T-Mobile announces Sidekick LX and Sidekick Slide
Capping off months of rumor and speculation, T-Mobile and Danger have announced two new Sidekicks today targeting decidedly different segments of the market. The Sidekick LX takes over as the new king of the Hiptop hill, boasting a Sidekick-first wide QVGA display -- touted as incorporating technology borrowed from Sharp's AQUOS televisions, no less -- along with configurable mood lighting, 1.3 megapixel camera with flash, and 128MB worth of bundled microSD memory. Meanwhile, the 4.6 x 2.4 x 0.68-inch Sidekick Slide becomes the first Hiptop device to come from Motorola, the first to ditch the trademark swivel display, and the first to go on a serious diet (anyone who's used a Sidekick of old knows that it ain't exactly small) while still packing the same functionality and 1.3 megapixel cam as its big sib. Look for the LX to hit store shelves come October 24 in your choice of "midnight blue" and "espresso brown" for a cool $299 on contract; the Slide slides in (sorry, couldn't help it) two weeks later on November 7 in a black / deep purple combo for a Franklin less at $199.




















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
michael m @ Sep 26th 2007 12:27AM
FIRST!!
nice to see the rubberized keyboard is back on the LX!!
Rob Fleming @ Sep 26th 2007 1:00AM
I would buy 3 of them if they would allow a Google Maps application to be installed. DO YOU HEAR THAT?!?!?!?
fyreblazer @ Sep 26th 2007 8:34AM
*yawn*
HTC seemingly has made Danger & Sharp's devices boring IMHO.
timatl @ Sep 26th 2007 9:23AM
i am a blackberry user but the motorola slide looks the best and $100 cheaper than the LX is nice
Josh @ Sep 26th 2007 9:53AM
so whats the chances of you guys offering one to me as a free launch giveaway =D lol
anyways...both look sweet...i need to save up my money for one though!
Money.Cartel @ Sep 26th 2007 11:22AM
$300 isnt going to cut it for Myspace Mobile, a larger screen with a higher resolution display, little tidbit changes. Helio is killing them with features I dont even know why Danger and Sharp are putting 1.3 megapixel camera on a $300 device and no video playback or ability to take videos. Wish they'd let Helio make a Sidekick
bachviet @ Sep 26th 2007 12:28PM
Helio doesn't make any phone it sells. It's a mobile phone provider/carrier. Most if not all Helio phones are made by Samsung.
elgee02 @ Sep 26th 2007 1:55PM
True that. Helio Ocean > any of these teeny bopper toys you call "Sidekicks".
LiSa @ Sep 26th 2007 2:04PM
crap crap crap...and you guessed it...more crap. i just don't understand the hype over these expensive TOYS! truthfully...they belong on Disney Mobile's MVNO. that's the ONLY crowd that will be buying these hunks of garbage anyway. i mean honestly...what kind of "improvement" is a 1.3 mpx camera?? doesn't the current sh!tkick have that?? oh wow, now you can buy the sh!tkick in a color that truly matches it's name/interior/functionality SH!T BROWN!! get a real phone people! *cough* N95! *cough* oh and do read more engadget mobile so you can see what REAL technology is out there and available TODAY!!!
htlh @ Sep 26th 2007 3:32PM
Will the Slide be locked to T-Mobile?
And are they still as Nazi as ever on giving out unlock codes for the Sidekicks?
And how about the Helio Ocean? They locked to the carrier as well?
BTW, the Sidekick`s are actually great.
Great design, easy interface, looks cool.
But Im gonna have to agree that a 1,3 mp camera is not an improvement. So is the video-playback missing on the phone. And the Bluetooth? Dont get me started on that sh!t...
elgee02 @ Sep 26th 2007 8:30PM
The Helio Ocean, being CDMA will only be available for Helio. I hear it is possible to "flash" certain CDMA phones to Cricket and MetroPCS, not 100% sure about that one though.
ihustlemuzik @ Sep 27th 2007 12:40AM
Hmm, just for a sneak peak here is some pics that uhh i didnt take with the SK-LX i dont own
soo crappy camera nah i dont think so =]
http://i20.tinypic.com/iwnli0.jpg
http://i21.tinypic.com/141kxv5.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/mh84lv.jpg
james @ Sep 27th 2007 8:29AM
I refuse to pay $300 for a device that does not have 3G. That is the point of getting a sidekick because any phone has a camera, bluetooth, mp3 player or whatever. T-mobile just wants the customers to dish out money to repair thier mistake from the 1700 spectrum that they bidded on. If anyone is dumb enough to pay that price they should get thier eyes examined.
Daniel @ Sep 29th 2007 2:10PM
Um ppl were paying around $600 not too long ago for an iphone and now paying $400.. last I checked it has EDGE and sold over a million...so yeah lol.
I choose this over iphone any day. Though I wish one or two things were updated better.
MELiSSA @ Oct 1st 2007 2:51PM
i THiNK THAT THiS SiDEKiCK LX iS A REAL BiG iMPR0VMENT. i MEAN i CANT LiVE WiTH0UT MY SK3. iTS MY LiFE. D0NT LEAVE H0ME W.O iT. YEAH, THE SK-LX CANNNN BE A LiTTLE MORE iMPROVED LiKE HAVE A TOUCH SCREEN OR MORE MEMORY OR BE ABLE TO MAKE ViDEOS OR EVEN MAKE THE CAMRA ALiTTLE BETTER BUT.. THEY TRiED. THEY HAVE AN ALARM CLOCK ON iT ! ON THE SK3 i WAS SO PiSSED THAT iT DiDNT HAVE AN ALARM CLOCK iM ALWAYS BREAKiNG MY ALARM CLOCK N WAKiNG UP LATE FOR SCHOOL N WASTiNG MY MONEY ON SHiTTY CLOCKS. NOW THE SK-LX HAS AN ALARM.. BiGGG STEP PEOPLE ! AND iTS SLiMMER AND WEiGHS LESS THAN THE SK3 THE GRAPHiCS LOOK WAY BETTER THAN THE SK3 TOO AND THE SCREEN iS BiGGGG. i DONT CARE THiS PHONE iS HOTT. i LOVE iT. ANDDD iM GETTiNG iT =)
skLX @ Oct 9th 2007 10:14AM
I see both sidees to this.
I can understand wanting video capabilities and a better camera.
But I had the tmobile wing, which I'm sure you all know has every
feature you can think of, minus like... a GPS like the n95 has I
believe...
And I can honestly say I not once used my video recorder, I hardly
took pictures on it, overall I hated that phone! I guess it all depends
on a person's preference because some people feel as though a phone should
just people somethin to make calls, then there are others that feel a phone
is worthless if it doesn't have every feature. I personally have always wanted
a SK, and when I got my wing, I was so mad at myself. I am a texting FREAK and
I have a feeling I'm about to become addicted to my new phone!
Thanks for reading.
OwHiTeLiOnO @ Oct 20th 2007 12:12AM
I am just so dissapointed with Danger ever since the Sidekick 3. They went from innovators to filthy rich sellouts. I had every sidekick model since the black & white brick that barely fit in my jeans pocket to these dam "upgrades" which really are just replacements to their crappy models that can't even last a year with good care. My sidekick 2 became useless after it couldn't read the sim card anymore. Now my Sidekick 3 has'nt worked properly for months because dust gets under the ball & there is no way to clean it. Not to mention that this year TMobile has given us Sidekick users the worst possible service EVER!!! Like half the time I don't have data services, some weekends I get no data service whatsoever & I call mad as hell & all they tell me is that they are doing maintenance. If TMobile releases the HTC Tytyn 2 I will switch to that phone, but if they don't I will have to leave TMobile because I am seriously tired of this shitty service, & "NEW" phones which are basically the same freakin phone from 2 years ago with a different colored housing. This 1.3mp camera is a complete piece of shit, it's worse than the VGA camera on the Sidekick 2.
Steven @ Oct 25th 2007 11:00PM
Today at the gym i saw a kid with an lx. It look pretty nice just one thing...
So Danger just wants to make more money... they bring out lil features on every new fone theytke out ... from sk2 to sk3 there wasnt a real big improvment. just like there isnt a big improvement from sk3 to the lx... they just want to keep makin more money by bringin a few features extra everytime...
most likely by the next sidekick, 2 or 3 features extra will come out and ppl will still complain but HEY EVERYONE STILL GETS IT !!! INCLUDING MYSELF lol .....