| The Sidekick ID is configured for T-Mobile's myFaves | | | | I'd be willing to bet it looks less intimidating to a novice. |
| service that allows you to designate 5 people as your | | | | The Sidekick's interface has gained a few buttons, and |
| favorites and call them as much as you want without | | | | has one too many navigator methods. The main |
| using your minutes - and those five can be landlines or | | | | navigator, a track ball, is also found on the Sidekick 3. |
| cell phone numbers on any carrier. Don't worry - you're | | | | This trackball works great, though. Sidekick's slight |
| not committed to those 5 for the life of your contract. | | | | texture improves traction. I've been surprised that skin |
| You can rearrange your 5 favorite people up to once | | | | oils haven't made it difficult to use, or changed its color. |
| a month. | | | | It's a white translucent plastic that allows T Mobile |
| The Sidekick's landscape orientation allows | | | | Sidekick iD to glow and change color (slow flashing |
| concealment of a wide thumb-pad. Sidekick's keypad | | | | blue for standby, flashing purple for an incoming call, for |
| is just right for my thumbs, not requiring too much | | | | example). |
| reach. I recall that the original Sidekick's overall width | | | | Rolling the ball around can navigate in menus and |
| made typing a little more comfortable, at 4.5 inches | | | | through emails, but mostly only works up and down. |
| from side-to-side, but the iD's 5.1 inches don't make | | | | One exception is in pull down menus, where a second |
| Sidekick difficult. Although I won't say Sidekick's | | | | flyout menu is accessed with a roll to the right. |
| necessarily better than a Treo keyboard for its width, | | | | |