Official Sidekick LX 4.6 Update Notes

T-Mobile/Danger sure are jumping the gun today. They’ve posted the official release notes and we’re going to Mirror the changed here for you just incase they pull it.

Jump Menu & Settings Features
-Backgrounds menu renamed to “Themes”
-Quick Find item searches across device apps
-Empty Trash across device apps
-Spell Check
-Alarm Clock

Web Browser Features
-View Web pages in two layouts: fit-to-screen and full-page-width
-View and save images on Web pages
-Copy selected text on Web pages (method change)

Instant Messaging Features
AOL Instant Messenger
-Group chats
-Find a buddy
-Set a status message and still chat (We think this means an Available message.)
Yahoo! Messenger
-Find a friend
Windows Live Messenger
-Find a contact

Email
-See if message recipient is online
-Send/receive video attachment

Phone Messaging Features
Multimedia Messaging
-Number of slides increased to five
-Send/receive videos
-Audio recording time increased to 60 seconds
Text Messaging
-Auto-discard messages when mailbox is full
-Multi-select messages

Address Book
-Assign 50 “favorite” contacts that appear in their own tab
-Activity Log for each favorite contact
-Online Now tab shows all contacts who are online
-In Browse Contacts screen, Send key places call to highlighted contact
-Send vCard via MMS (in addition to Email, SMS, and Bluetooth)
-Select multiple contacts in Browse Contacts screen.

Bluetooth
-Transfer photos, videos, music files
-Listen to music/videos with hands-free stereo devices
Printing is subsequently missing from this list, but IS in the 4.6 Manual for the LX.

To Do
-New task priority icons

Camera
-Record and send video
-Selection method change
-Crop a photo
-Manually control slide show
-Space remaining shown in title bar
-Send photos/videos via Bluetooth

Media Player
-Play videos

Catalog
-Installing an application or game does not require a device restart
-More space for ringtones (Ringtones are now allocated 2560K rather than 10 slots. Since ringtones are around 100K each, you have room to store approximately 25 ringtones.)
-Assign a default theme/background or ringtone at purchase time

Over the Air Update Notes
4.6 Manual

Thanks to everyone who sent this information in!

60 Responses to “Official Sidekick LX 4.6 Update Notes”

  1. Anonymous Says:

    Lol @ you hipsters.
    Sidekick slide internally is twice what the sidekick lx is.
    It has a beter OS and twice the RAM of the lx.

    Learn to look at more than just looks!

  2. Dougy Says:

    Lol @ you hipsters.
    Sidekick slide internally is twice what the sidekick lx is.
    It has a beter OS and twice the RAM of the lx.

    Learn to look at more than just looks!

  3. miguel Says:

    can some email me if the sidekick slide is gettin the update … shitblaze@yahoo.com
    pleaze contact me ..

  4. julie b Says:

    I have to say i love my sidekick 2008! I loved my sidekick slide but the 2008 has way more features like video and the camera quality is great! I highly recommend the sidekick 2008 not the sidekick slide( only cuz its discontinued)

  5. LoCo Gr52Ve Says:

    if any1 knows how to get free ringtones hit me on my aim smoothgroove52 for my sidekicc lx

  6. Nancy Says:

    Where is says “Set a status message and still chat (We think this means an Available message.)” for AIM.

    Does this work for the sidekick 08 too?

  7. annette hernande Says:

    Hey im a new sidekick lx user how can i transfer pictures from my computer to my sidekick?

  8. annette hernandez Says:

    Hey I am a new sidekick lx user ,how can i transfer photos from my computer to my side kick???

  9. michael Says:

    I have a Hiptop slide so do all my friends and only 1 of my friends have had the update

  10. mike e Says:

    Does tha new updates have youtube



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