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Pinworm	Sidekick for life. May 1 2007, 4:11 AM EDT \| Post edited: May 1 2007, 4:11 AM EDT I'll never go back to a normal cellphone. Post reply 13 out of 17 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you? Keyword tags: None
kreamsk3	1. RE: Sidekick for life. May 27 2007, 11:15 PM EDT Heck yes, I feel the same way. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
super2kewl4me	2. RE: Sidekick for life. Oct 13 2008, 9:01 PM EDT who the heck would? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Dash_2	3. RE: Sidekick for life. Oct 14 2008, 12:24 PM EDT i like my sidekick and my iphone the same :-O Post reply Do you find this valuable?
kickitLX	4. RE: Sidekick for life. Oct 14 2008, 5:29 PM EDT I think the sidekick is a monopoly. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
super2kewl4me	5. RE: Sidekick for life. Oct 18 2008, 7:14 PM EDT what do you mean a monpoly Post reply Do you find this valuable?
kickitLX	6. RE: Sidekick for life. Oct 18 2008, 7:31 PM EDT "what do you mean a monpoly" Actually the sidekick is not a monopoly. A monopoly is a company that has total control over what you buy. For instanc: Apple is probably one of the biggest monopolies out there today. They have it so set up to where you have a device of theirs, where you can't even fathom the thought of switching to another product. (ever tried switching from an ipod to a mp3 player?) Ever tried switching from dsl to dial up? You get it now? A monopoly is also a company that has total contro of what goes in to and out of their products. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
justarep	7. RE: Sidekick for life. Oct 18 2008, 10:40 PM EDT I think you mean a closed device, kickitLX. It's hard to modify, and it's basically only going to do whatever T-Mobile chooses it to do. It's the opposite of open--closed. Then again, the iPhone isn't that much better, not counting the huge numbers of similar applications in the App Store. (Apple does reject some apps that appear to come too close to services they offer, so it's not open, just less closed than the Sidekick.) Post reply Do you find this valuable?
super2kewl4me	8. RE: Sidekick for life. Oct 25 2008, 6:32 PM EDT Well, right the sidekick isn't. The sidekick is cool, but it's a revolution. In fact a lot of people in my middle school think it sux. SO obviously they could easily switch from a sidekick to a t mobile g1 or something. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
kickitLX	9. RE: Sidekick for life. Oct 25 2008, 9:07 PM EDT "Well, right the sidekick isn't. The sidekick is cool, but it's a revolution. In fact a lot of people in my middle school think it sux. SO obviously they could easily switch from a sidekick to a t mobile g1 or something." Well we can just say that it is half and half, because of the phones limit. They control what you put on that phone and what goes out of that phone. So yeah the sidekick is sorta half monopoly. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
justarep	10. RE: Sidekick for life. Oct 25 2008, 9:10 PM EDT It's not a monopoly. A monopoly is when you have no choice whatsoever. If you could only have T-Mobile and could only have Sidekicks, it'd be a monopoly. The Sidekick is a closed device so it's hard to modify, but it's not a "monopoly". That's entirely different. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
kickitLX	11. RE: Sidekick for life. Oct 25 2008, 9:15 PM EDT "It's not a monopoly. A monopoly is when you have no choice whatsoever. If you could only have T-Mobile and could only have Sidekicks, it'd be a monopoly. The Sidekick is a closed device so it's hard to modify, but it's not a "monopoly". That's entirely different." Yeah, I get what you're saying now. Besides, isn't a monopoly with a company, not a certain device? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
super2kewl4me	12. RE: Sidekick for life. Oct 27 2008, 10:23 PM EDT well a sidekick is a closed device. I wasnt able to watch videos that I transferred from the computer Post reply Do you find this valuable?
justarep	13. RE: Sidekick for life. Oct 27 2008, 10:56 PM EDT "Yeah, I get what you're saying now. Besides, isn't a monopoly with a company, not a certain device? " Technically, a monopoly is when there's only one option for something. Usually, this would be a business, but picture a rural community with only ONE WELL, and that well happened to be on land owned by one citizen. That citizen could be said to hold a monopoly on the water supply in the community. (The simple answer would be to just dig another freaking well, but, it's an example I just made up.) Monopolies aren't necessarily bad. It's when the monopoly is abused that there's a problem. I live on an island and for decades there's only been one government-run (recently privatized) car ferry to and from the island. It's been operated in a reasonably fair and consistent way with dependable service, and there were few complaints despite it being a monopoly. Since it was privatized, there've been problems, but that's a different story. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
justarep	14. RE: Sidekick for life. Oct 27 2008, 11:00 PM EDT "well a sidekick is a closed device. I wasnt able to watch videos that I transferred from the computer " What format were they? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
super2kewl4me	15. RE: Sidekick for life. Nov 2 2008, 11:19 AM EST i think it was wmp or something that started with w. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
THE_SIDEKICK_NINJA	16. RE: Sidekick for life. Nov 2 2008, 1:06 PM EST \| Post edited: Nov 2 2008, 1:06 PM EST convert it to a 3pg format and you'll be able to watch it =) Post reply Do you find this valuable?