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T mobile sidekick phone LX is a messaging oriented cell phone which is designed to improve the ease of messaging. Not surprising, it goes well for messaging, emailing and other texting purposes.

Even with a bigger screen, the phone is very slim and won’t look uncomfortable in the pocket of a tight pair of jeans.

On the part of usability, T-Mobile did not use the Android operating system (which T-Mobile G1 uses) on Sidekick LX – instead it contains a unique operating system designed solely to work with the Sidekick LX just perfectly, and it does it well.

The unique operating system does mean, however, a certain lack of applications available for it (unlike phones running Symbian or Windows Mobile for example) but it does support Java so most things you would want to do with your phone should be available.

The camera on the phone is a very basic 1.3 megapixel camera that can’t record video – much like how the iPhone has been designed (update: T-Mobile later released a software update which includes video recording, playback and sharing capabilities; enhanced web browsing and A2DP support). A new feature in the Sidekick LX is that it has a camera flash, but seems to have no other camera features that many of its rivals do, including a lack of auto focus and no options on how to set the camera to different modes or conditions. Most modern phones support 3G internet connectivity for a world that demands to be constantly online, but the Sidekick LX only manages a mere GPRS/EDGE connection. On standby, the phone lasts around 4 days which isn’t bad for a smart phone, but for such a less taxing phone could be a lot better. In conclusion, the T-Mobile Sidekick LX has responded to some consumers wanting a good looking, affordable phone that allows them to message with ease. Originally announced back in May 2006, the Sidekick 3 is a direct upgrade to the Sidekick 2 which now seems to have ‘had its day’.

The Sidekick phones are known best for their frequent appearances on R & B music videos in the US and UK and are definitely looked on as ‘Bling Phones’.

The Sidekick 3 does not conform to the stereotypical design of a normal mobile phone, its neither a ‘candy-bar’ or ‘flip’ design. It sails closely to resembling a ’slide’ phone but only the central screen actually moves.

This phone is slightly larger than an average mobile phone and holds the same rough dimensions you may expect from a PDA phone with a large display screen.

The new TMobile Sidekick III offers a far better camera than the previous model as well as EDGE technology for faster download speeds.
Other important features include Speakerphone for hands-free operation, a new music player, a handy ‘trackball’ button for easy menu navigation and vertical plus horizontal scrolling when viewing larger web pages.

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