New Sidekicks: Here come the LX and SlideHear that? It's the sound of thousands of teenage thumbs getting ready to tap, tap, tap away. The new Sidekicks are coming and you can reserve yours now at a T-Mobile store, or browse on over to their site to enter to win the "Sidekick Nation" contest.
For the rest of us, the wait is almost up - The Sidekick LX will be available in a midnight blue or espresso brown finish on October 17th for existing T-Mobile customers and to the general public on October 24th. It rocks what's said to be a much improved screen over previous Sidekicks, along with a 3.5mm headphone jack, quad-band GSM, and a lighter, nicer, snazzier form factor. T-Mobile crossed their hearts and promised I'm on the list to get one soon, but meantime that crazy Boy Genius has already played with the LX and posted his thoughts. What's he think? "You really just have to use one yourself to appreciate it. It is definitely thinner and feels right when your typing, IMing, or MMSing on it. The speaker is ridiculously loud and clear, and the screen…wow. It’s just like the Sidekick Slide, except a whole lot bigger." Hear that? It's the sound of thousands of teenage voices begging their parents/guardians/big brothers to buy them the new Sidekick ... Read more from the boygeniusreport unboxing here.
All about Our fancy algorithm says this stuff is related...Thursday, April 17, 2008i love the sidekick i have the sidekick lx and the 3 i love them so much  Get your Sidekick: T-Mobile selling Sidekick Slide once moreFollowing a few weeks on the shelf to work out random shutdown issues, it looks like the Motorola-made Sidekick Slide is once again available to T-Mobile customers. The Slide is back on TMob's Website, priced at $199 after a $100 rebate and your John Hancock on a two-year contract. T-Mobile has been dealing with some issues caused by flooding up in Washington state earlier this week, so it's not too surprising that they haven't gotten... Sidekick Slide turns itself off – T-Mobile suspends salesUnfortunately both T-Mobile and Motorola confirm that a number of Sidekick Slides may experience power cycling issues and have decided to suspend sales of the popular model until they find the source of the problem and a fix can be implemented. You would think that a phone that sports a sliding display would have been thoroughly tested before being released. Owners that are affected by the mysterious gremlin can call T-Mobile or head over to... |
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