T-Mobile Sidekick LX Smartphone Announced With 3g, GPS And More

Putting an end to a lot of speculations, T-Mobile has finally announced its much hyped new Sidekick LX 2009 officially. The handset is 3G-enabled which facilitates faster web browsing. To woo youth the new Sidekick LX has built-in support for a lot of social networking applications including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter. Then there is GPS-enabled Live Search that lets you do local search and map them using Geotagging. The cellphone comes in two colors: carbon or orchid. Although custom shells are there if you desire personalized touch.


T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 is the thinnest Sidekick ever with dimensions of 5.1 inches X 2.3 inches X 0.6 inch and weighs 5.82 ounces. The sharp display consists of the WVGA 3.2 inches screen with an 854x480-pixel resolution based on Sharp's Aquos technology.

T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 has borrowed its swivel screen from its predecessor and has full QWERTY keyboard. The phone also comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus and flash, LED flash, bluetooth, Youtube viewer, video uploader. There is support for video recording and playback, stereo Bluetooth, quadband EDGE, and HSDPA 2100.

T-Mobile has started the pre-order now. The Sidekick LX is expected to be available by May 13th for a price tag of $199.99 with 2-years service contract and mail-in-rebate. The retail package will include a 1GB microSD card and available in dark gray or maroon color.

LG Arena Smartphone Specifications, Info, Picture

LG Smartphone Arena will be exclusively launched by T-Mobile, UK. The company will be shipping the smartphone in titan black finish. Arena will come with company's Mobile Jukebox application which is a prominent portal for music downloads, news and more. The mobile phone comes with on-board Dolby Mobile 2.0 technology which lets you experience music in virtual surround sound. The phone has a unique cube-based layout which provides four home screens to directly and quickly access all features.

LG Arena (KM900) sports 3-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 480x800 pixels which is ideal for watching video clips on Youtube and other multimedia applications. The phone has innovative 3D S-Class user interface by LG with fingertip control.

The power packed LG Arena comes with a 5-megapixel camera with flash, 8GB inbuilt memory capacity, a FM transmitter, WiFi, a microSDHC card reader, assisted GPS, a 3.5mm audio jack. The cellphone supports are GSM Tri-band, EDGE / UTMS.

Photobucket Enables T-Mobile Users To Share Photos Instantly

Photobucket, the popular photo and video sharing site has teamed up with T-Mobile to create a mobile photo service that allows the users to send their photos to many destinations like Photobucket album, an email address or a PC hard drive. The service id exclusively for T-Mobile users.

Users who want to avail of this service can download a free 21 days trial version of the application to selected handsets including the Blackberry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl and three Windows Mobile phones which enables them to save their digital photos directly to Photobucket album.

Once the mobile uploader software has been downloaded, the users can specify where photos taken from their mobile phones should be automatically uploaded to.

After 21 days if they want they can upgrade the application to full version for a special holiday one-time purchase price of $19.99. In case the photo sharing app is not upgraded, it will continue to work in a reduced functionality mode wherein users photos can only be uploaded to albums.

"Photobucket is excited to work with T-Mobile to make photo sharing on mobile handsets even easier," said Alex Welch, President of Photobucket. "By broadening the options that T-Mobile customers have in porting their photos, the Photobucket Mobile Uploader for T-Mobile gives users the most complete photo sharing experience possible."

"T-Mobile is pleased to be working with Photobucket to expand the offerings that help our customers stick together," said Venetia Espinoza, Director, Mobile Applications and Partner Programs, T-Mobile. "Partners play an essential role in ensuring that our customers have access to new, innovative experiences and Photobucket provides a great experience for sharing spur-of-the-moment photos with family and friends."