The Sidekick brand took a major beating with a nasty data outage in 2009 and was discontinued in 2010, but now T-Mobile has decided to revive the series by going with Android and giving it the 4G treatment.
“Backed by the faster speeds on T-Mobile’s 4G network, the new Sidekick 4G offers customers both speed and style,” said Andrew Sherrard, SVP product management, T-Mobile USA. “We’ve reinvented the messaging experience that made the Sidekick such an iconic device, and supercharged it with communication and entertainment experiences that take full advantage of our 4G network.”
A quick look at the Sidekick 4G specs shows us this device has the same interal hardware as the Galaxy S 4G. That means it has Samsung’s 1 GHz Hummingbird CPU, which is one of the fastest single-core mobile processors available. However, it loses the Super AMOLED display in order to reduce costs.
Highlights of the Sidekick 4G include:
Android 2.2
1 GHz Hummingbird CPU
3 megapixel primary camera, VGA front-facing camera
3.5 inch WVGA display
Internal storage not announced
Five-row QWERTY keyboard
Support for 4G HSPA+ 21 Mbps
