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T-Mobile unveils Sidekick LX and Sidekick Slide |
After quite a long time of speculation and rumored pictures, T-Mobile and Danger have unveiled both the Sidekick LX and the Sidekick Slide. The two new mobile communication gadgets are both pretty cool but might each be targeted to a slightly different set of people.
The Sidekick LX looks to be the new, latest and greatest Sidekick with a wider QVGA display, mood lighting with LED lights that blink with alerts and a 1.3 megapixel camera with flash. It also comes with a 128MB microSD card. The Sidekick Slide comes in a little smaller package measuring 4.6 x 2.4 x 0.68 inches and is from Motorola. It doesn’t have the swivel display like the traditional Sidekicks but also doesn’t skimp on features as its set up the same as the LX.
The Sidekick LX is expected to be available October 24 for $299 (with contract) and comes in colors of “midnight blue” or “espresso brown”. The Sidekick Slide comes in at $100 less for $199 a couple weeks after the LX on November 7 in a single color of black and purple. We’ll put out more info on both of these as we find it.
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i really just hate the fact that they are both slider phones
ermm the lx is swivel .. lolz .. it says it right there :s .. the motorola one is slide
yeahh you should of reead it.
i want the LX one its a swivel just like the rest.
i think the slide is better
I think it is a BIG MISTAKE for the LX to go back to the rubber keyboard as in the sidekick II which i currently own. This style keyboard begins to bubble up an unstick itself from the base ina few months if you are a heavy user
do they both slide? or does the sidekick lx swivel?
I’m so excited!
the slide rules its not as bulky and heavy as the otheres…and i hear u can do youtube and other features on the web!!! awesome huh
Can u finally create your own ringtones?
can i ask you guys something? can the sidekick lx or sidekick slide play videos on youtube?
Both LX and Slide doesn’t support video.
do u know how much for that sidekick lx?
I’ve had every Sidekick scince day one. But if these new ones don’t play any video or recive any picture messages like normal, smaller phones do, I’ll be done with this whole Sideckick craze. It’s unreal to know that the people who make these sidekicks don’t manage to throw that in. You could pay up to $400.00 for a SK and can’t get video capability, yet pay $150.00 and get a decent normal phone that does all kinds of extra things, plus it’s way smaller.
I already have the 3 (limited w/the lips) and niether of these 2 new ones really impress me. And the colors are ugly. I think I’ll just stick with the one I got.
I think it is stupid that they do not play videos. Why pay so much for nothing. I saw one today. LX model looks sweet , but is just like the sidekick III. I know what is going to happen. We will buy this one and then next month they will come out with one that plays videos!!!! BEWARE
What the hell is the point of bringing out more and more SKs??? The ONLY thing they’re now missing is Cable TV. Pretty soon, they’re going to make one that converts to a freakin’ house at night!
I dnt get the ide of the sidekick slide the idea of a sidekick is for it 2 kick up and the sidekick slide doesnt do that it should be called the slidekick that would fit the design a lot better. i want the lx its hot!
they keep coming up with more and more ideas for these phones and soon idk wth theyre gunna be able to come up with cuz eventually im guessing they.ll have to run out of ideas of wat the hell A PHONE can do.. I have the sidekick id which i kinda got recently and now theyre coming out with more and more. im surprised one doesnt show tv yet. they shud play videos too. i was so annoyed that the sidekick id didnt have a camera, or played music.. the newer the phone, should have newer stuff added.
IF I TURN IN MY SK3…IS THERE SOME KIND OF DISCOUNT? LIKE THEY DID WITH THE SK3 RELEASE?
side kick LX is most definetly going to be owned by me without a question or doubt and then i can tel ya how it swivelz
I just bought the LX today and I love it. The keyboard isn’t like the II because the keys aren’t attached to the rubber backing… It doesn’t seem like it’s possible for it to bubble up.
I got an LX a bit back and I have to say its well made, I’m a very heavy user and the keys havent bubbled up or anything.
I had to hack it to add youtube capability but oh well, other than that, I think it comes with alot of awesome stuff.
WHAT ID THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SK ID AND 3
how did you hack yours to get youtube capabilities david?
Yer how did u hack it?? Or r u just talkin bulls***?? Coz if it was possible I fink I wuls hav heard about it. But if not den plz tell, I wuld b very impressd.
I would suggest increasing internet
capacity which would include You Tube
capacity and on line live radio and omit
the games and other bells and whistles that just get in the way. Other than that
my sidekick ID is fine although too slow
At times….
I just bought the LX today and I love it. The keyboard isn’t like the II because the keys aren’t attached to the rubber backing… It doesn’t seem like it’s possible for it to bubble up.
yeaaa it kind of sucks that to recieve pictures they have to email it to you on the tmail part, i wish it would be just like a regular phone and come thru text. and as for the video its another down grade for me…they keep on rereleasing the phone and it seems like nothin new is ever on it, just improved. ughh i want one so bad but i really dont care for the web browsing and aim i just want it for the keyboard so its faster to text.so yea ill just stay with my rizer for now.
Hey wassup. Ayoo if anyone knows how to hack thew sk lx so it can add the youtube capability then pleaseee I.m me on yahoo and help mee.. Yahoo id. Itsjeffreyy
Thanksssss
hey I just bought the sidekick slide an it has video because its gsm
I have just bought an siidekick lx recently and found out that I should just kept my sk3 lol…now wudds all this about youtube hackin lmao u can’t watch streaming media on sk lx its just another lie
I wounder when is t-mobile going 2 send an over the air update
because I think that sidekick lx can do more stuff but t-mobile is limited sk lx 2 make big chips lols…. because sk3 on the net said that u could make ring tones ? Comes 2 find out 2 mobile put a special chip in it so u can’t make ringers lol so they can get more money off of u buying it off of the catalog lols
my friend bout an unlocked sk3 off of ebay and it could make ringers a youtube but he was with cingular …before the lx I had a t-mobile dash it makes the lx look like trash
on it pics don’t come 2 and email u can make ringtones play better games without buying them the net goes 5x times faster its smaller more standby and talk time its comes windows mobile and since its a pocket pc u can hook it 2 your pc for internet sharing 
u can even install programs like java for streaming media u can even watch tv on it
they most recently added an faster myspace browser 2 the catalog u have 2 pay 3 dollars for it every month
and I can say its worth it it goes 10x faster than the web go 2 the catalog and then go 2than go down 2 applacations and u will see it but I hate the sk lx keyboard sk3 was better u could push the keys faster :]
Yea I say the same with the sk3 u kan type so much faster lol but I’m so mad that they didn’t put video and I don’t think the slider can play videos…kuz my lx can’t play videos lol unless u hack it.. Cheers
i just bought the sidekick slide..and u could receive pic mail and send pic mail even with out sending it to your tmail…the sidekick slide is way better than the lx..and my friend got the lx and he said that the keyboard starts to bubble up after 2/3 months
Hey I’ve had the lx for a while and its a great phone and the keyboard dosnt bubble up the part that suks is that it can’t play videos but other than that its a great phone and I reccommend it to evryone
is their a way to hack the sidekick slide
I have the lx and I love it. I have no problems with it what so ever. It is very sturdy. I have dropped it multiple times and it is still perfectly fine. My sister had the id and she dropped it once and it broke. The lx has picture messaging like normall phones if you purchase it on your plan. It also has youtube if you go to m.youtube.com.
uhmmm the lx comes in midnight blue and espresso brown, does it come in black tho?!
I just recently purchased the sidekick slider and couldn’t be happier with it. It lets you send and receive pictures as well as upload them to websites. Tmobles internet service is actually pretty fast. Some flaws that should be corrected are: mp3 as ringtone, video capability, pictures applyable as wallpaper, enhanced browser that plays flash, button size and placement, battery consumption, and more setting controls. I find this phone to be well worth the $300. There is really no reason to not call this a smartphone. It includes bluetooth transfer as well as media player. Although the screen dosnt flip or kick to the side it is in my opinion a great design. If you need more applications and goodies then just by a laptop haha.
I just bought a lx. And I like it. Its a pretty good fun. If u like txt then u like this phone. Also it can pix message like a regular phone, the camera its good. The battery of this phone it actaully last the whole even usin the music player in it.