Good news! The Motorola-manufactured Sidekick Slide is finally available via T-Mobile again. T-Mobile had stopped selling it after an issue had been identified where the battery apparently would lose touch with the Slide’s internal contacts and kill power to the Slide whenever the screen was opened or closed one too many times. […]
Entries Tagged as 'Wireless Devices Issues'
Motorola’s Sidekick slides back into stock!
December 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: Wireless Devices Issues
iPhone Deaf/HoH Issues
December 6th, 2007 · 2 Comments
The iPhone has been a hot topic among deaf and hard of hearing users lately. On DeafMac.org, there was a “special” iPhone plan announced for the deaf, which would have been offered through an AT&T store in Colorado. Apparently the store manager was sympathetic to the fact that there was no official data-only […]
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i711 Wireless relay client finally available on Sidekick LX!
December 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
Customers have been emailing DeafPagers.com customer service and complaining that the IP-Relay and i711 Wireless clients are not available via the Download Catalog for the new Sidekick LX. Good news! Last Friday, Danger added GoAmerica’s i711 Wireless relay client software to the Sidekick LX Download Catalog. Also, DeafPagers recently spoke with IP-Relay Staff, and we were […]
Tags: Relay Services · Wireless Devices Issues
T-Mobile Pulls Faulty Sidekick Slide
November 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments
T-Mobile USA has suspended sales of the Slide as of last Friday
evening (Nov. 16th) and issued this statement: “Motorola - the
manufacturer of the device - confirmed that some devices may
inadvertently power off when the slide door on the front side of the
phone is opened or closed. T-Mobile has taken this action to help
ensure our customers […]
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Danger Finally Listens to Deaf Sidekick Users About Fonts!
October 23rd, 2007 · 14 Comments
I would like to share with you what I learned today. I was looking at the new Sidekick LX that was released today. Guess what? The Hiptop OS that comes with the Sidekick LX now features adjustable font sizes! No more squinting at your Sidekick because you can’t change its font! Finally […]
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Easily Convert Deaf-related video for your BlackBerry!
October 10th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Do you have a BlackBerry (BB) with a MicroSD memory card slot(Curve/8300/8320, 8800/8820/8830, or Pearl/8100)?
Do you wish you had time to watch all those great deaf-related videos online? Wish no more! The good news is that you will be able to convert Deaf-related videos into a format that you can watch on your […]
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