Pipecrew

Just got one this week, dont know how I could ever do with out it!

riddler

lol, you will learn how to do with out it once them service outages start again, fucking tmobile needs to clean their act up.

psyko514

us Canadians don't have to worry about T-Mobile service outages.

i've got the Hiptop... looking forward to picking up the Hiptop 2 soon.

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riddler

you all got what suncast or what ever its called for hiptops?

psyko514

Fido up here in Canada. The other carrier is Suncom, but they have limited coverage only on the lower US east coast.

The phone is actually called the Hiptop. T-Mobile decided to rename it for some reason.

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riddler

rename it for their marketing branding ;)

pstation

I dont see what is so great about the SKII. I had one for a couple weeks before eventually selling it. the lack of a decent camera, bluetooth and the speed of browsing are just a few things i couldnt stand about it. the only thing that makes it better than a normal cell phone imo is the keyboard, aim and the display screen. actually talking on the thing is pretty hectic as well.

psyko514

The camera on it is a lot better than most cell phone camera I've seen. It also has a flash, which is a plus. The browsing works fine on mine and it's even faster when image loading is turned off. It's about as fast as a 56K dial-up connection. It's not designed to replace your PC. I've used it to check stats, post on forums, read the news, get directions on Mapquest... very handy.

The keyboard comes in great for emails and instant messaging. I use it all the time for affiliate/customer support.

I will agree that lack of Bluetooth support as well as lack of Javascript support are downsides to the phone. As for talking on it, it comes with a handy headset.

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riddler

the hiptop developers are working on java script as we speak, bluetooth would be a plus, but then again ive never fucking used bluetooth for anything, The camera will take pictures just as good as a 1-2mega pixel camera, The longer you hold it still the better the quality of the picture gets, The focus software on it sucks but it takes a few to hold it steady to get a clear pic.

Pipecrew

Yeah the only downfall is the camera, I see it has a flash but i dont know how to use it yet haha..

My Panasonic Gu87, now like a year old, is the most superior camera phone i have seen so far.

pstation

you're not missing out on much with the "flash", it's just a simple LED that comes on, doesnt give nearly the light a real flash would give out

sweet7

how is it and how much is your plan? you must be with Fido right? I really like the idea of the hiptop and hiptop2 just want to know first hand what kind of capabilities it has.

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Pipecrew

I thought fido/microcell, went out of business years ago.

pstation

hehe, i can tell you've probably never owned a nokia camera phone in that case, their camera are top notch typically. here's a pic taken with the 6630...not as good as a real camera of course, but pretty damn good for a phone.

slapass

Wow that is a nice pic for a camera phone. No falsh in the specs or did I miss it?

pstation

the nokia 6630 doesn't have a flash, but the sidekick II has a LED light that might light up an area provided it's like 2' away.

sweet7

They've been bought out by Rogers.

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psyko514

Yes, I'm with Fido. You can get whatever voice plan you want (I pay $25/month for unlimited nights/weekends, 100 anytime minutes and unlimited incoming calls/sms/mms). Then I pay an extra $20/month for my data plan which gives me unlimited bandwith. Prices are Canadian, of course.

And Pipecrew, Microcell didn't go out of business. They were on the verge of bankruptcy for a little while though. Rogers bought them out in January and merged the two networks.

pstation, the main selling point of the Nokia 6630 is it's camera, so of course it's going to be a good camera. It's sold as an imaging phone, whereas the camera on the Hiptop 2/Sidekick II is an additional feature and takes pretty good pictures compared to a lot of camera phones available in the North American market (which the 6630 isn't, as far as I know). The 6630 is also more expensive than the HT2/SK2.

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chaze

Side kick is the best phone out in my book.

It's got everything you could want in a phone.

Let me know when you get it and we can play battle ship against eachother.

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