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T-Mobile Sidekick LX Review

By Sam Lee

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Published: 17May2009
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The T-Mobile Sidekick series has become increasingly popular recently, perhaps as it is seen as a decent looking phone with good functionality and hardware to back it up for an affordable price, and an alternative to some of the other big name devices coming out. Similar to how the G1 operates, the Sidekicks are a series of products by T Mobile that slide open to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard - the Sidekick LX is one of the latest additions to this line.

The first, most noticeable difference, with this new product is that it has a much bigger screen; a 3" screen with 65,000 colors at a 400x240 pixel (landscape) resolution. Even with a bigger screen, the phone is very slim and won't look uncomfortable in the pocket of a tight pair of jeans.

Thinking about usability, T Mobile haven't decided to jump on the Android bandwagon and use the increasingly-popular operating system favored by the very similar G1 - 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 autofocus and no options on how to set the camera to different modes or conditions. Internal memory comes in at a mere 64Mb, so there isn't much scope to store many MP3 files or photos, but there is the opportunity to expand this with a microSD card.

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. On the other hand, talk time is a fairly respectable 7 hours.

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. However, it would probably be better to pay a little extra and get your hands on a phone that has a lot more features - namely a better internet connection, better camera and more internal memory - that can be found only for a small amount more.

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