Motorola and T-Mobile sort out Sidekick Slide issues
by Nilay Patel 
posted Nov 21st 2007 at 2:21PM
After a few days of investigation, it looks like Motorola and T-Mobile have figured what was behind that nasty Sidekick Slide bug that caused the devices to shut off when flipped open. According to our friends at Moto, the root cause was "a minor issue relating to the battery contacts," and a solution is being tested right now and should be available by next week, when Slides are expected to go back on sale at T-Mo stores. A speedy resolution, to be sure, but we're still amazed a bug like that got through in the first place.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Flashpoint @ Nov 21st 2007 2:37PM
Why didn't they name it the SLIDEKICK?
Matthew Hilario @ Nov 21st 2007 4:30PM
because if they did, it would sound like a KIRF Sidekick.
they should just name it the Chuck Norris Sidekick.. cuz one of those are definately bad ass.
blehh @ Nov 21st 2007 3:02PM
seems like a lot of bugs in a lot of gadgets and video games we get could have been avoided if they just let a random guy test it for a week.