T-Mobile Sidekick LX
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OK, kids–hope you’ve been nice this year, because here’s something you might want to add to your holiday wish lists. Today, T-Mobile announced not one, but two new Sidekicks to be added to its lineup: the T-Mobile Sidekick LX and the T-Mobile Sidekick …

Original post by Bonnie Cha

This update to the SK3 steps up to a much better display - the same one Sharp uses in its top-end phones for Japan. Other upgrades include quad-band GSM, a lighter frame, MMS, and a 3.5mm jack for standard music headphones. Carryovers include Bluetooth, memory card slot, megapixel camera, QWERTY keyboard, and a full web browser.

Original post by Kiven

Last week, I played with T-Mobile’s upcoming Sidekick LX built by Sharp and Sidekick Slide, built by Motorola. Though it’s still over a month from their “holiday” release, T-Mobile is acknowledging their existence today with some official pics and specs.
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Both are more slender than anything yet seen in the Sidekick family: the $299 swivel-action LX is .86″ thick, while the aptly named $199 Slide is even slimmer at .68″. I can actually conceive of putting the Slide into my jeans pocket—a first for the notoriously chunky Sidekicks. Both have 1.3 megapixel cameras and microSD card slots that support cards up to 4GB.
The LX’s 3″ screen is spacious, bright and higher than the others in resolution, at 400 x 240 pixels. (The Slide’s perfectly adequate screen is a more typical 320×240.) Typing is a bit easier on the LX, […]

Original post by Wilson Rothman

Last week, I played with T-Mobile’s upcoming Sidekick LX built by Sharp and Sidekick Slide, built by Motorola. Though it’s still over a month from their “holiday” release, T-Mobile is acknowledging their existence today with some official pics and specs.
galleryPost(\’OfficialSidekickLX\’, 6, \’Official Sidekick LX Pics\’);
galleryPost(\’SidekickSlideOfficialOfficial\’, 5, \’Official Sidekick Slide Pics\’);
Both are more slender than anything yet seen in the Sidekick family: the swivel-action LX is .86″ thick, while the aptly named Slide is even slimmer at .68″. I can actually conceive of putting the Slide into my jeans pocket—a first for the notoriously chunky Sidekicks. Both have 1.3 megapixel cameras and microSD card slots that support cards up to 4GB.
The LX’s 3″ screen is spacious, bright and higher than the others in resolution, at 400 x 240 pixels. (The Slide’s perfectly adequate screen is a more typical 320×240.) Typing is a bit easier on the LX, too, since […]

Original post by Wilson Rothman

This variant of the Curve adds GPS with support for location-based applications, but is otherwise similar to the original 8300 model. Other features of this consumer-oriented BlackBerry include a 2 megapixel camera, music player, stereo Bluetooth, 3.5mm headphone jack, and memory card slot.

Original post by Kiven

This variant of the Curve adds Wi-Fi with UMA, but is otherwise similar to the original 8300 model. Other features of this consumer-oriented BlackBerry include a 2 megapixel camera, music player, stereo Bluetooth, 3.5mm headphone jack, and memory card slot.

Original post by Kiven

There was no official word whether the Nokia N81 was coming to the US or not, but today the FCC went ahead and approved it. The N81 was announced last month at the Go Play event in London together with the 8GB version of the famous N95…

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Nothing quite lights up a room like the Discovery’s Rainbow In My Room — it’s also one of the best leprechaun-catching tools available on the market. Using LED lights, the gadget creates a prismatic rainbow arc on your wall or on your ceiling. It uses a motion sensor that turns the rainbow on and off when you’re near, and an automatic shut-off assures that you won’t over-rainbow your room. For sale for $30 dollars and available early October, it’s the cheapest way to achieve faux happiness without moisture and white light. [Discovery via SciFi]

Original post by Yuri Baranovsky

In an attempt to scare people off even more, Apple released a press release this week saying that unlocking your iPhone to be used with other carriers besides AT&T may render it useless.
Don’t worry, Apple would never do anything to intentionally…

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Original post by Michael Oryl (editor)

Research in Motion and T-Mobile today announced the launch of the new WiFi-enabled (802.11 b/g) BlackBerry Curve 8320. Just days ago, RIM and AT&T announced the BlackBerry 8820, which also comes packed with WiFi goodness.
But this announcement is…

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Original post by Michael Oryl (editor)

While the Wind-Up lamp may make your room faintly reminiscent of Minnie Mouse’s bedroom, it is both ecological and useful. The lamp is powered mainly by a spring-driven generator, which uses a high carbon tensile steel spring that, when it unwinds, transfers power to a tiny electric generator that then powers the light.
As the giant, cartoony screw winds down, it acts as a timer that will eventually turn your light off — saving precious electricity long after you’ve fallen asleep. The lamp is a concept design by Yuko Taguchi and isn’t currently on sale anywhere but the back alleys of Disneyland. [RedFerret via SciFi]

Original post by Yuri Baranovsky

Voip company Vonage was ordered today by a federal court to pay $69.5 million to Sprint Nextel for infringing on several patents owned by Sprint. The jurors also awarded the company 5% royalty on future Vonage revenues, which said that it would…

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Original post by Michael Oryl (editor)

Blackberry users are getting a little more love these days. It hasn’t been long since Opera Mini 4 Beta became compatible with the BlackBerry platform. Now The Gizmo Project, a free, all-in-one IM and VoIP client mash-up originally built for the desktop, has opened its doors to BlackBerrys too.
Here’s what’s in it for Gizmo Project Mobile Beta users–IMing other Gizmo, Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, and Google Talk users from your phone, plus free calls to fellow Gizmos….

Original post by Jessica Dolcourt

If your own, strange bathroom sounds startle and horrify you, Toilet Tunes is like a urine-drenched super-hero, ready to please. The gadget uses a sensor installed in the toilet lid that will play six musical choices when the lid is raised and that will make your trip t