T-Mobile Announces the Social Networking Phone - Sidekick LX

T-Mobile USA has just announced a new Sidekick phone dubbed Sidekick LX. Sporting a sleek and trendy look, the Sidekick LX boasts of 3G connectivity and social networking features that supports direct access to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Yes, you read it right, the Sidekick LX has an integrated Twitter application. You can imagine just how popular the Sidekick LX will be given the growing popularity of Twitter in the social networking industry.

The Facebook, MySpace and Twitter application is integrated into the Sidekick LX’s “Communities” section. These application will be updated in real-time and will display notifications on the phone’s home menu screen. In addition, the Sidekick LX would also features GPS-enabled Live Search capabilities.

Aside from these cool features, the Sidekick LX is also equipped with a 3.2 megapixel camera with enhanced video capabilities. Using this camera to take photos and capture videos, users can immediately upload them to their social networking profiles. The Sidekick LX also supports YouTube video streaming.

Other features of the Sidekick LX include built-in self-help app, swivel design, full QWERTY keyboard, mood lights, support for personal e-mail, SMS, MMS, and IM through AOL, Windows Live and Yahoo Messenger. The Sidekick LX also comes with 1GB microSD memory card, Bluetooth, and Network Address Book.

The Sidekick LX is a Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE worldphone (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) phone. Battery configuration is as follow - 3G — 3 hours talk time, 6 days standby; 2G — 5.5 hours talk time, 8 days standby.

This great looking Sidekick LX phone is available now for preorder at www.sidekick.com. It will be available in orchid and carbon colors.