Word: sidekick
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...Previous Sidekick users (who, along with other existing T-Mobile customers, will get the first opportunity to buy a Sidekick 3), will notice that the new model has some key features. The left-hand control is still a standard directional pad, but the right-hand now sports a trackball where it previously had an up-and-down dial. The result is much faster navigation. Along with a speedier processor and removable battery, the new Sidekick also has Bluetooth connectivity, so that you can use a wireless earpiece, which means simultaneously increased safety and coolness. The Sidekick is also smaller...
...Mobile Sidekick has been making friends ever since its launch in 2002, and why not? Celebrities and normal humans alike have discovered that the two-handed device, with its characteristic swivel screen, is a lot easier to use than a BlackBerry, Windows Mobile PDA or even a Palm Treo. It can pull off most of those other handhelds' e-mail and messaging tricks, and has a carefully crafted allure that even the famed Crackberry would envy (hip-hop styling + high demand + limited availability + Paris Hilton = must-have). Rather than burn out, this four-year old phenomenon is getting hotter with...
...Unlike its predecessors, this Sidekick lets you sign onto AIM and Yahoo and MSN messenger simultaneously, and hop back and forth from message to message. For e-mail, Yahoo, Gmail and others can be loaded into the Sidekick's e-mail program, although Hotmail can only be retrieved through the device's web browser. The browser, incidentally, left me unimpressed - especially with the chaotic way it rendered such important sites as MySpace, IMDB and Time.com. But when you combine three IM accounts and multiple e-mail streams, topped off with unlimited text messaging, you won't have time to surf...
...This is the first Sidekick that can play MP3s. You drag tracks to the included 64MB MiniSD card (you can always buy a larger one), then stick the card into the Sidekick and in an instant they're all displayed, categorized by artist, album or song title. It plays MP3s, but nothing you bought on iTunes or a Windows-powered music service. Still, I was startled by the rich sound of its single buried speaker when I tried out the Rolling Stones' dynamic "Moonlight Mile." I let the song play and jumped back to check my e-mail...
...figures stir the plot, including the poet Francisco de Quevedo and the Conde de Olivares, the powerful Philip IV Minister painted by Velázquez. The Inquisition, in all its appalling horror, is brought to life, as is Spain's wrenching decline. Laments Iñigo, Alatriste's young sidekick, who tells the story: "It seemed that to be lucid and Spanish would forever be coupled with great bitterness and little hope." The new film is an ambitious attempt to capture Pérez-Reverte's mix of action, historical accuracy and literary ambition. Though the author has adapted several...