Sidekick 4? 0
T-Mobile attempts to reclaim its cellular throne.
Mobile will be adding two new sidekick phones to their stable this holiday season: The Sidekick LX, developed by Sharp, and the Sidekick Slide, developed by Motorola.
Both of these phones greatly improve upon the design of the top selling but sort of janky Sidekick 3. For starters, both phones will be significantly slimmer so that you might actually be able to fit one in your pocket. Additionally, both phones will have slightly larger keys for easier typing, and improvements will have been made to up the quality of the LCD screens and cameras as well.
Now you can see that hankmonster you met last night at the bar in hi-res!
In order to compete with the “Sidekick killer”, Helio’s Ocean, it is rumored that the new Sidekicks will have GPS capabilities and default MySpace browser apps. Also, the picture-sharing program has been modified so that Sidekick users can send photos without attaching them to an email, which has long been one of the most annoying features of the device.
The LX will feature a slightly higher-resolution screen and thinner profile than the Slide, and will retail for around $299 with a two-year contract The Slide will retail for around $199 with a two-year contract. The Sidekick slide will still be available in the coming year as well, at an entry-level price point of $49.
T-Mobile knows what really sells sexy electronic devices: Celebrity tits, big ones, and lots of them.
Are these improvements going to help the Sidekick reclaim its position as the go-to device for the cellphone hipster culture? Or is it already to late? Slide screens are cooler than swivel screens, but even slides are so last year. It’s all about touch screens now! Also, adding features that should have already been included in a device that costs more than 90% of the competition only insults the people that might have considered upgrading. I mean, the Sidekick 3 doesn’t even have an alarm function and has a battery life of about 8 hours for chrissakes! How much better could this year’s models really be?
