Archive for February, 2009

Text addicts on T-Mobile have always had the perfect phone for them in the form of the Sidekick. It had the requisite QWERTY keyboard that made texting so much faster and easier.

Over the years though, the Sidekick has seen more and more new direct competitors as more and more phones (smartphones and feature phones alike) get full physical or touchscreen QWERTY keyboards. Add to that the growing feature list on most of the other phones and the Sidekick began looking and feeling really dated.

Now though, there’s a new Sidekick in town, the new Sidekick LX. The Sidekick LX features a bigger screen than the Sidekick 2008, a new 3.2 megapixel camera, a GPS unit, 3G capabilities, and an improved user interface.

The keyboard has also been improved, making it easier than ever to type on the phone.

This new Sidekick is still produced by Sharp and like before, build quality is still superb. The software improvements come courtesy of Microsoft, which now owns Danger. Users of previous Sidekicks will instantly be at home with this new one even with the improved user interface.

The Sidekick LX is now available for $ 200 with a two-year contract on T-Mobile.