Less than a year ago, T-Mobile seemingly killed the iconic Sidekick brand when it announced that sales of all Sidekick devices would cease on July 2nd, 2010. But here we are in May 2011 with a new Sidekick review for you guys. There’s a lot of new with the Sidekick 4G, like the fact that it’s manufactured by Samsung and runs Android. But does the new Sidekick live up to its branding? Read on to hear our thoughts! The Sidekick 4G will look similar to any past Sidekick users. It has the display, which flips out with a new hinge design (one which we think is superior to flipping hing of old), surrounded by buttons. There’s a back, menu, home, and special Jump Key. The icons for the keys are really confusing. The menu button is a bar graph, the home button is… actually, we haven’t figured that one out yet, the jump key is not something which invokes the image of quickly jumping into an app, and the back key is an arrow not at all pointing in the reverse direction. There is a physical camera button on the right side of the device that seems to be two-step, but the software doesn’t seem to recognize that capability. A small power button is opposite the camera button, and often gets hit inadvertently when opening the display to reveal the keyboard.

Source: Mobility Site