Mediocre Camera

On paper, I wasn't exactly wowed by the Sidekick's camera: A 3-megapixel camera with no flash? It sounds like a spec from one of the old Sidekicks. And I was mostly right: The 3-megapixel camera took decent outdoor shots, but they were nothing spectacular. My indoor pictures had a dark cast on them and looked a bit on the fuzzy side. There's nothing special about the camera interface either; it has the same interface you'll find in stock Android 2.2.

The dedicated camera shutter button can be used to help focus on an object or person. Rather than pushing it all the way down, as you would to take a picture, you push it halfway to focus.

Considering how bare-bones the back-facing camera is, it was kind of surprising to see that the Sidekick also has a front-facing camera for video chatting. I was able to get it up and running and used the Qik app to easily connect to a T-Mobile myTouch 4G also running Qik.

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