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Saturday, August 5
Sidekick 3 follow up
I've had a little more time with my Sidekick 3, and two things are bugging me. One is the reception and its ability to sustain a network connection seems worse than my Sidekick 2. There are places in my office where my Sidekick 2 could eke out a serviceable connection that my Sidekick 3 utter fails. Also when the connection is spotty, the Sidekick 3 frequently gets stuck offline and requires a manual cycling of the network connection to get back online. The Sidekick 2 had similar problems initially, and usually software patches fix it, so I am hopeful this will improve. Right now, though, the Sidekick 3 is performing noticeably worse than its predecessor. The second problem, which is more worrisome, is battery life. Battery life is definitely worse. Whereas the Sidekick 2 could do a day and then some on a single charge, my Sidekick 3 can barely make a day. And keep in mind I am not using Bluetooth or the new MP3 player at all. My usage pattern hasn't changed, but my Sidekick 3 can't sustain 24 hours of being on with no phone use, only data. This is disappointing, and unlike the former problem, I don't see a software update fixing it, but I hope I am wrong. Labels: gadgets, reviews, sidekick '; } else { if(stristr($filename,"archive")) { $dir=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; $template='_01_archive.html'; $tail=strlen($template); $thisArchive=$filename; //$files=scandir($dir); $dh = opendir($dir); while (false !== ($filename = readdir($dh))) { $files[] = $filename; } sort($files); $earlyarch=""; $laterarch=""; $prevarch=""; $next=0; foreach($files as $file) { if (substr($file,-$tail)==$template) { if ($next==1) { $laterarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; $next=0; } if ($file==$thisArchive) { $next=1; } else { $prevarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; } } } $link=''; $divider=''; if(file_exists($earlyarch)) { $link='< Earlier Archive'; $divider=" | "; } if(file_exists($laterarch)) { $link=$link.$divider.'Later Archive >'; } $link=$link.' '; } } echo($link); ?> |