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Alex Song - 26 Nov 2003 06:29 GMT

I'm thinking about switching carriers from Sprint PCS (and my Samsung
SPH-A500 phone) to T-Mobile with the color Sidekick, but I'm slightly
hesitant. First off, does the Side allow you to download custom usermade
ringtones and/or screensavers from either (a) websites or (b) via a PC link?
Secondly, I understand that this is a GSM phone. Does that mean I'll be able
to use it internationally? Is the Sidekick compatible with E911 services?
And finally, does it have voice dialing? Thanks a lot for answering my
questions.

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Fustanella - 26 Nov 2003 12:23 GMT

> hesitant. First off, does the Side allow you to download custom usermade
> ringtones and/or screensavers from either (a) websites or (b) via a PC link?

Only from its new "Catalog" which has a good selection of free ones - but
that requires an update which is crashing some SKs to the point they have to
be returned. Fair warning.

> Secondly, I understand that this is a GSM phone. Does that mean I'll be able
> to use it internationally? Is the Sidekick compatible with E911 services?
> And finally, does it have voice dialing? Thanks a lot for answering my

Nope, nope, nope. Wrong frequency, not new enough, not supported, in that
order.

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Stanley Cline - 29 Nov 2003 16:47 GMT

>I'm thinking about switching carriers from Sprint PCS (and my Samsung
>SPH-A500 phone) to T-Mobile with the color Sidekick, but I'm slightly
>hesitant. First off, does the Side allow you to download custom usermade
>ringtones and/or screensavers from either (a) websites or (b) via a PC link?

No.

>Secondly, I understand that this is a GSM phone. Does that mean I'll be able
>to use it internationally? Is the Sidekick compatible with E911 services?
>And finally, does it have voice dialing? Thanks a lot for answering my

No, yes (T-Mo, like all other US GSM carriers, is using network-based
triangulation and not handset-based GPS so the phone you have doesn't
matter for E911), and no.

-SC

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