrMobile's discussed it a few times in previous videos.

@ShadmanAhmed1 4 жыл бұрын

samsung released an android powered sidekick it was a flop

@hxhdfjifzirstc894 4 жыл бұрын

Alan Torres I do prefer the physical keyboard slide style, however I had different models. Better than Swype, in some ways (no autocorrect embarrassments, easier symbol keys, etc).

@AlanTorres-tl4ms 4 жыл бұрын

I see a lot of people referencing slide out keyboards, but man, nothing beats that swivel. My Sidekick LX is in my desk drawer and I'll take it out to open it up and put it back again haha, it's like an old school fidget toy. I miss when phones were like this.

@myda1984 3 жыл бұрын

I loved my sidekick 😭😩 I had that green one, I remember getting my dear John letter from T-Mobile saying they would no longer be carrying the sidekick and I just couldn’t move on 🥺😂

@SeptimusNavyaHoran 3 жыл бұрын

I remember that moment....I was 12...I cried lol

@jestkolorowe 3 жыл бұрын

Ohhh yes. My older sibling is deaf and was the only family member on a different carrier because they had a Sidekick. I was sooo jealous, and I remember that asteroid game so well!

@uptowndowntown100 2 жыл бұрын

I had the sidekick 3 as my first working phone growing up. I remember how comfortable it was and the fun little game about a blob that was on it. I had a huge crush on this guy that rode my bus and was also my neighbor. He sat with me everyday on the way to and from school so he could play the game on my sidekick. I also got my first boyfriend while I had this phone and remember texting him on it. He had a razr and complained a lot about how long it took to type out a message. Wasn't a problem for me on my sidekick! This phone gave me a lot of good memories growing up. EDIT: the game was "bobs journey to the center of the earth" :)

@orti1283 3 жыл бұрын

8:31 those photos are gorgeous, they look like vintage analog

@Exarian 3 жыл бұрын

yeah print those out on a z-ink sticker and they'd actually look pretty killer.

@josiahstearns9615 3 жыл бұрын

I was actually surprised at the quality for that time period. They weren't too shabby.

@leart78 2 жыл бұрын

@@josiahstearns9615 nokia had way better photos even before 2007

@ShellShock794 3 жыл бұрын

I remember being in high school and my friends and I would all make fun of our other friends that had smartphones because they were always staring at them all day long. Oh how times have changed in the short 10 years

@TrigramThunder 3 жыл бұрын

Right. I remember how when I was 12 (I'm 21) there was this one girl in class who said she couldn't live without her phone. At the time I shrugged her off as exaggerating, but sure enough that's how I proceeded to feel starting a couple of years after that and all the way until now. It all starts when you get your first phone that isn't absolute garbage. Now I have a $15 unlimited data and unlimited calls&texts plan (europe is just different...) and my carrier offers me 5G

@marcusborderlands6177 2 жыл бұрын

@@TrigramThunder yeah, the cell company is owned and subsidized by the government. It's offset by your higher taxes, not that it matters, in the end you get the same thing, lol.

@TrigramThunder 2 жыл бұрын

@@marcusborderlands6177 well it matters because the corporations don't get to have their way with the pricing because their customer they have to offer prices to is the government, who has more bargaining power than poor street level citizens. that way even the total that we pay via taxes is still lower than what you pay in your bill over there.

@MagicalAuroraDream 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I remember these! I attended a school for the blind and deaf, in the blind half, in the mid to late 0s, and those sidekicks were EVERYWHERE among the deaf kids. I remember riding the bus to school and back every Sunday and Friday and they'd be on their sidekick all the time. I knew these things were hot for messaging, but never knew exactly what they looked like until now, as I didn't really have any deaf friends. The thing that stuck the most with me over time is the name. It's definitely catchy!

@Enzo575 3 жыл бұрын

2:47 "barely fit in the pocket" 2020 smartphones in general

@soldadoryanbr7776 3 жыл бұрын

Well,tell me how you're going to flex your iPhone 11XS dsi plus pro founders edition inside your pants pocket

@mingkee27 3 жыл бұрын

Samsung Galaxy Mega and Sony Xperia Z Ultra are HUGE!!!!! It's more like a 7" tablet than a phone!

@siddharth2796 3 жыл бұрын

@@mingkee27 ummmm no

@Mhxqu3 4 жыл бұрын

Xperia Play should be a phone that's included in this series

@gemsandlasers269 4 жыл бұрын

A bit too modern for this series perhaps.

@iLife64 4 жыл бұрын

Got one from day one and it was a disappointment from then aside from the new Minecraft Pocket Edition that was an XP exclusive when it first came out It only went up to 2.3.3 Gingerbread and Sony promised a 4.X update on it but then cancelled it, leaving lots of modern 4+ apps unsupported It also came with an OnLive trial which was really neat at the time, playing PC quality games wherever I went. I ditched it for a Lumina 900 since it had a multi core cpu, LTE, and a godlike Carl Ziess camera

@thecommenter578 4 жыл бұрын

Naah, Xperia X1 was the real deal

@DahakePL 4 жыл бұрын

@@iLife64 Android 4 ICS got leaked for it so it technically could be installed. I had one and I rooted it on day 1 after it arrived.

@emperorfaiz 4 жыл бұрын

@@gemsandlasers269 Nah, it's a pretty good candidate for the series. Perhaps he could make gaming mobile series.

@marquisethomas5611 3 жыл бұрын

You weren't SHT if you didn't have a sidekick in high school

@TheLucidLuxray 3 жыл бұрын

I guess I was the lame one. I had a Treo 755p. I still loved the thing, though.

@FIXTREME 3 жыл бұрын

I had a Marbl 😐 and I would have been happy just to have a wannabe Sidekick, like the Switchback

@punkyagogo 3 жыл бұрын

RBR Did you mean to say smartphone?Sidekicks were a type of cell phone.

@marquisethomas5611 3 жыл бұрын

@@punkyagogo smartphones were out then

@CostlyChris 3 жыл бұрын

Yooo sidekick made your social life in H.S. I remember getting my first job having a sidekick and feeling like I had unlimited options dating wise AOL messenger was tinder, Facebook, instagram, twitter all rolled into one.

@Generictingz95 3 жыл бұрын

I miss AIM 😞 It reminds me of a simplier time when I was a lot younger, nothing to worry or stress out about. Life sure was good

@EckRD 3 жыл бұрын

asl?? 🤣

@bbygrlpt2 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! Remember the Away Messages.. it was always subliminal messages directed at someone🤣

@GrannyBender 2 жыл бұрын

Honnestly, this is a form factor I would love to see coming back. I miss buttons and I hate typing on a tactile screen. A Sidekick 2 or 3 with a larger screen, better hardware, cameras, modern Android OS with a custom launcher. I'd throw a lot of money for it.

@kaela420 7 ай бұрын

if you want a phone with a keyboard check out the F(x)tec Pro1 X

@volcomintality8638 4 жыл бұрын

Besides the Moto Razr, this is THE most desired phone of the 2000s. iPhone or Samsung will never reach this amount of hype and I wish somehow they bring this back with modern functionality.

@andrive 4 жыл бұрын

I had the Samsung Sidekick 4G and it was Amazing

@Prince_Sidon 4 жыл бұрын

@@thatgadgetgirl I still use the MSN messenger tone for notifications on all my devices. Ahhhh, those were the days.

@TheMrMobile 4 жыл бұрын

@@thatgadgetgirl That's one thing I wish I'd been able to touch on - the data plans really helped sell this thing. $20 for unlimited messaging and data on T-Mobile ... very easy to understand, and a lot of value there.

@yellofury 4 жыл бұрын

I had the SLVR because at the time I wanted a candybar phone vs flip

@CorbyCave 4 жыл бұрын

The last model sidekick was actually made by samsung. I had that one, and while the software was utter crap(and they knew it) I liked the hardware better than any of the other sidekicks.

@shiranui28 3 жыл бұрын

"don't act like this isn't sexy, i know it is" instantly liked the video

@evamkaushik5392 3 жыл бұрын

Called it out, instantly liked the comment

@5849_Nearl 3 жыл бұрын

The Nostalgia from this phone hit me so hard that I wished I was born in the past again!

@Nyedav 3 жыл бұрын

They should bring it back, make it more powerful but keep the original design! I would buy it 💯

@Mubashir_AK 3 жыл бұрын

The sheer quality of Michael's writing blows me away. This is not just another tech video, this is art.

@zanehyman2661 4 жыл бұрын

early 2000's- when phones were fun today- when phones were all giant candy bars the size of tablets

@mustafaoliwy282 4 жыл бұрын

That was the golden Era of smartphones. Every company was innovating in its own way. Every company was creative. It was super fun reading news about phones. Now we just look at the specs because we know there's nothing new. Everyone is just copying whatever Apple does.

@SDav21 4 жыл бұрын

@@mustafaoliwy282 Who's copying apple? These days it's apple copying everyone else.

@mustafaoliwy282 4 жыл бұрын

@@SDav21 True, things have changed recently but most of the time it was the opposite way around. Like ditching the headphone jack, the notch, the glass body, the non-removable battery etc...

@AJ6spd 4 жыл бұрын

@@mustafaoliwy282 lol copying Apple what is this 2010?

@user-Void-Star 4 жыл бұрын

If you think today phones are not fun than you are lying yourself

@abelflexes2 3 жыл бұрын

My friend used to have the Tony hawk version back in high school. Damn I miss those days. :')

@addycharles932 2 жыл бұрын

I had the brown sidekick LX and it was my favorite phone EVER! You were automatically cool if you had one. The flip was so therapeutic 😭

@CVroxas965 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like these could make a decent come back like the the Moto Razr.

@skittlekitty7264 2 жыл бұрын

This phone running on modern versions of android would be perfect. I don't even want them to change the shape. They didn't have to change the razrs shape either. I have the new RAZR and once you open it up ya forget it's even a flip phone. The nostalgia factor isn't really there.

@LuPoj 3 жыл бұрын

Well, in high school I was dying to even lay my hands on one of these. It's a bummer Sidekick wasn't common in EU.

@WhoisKell 3 жыл бұрын

I really wanted one too... but living in Europe as well...

@octopus8420 3 жыл бұрын

Man, I was 13 or so when I first saw the sidekick 3. 2007. That's how uncommon sidekicks were in Europe. It was in the manager mode of NBA Live 07 my favorite game at the time. Whenever you would check your inbox in that game you had an animation of the sidekick opening and then the messages appeared on the phone screen. It also played the t-mobile jingle. I kept opening my inbox a dozen times between games, just for the cool animation. It was the closest I could get to a sidekick.

@doncrispens6932 2 жыл бұрын

Something that i always wanted back when phones were getting big was this phone right here. This was always the phone that if you had it, you were just about the epitome of “cool” because you could message on the go and all that jazz. I had a BB device personally then a Palm and that was really just because of the network i was on (Verizon). Loved this format and would think that if it were to come back, it would be one that would be welcomed by a lot of people that remember these days of the “fun” phones.

@jtlovescodelyoko Жыл бұрын

I remember those phones so vividly anytime I went to a T-Mobile store as a kid.

@antonmiguel9568 4 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this in an episode from Zoey101 and dreaming about it ever since. Never got one and a few years back when I had work and tried looking for one, found out it was not available in the Philipines. I cried. I still dream of owning one.

@ChaserFTW 4 жыл бұрын

I swear I only think of Zoey 101 every time I see one these 😂

@agreenguyfromsomestreet9960 4 жыл бұрын

XXXTentacion lol same

@advocatusdiaboli5344 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when I was a kid I got the LG Migo phone which was intended for small children where as nowadays kids get full sized smartphones it had 4 programable speed dial buttons and an emergency button, oh and it came with a carrying case that looked like a little backpack and might have come with puffy stickers It was green and little nubs that looked like ears, I also liked its ringtones they were fun, even though it had a colorless calculator screen and didn't have great call quality it was a darling little thing.

@FIXTREME 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like one of those Firefly gimmicks

@chantlmcclary6419 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a modern one made for 2022 or 2023 I wonder how well it'd do with all the modern capabilities and technology?

@wrightcodyj 3 жыл бұрын

These videos are so great, really takes me back to my youth during the aughts. This is now one of my favorite tech channels, great stuff Michael! ✨

@RandoVO 4 жыл бұрын

"He makes incredible unboxings" while showing him opening a box underwater... super badass!

@askdes 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark! 🏄🏻‍♂️Des

@kbhasi 4 жыл бұрын

And before JerryRigEverything and a user I hate which I won't mention…

@alexs.5873 4 жыл бұрын

We didn’t have this phone in Europe - can’t wait to learn what all that hype is about!

@hanakomisa 4 жыл бұрын

huh that's weird, I know my dad owned the Sidekick 2 in 2004 and we live in Germany. Might be imported tho and I was only 4 years old so what do I know.

@TheVioletReality 4 жыл бұрын

Not true. Sidekick 3 and Slide were both released here in the UK. I bought the 3 in the T-Mobile store on Corporation Street here in Birmingham in early 2007.

@luislozano2896 4 жыл бұрын

it was a phone every teen and twenty year old had back in the day in new york city! It was the fidget spinner of opening and closing to writing text messages!

@kaitlyn__L 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheVioletReality I was obsessed with this in 2008 and remember looking up if I could buy them in the UK, and nothing came up about that! Argh! I would totally have gotten one!

@TheVioletReality 4 жыл бұрын

@@kaitlyn__L You may have ever so slightly missed the boat. I ended up doing a little bit of promo for the Sidekick UK team, but the long and short of it is that there was only ever very limited stock. Right after I bought the SK3, my friend was so impressed that he immediately picked one up in Worcester. It wasn't on display and he was told that it was last one they had and T-Mobile as a whole in the UK wouldn't be getting more. That was early 2007. Then, the Sidekick Slide was released here around Spring of 2008. Again, very little promo and very little stock. One big problem was that for some reason, UK model Sidekicks did not have MSN Messenger despite it being the most popular messenger here. They did have AIM and Yahoo, but the lack of MSN was a big frustration and the lack of promo. They never released another Sidekick here after that, even though there were a couple more models released in the US.

@thebasketballhistorian3291 3 жыл бұрын

"Phones of 2021 have just four buttons and are $1,000." That's what I'd want to tell this to everyone in that time period just to blow their minds, lol.

@BlazingSerenade 3 жыл бұрын

i got some nostalgia watching this, really miss how unique phones where back in the day, loved my sidekick ID

@karlzarate 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this!! I love sidekick!!!

@jakestellar4600 3 жыл бұрын

Did a great job Mainging this

@jakestellar4600 3 жыл бұрын

@2080 2 of us do

@tanner882 3 жыл бұрын

What a fake out! I thought these were coming back!

@TechNetworkUK 3 жыл бұрын

Maing

@scarstrife5418 3 жыл бұрын

Maing

@TechDove 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes. The one phone I lusted after but never had because I was raised in an AT&T family.

@joshjacobson9846 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@jocefjose6004 3 жыл бұрын

I remember being known in town as "the kid with the rare phone" when mom shipped me a sidekick 2 from US, unlocked yet stripped of features except for call and texts. It also had amnesia when batt goes zero, then i have to re-import sim contacts. Ahh good times, even nokias were impressively unique too.

@aemxo 3 жыл бұрын

I had the sidekick 2008 and I loved that phone soooo stinking much. the swivel screen is iconic and i really loved the backlit rollerball navigation. it flashed different colors when the phone rang which i still think is a cute novelty.

@builder3654 4 жыл бұрын

Brooo, it's time this series became a KZfaq original or at least an official KZfaq partner. I could watch this stuff all day.

@nik4790 3 жыл бұрын

I remember wanting one of these so bad when I was in middle school.

@CRUZ-CONTROL 3 жыл бұрын

I remember I really wanted a sidekick but I was on a 2 year contract with another carrier. This phone was bad ass for the time. Thanks for taking me back Mr. Mobile lol

@Erbombla 2 жыл бұрын

I remember these were the coolest phones to own. Even when the iPhone made its debut, the Sidekick was still a favorite.

@gabescoffield 3 жыл бұрын

I can remember when I was in middle school and everyone thought it was crazy I had a portable computer (technically) god I miss those days

@mxbblife_mu 4 жыл бұрын

Review the Nokia N95 8gb. That phone was crushing the iPhone in so many ways.

@mz-pv9ki 4 жыл бұрын

n97 gang

@ChrisJohannsen 4 жыл бұрын

The n95 came out before the iPhone existed and was in no way better. The e61 maybe, that's what I chose.

@Pasi123 4 жыл бұрын

The N95 8GB was released after the first iPhone but the original N95 was released a bit before the iPhone. But the N95 and N95 8GB had a lot of features that the first iPhone didn't have, for example 3rd party apps and games (iPhone didn't have the App Store until 2008), multitasking, video recording, a lot better camera, front facing camera, GPS, 3G, WiFi hotspot, MicroSD card slot (in the older N95, the 8GB didn't have it), TV-out, file manager, ability to send files with bluetooth, MMS, infrared. The first iPhone had really limited features until the App Store was opened on July 10, 2008 and even then it didn't have some of the features that the N95 had.

@Banom7a 4 жыл бұрын

@@mz-pv9ki used to owned one, it was awful because it keep running out of RAM, but the keyboard is great though

@gnerd07 4 жыл бұрын

I remember stalking gsmarena in those times. The N95 was def a king of its time. Not sure it falls under the 'fun' category. That would go to the the N90 with its swivel camcorder like form factor

@wetteryan 2 жыл бұрын

The 3 was awesome but my favorite was by far the LX. Uhg it was so sleek and the light up shoulder buttons that complimented notifications. I loved it. I miss physical keyboard devices so much. I remember one particular stand out model that I was obsessed with was the Samsung "Alias". Flip phone that was able to be flipped in either portrait or landscape orientation. So cool.

@IanDMD 3 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for when phones were fun episode like in forever. I love this series!!

@mindflayer 3 жыл бұрын

I was part of this launch - I led the team that dev’d and operated AOL and ICQ Mobile. Fun times. We found a lot of hearing disabled folks used the Danger device and that was a great feeling.

@hukuna9957 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏾

@Halbmond 3 жыл бұрын

I remember how I loved this phone back then! I never had it, I don’t even know if it was available in my country at all - but during a certain time, you could see it in a lot of movies and TV series and it was just so cool! This felt like the perfect communications device for my generation.

@BThings 3 жыл бұрын

Always fun watching these videos on my phone and thinking, “Wow, I could‘ve had something with fewer features, but it would’ve been so cool!”

@hankmoody6996 2 жыл бұрын

One of my first phones and i was so grateful to have it. I always had ppl asking me what it was and use to play the astroid game for hours ! I use to be able to text under my desk without even looking thats how good the keyboard was lol i also remember seeing the sidekick 2 for the first time in fabolous breathe music video. the other day when seeing the black keyboard on the new macbook pro and kind of reminded me of the sidekick 2.

@alexisv625 3 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this phone on Gossip Girl and oh boy, this was a treasure.

@sethwynn5673 4 жыл бұрын

I love watching Michael genuinely enjoy making this series. It's practically tangible excitement that just radiates from the screen so obviously. SHOW US THE NOKIA TWIST ALREADY!

@SillyReviews Жыл бұрын

I ended up winning a sidekick for free from a now defunct website that sold stuff that was discontinued and if you were one of the first X to buy something, yiid end up getting yours for free. This was around 2005. My sidekick was incredibly durable and just enjoyable to use. I loved a the tactile feels.

@atomicpuppet 3 жыл бұрын

The sidekick slide was the first phone I bought and opened a line with at 19. I loved that phone and the keyboard! I use to make custom themes for the OS and uploaded them onto a fan website. Ah simpler times....

@darcybowyer5743 4 жыл бұрын

I can remember in high school these were in "in" thing to have until the RAZR V3....

@BoserPSN 4 жыл бұрын

I still use a v3 with a separate sim

@DIYKIA 4 жыл бұрын

I had several sidekicks growing up with my first being the sidekick iD. I loved being able to switch the bumpers. Then I had the LX and the slide. I will forever cherish those phones.

@ThaSwitcherTayTay 4 жыл бұрын

I remember getting a secondhand iD as my first sidekick and not even realizing they had colored bumpers until after I upgraded it. The person I bought it from only sold me the phone.

@macksilly 3 жыл бұрын

I would have never thought I’d be looking at this as retro tech.. I considered myself late to the sidekick party (2008 green) back in the day. Whoa.

@marcochavane3124 2 жыл бұрын

So many memories coming back. Bought one for myself in high school. Having AIM anywhere I went was a big flex.

@unclaimedusername6608 3 жыл бұрын

You bring up an EXCELLENT point on being able to navigate by feel. I love my smartphone for its utility but I can't feel the touchscreen keyboard. A lot of muscle memory is missing when typing and I never realized how much I missed that.

@thegreatcalvinio 4 жыл бұрын

I remember starting high school towards the end of the 2000’s, this thing was still being used in school before everyone starting using iPhones...

@celica9098 3 жыл бұрын

I remember how cool I felt when I got my sidekick in 2004 and I was a senior in high school. I just felt like I was constantly living in a hip-hip music video.

@user-gs6wt5op7p 3 жыл бұрын

YAAAAH

@Red.Rabbit. 3 жыл бұрын

God i loved these phones. One of the things i can’t wait to tell my kids about LOL

@CaidicusProductions 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted one of these so badly that even today, I still feel a sense of longing.

@RachelPallatin 3 жыл бұрын

Saaaame

@Bk187O 3 жыл бұрын

These never lagged. Loved the fast navigation. I still have all of mine!! :)

@hambone8820 3 жыл бұрын

The keyboard was nice, I had the sidekick slide, some of my friends had the flip and the spring would break so it wouldn't open automatically. It was the cheaper model but the speaker was better. The custom color ball for notifications was badass.

@mdmapp 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the Sidekick 2 being my first cell phone in elementary school. The asteroid game was the best

@speedracer9132 4 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad to have lived in this era and actually used several of these as daily drivers, the 2008 fake leather back and glossy front one with lights on the corners was my last one... I could tell the quality was going down

@techdroid7443 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best tech series in a long time,keep up the good one MrMobile.

@Reluctantly_Adulting 2 жыл бұрын

I got my Sidekick3 in the summer 2007 as a present for getting good grades my freshman year of high school. Even after all these years, it was my favorite cell phone. I remember being so disappointed when I “upgraded” to the LX two years later. The biggest let down was going from the really well spaced out and tactile hard plastic (acrylic?) keys to those mushy vinyl (or whatever they were) keys. AIM defined my time in high school with my Sidekicks. That and setting the frog ribbit as my text message alert, a tradition I wish I could’ve maintained all these years later. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

@zed4643 Жыл бұрын

These phones were just marvelous back then. I still find myself occasionally pawing through drawers and boxes of old junk in my house where I now keep my lot of sidekicks that have long since become redundant just to power them on, listen to those old cool ringtones and system sounds, see the pretty colorful lights, scroll through my photos and remember those good days when I was a angsty teenager who was free of any responsibility. Wouldn’t it be awesome to see these make a comeback?

@BA-rh5hy 3 жыл бұрын

Love these throwback videos. So nostalgic

@DSt3alth 4 жыл бұрын

Man I miss that cool-ass flip design! I really wanted one of these when they came out and I saw rappers using them lol

@pennysherman2787 3 жыл бұрын

My older sisters had sidekicks back in 2009 and 2010. Those phones were so popular back in the day

@rhuckabee44 2 жыл бұрын

A haunting! You were probably a different character in every episode like everyone else!

@asmit6377 4 жыл бұрын

7:58 You should've continued with the acting with that charm.

@ciaraoddminzer8807 3 жыл бұрын

This dude's like the LGR of phones, I love it. Keep up the good work!

@em84c 2 жыл бұрын

I love LGR

@Preech.Avangelist777 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite phone so innovative this was such a great show I'm loving the fun phone series.... I miss when phones were fun 😎🙏🏽

@jamesveitch2798 3 жыл бұрын

This is honestly the best series on KZfaq.

@OhSoGhost 3 жыл бұрын

Gawd I miss the sidekick. I honestly loved my LX. I even remember my ex wanted to match phones so she got the slidekick haha good times!

@hansamitamajee1930 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, let's not forget the saviour for this Series *Modern Dad*

@TheEvdiggity 3 жыл бұрын

Love the videos! Keep the DS9 references coming! I had the Sidekick 2 and 3. Found your channel from your Jelly 2 video. Helio Ocean was a fun phone btw not sure if you've done a vid on that but it was pretty awesome and unique for it's time!