Sidekick Gekko / 2008 / Aspen Details
Looks like Rockstar21 over on the PoweredByDanger forums got ahold of some information that maybe he shouldn’t have. He’s posted some blurry pics of a folder of info on the new Sidekick Gekko/2008/Aspen, slated for release at the end of July. He’s also transcribed the contents of the folder for your information:
Pricing: Get yourself a sidekick at an Affordable price. =)
Catalog: Download more apps, themes and games faster from the catalog
Address book: improved intergration. see what friends are online and immediately start chatting. activity logs. easier dialing for phone calls. improved interface.
Shortcuts: QuickFind, SpellCheck, Shortcut key strokes, and QuickJump(unified inbox and recent applications list)
Headset jack: 3.5 standard audio headphone jack
External memory: 512 mb for videos, pictures and music. can take up to 4 gb card.
Notifications: sounds, vibrations and multi colored trackball.
SMS: yes
MMS: yes
MyFaves: capable
Target Customer: Young fashionable, predominantly female who likes to express themselves and be creative.
Demensions: 120×57.5×18 mm “slightly wider, yet shorter slightly thicker than the sidekick slide”
Weight: 140 g lighter than both slide, and lx
Display: 2.6 diagonal viewing “400×240 pixel WQVGA” Mobile advanced Super V LCD (.4 inches smaller than LX)
Camera: 2.0 Mp still camera and video recorder (should be obviously noticable difference in quality of pictures and video recordings)
Instant Messaging: AIM, MSN, Yahoo. with group chat, stealth mode, and links to profiles.
Media Player: video and music player. 3gp and MPEG 4 with WMA and ACC formats.
Web Browser: yes, with zoom, pan, and scan.
Bluetooth: yes, stereo, phone calls, watching/listening to music and vidoes, sending and recieving media files.
standby time for battery: 10 days
talk time: 5 hours
128 mb ram
64 mb flash rom
July 15th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Interesting… can I exchange it at no charge ? I have LX for about 2 months old and contract of 2 years.
July 16th, 2008 at 12:53 am
“Pricing: Get yourself a sidekick at an Affordable price. =)” Does anyone have any idea whatsoever how much ‘Affordable’ is???!!
July 16th, 2008 at 8:50 am
i agree =/
July 16th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Yeah this “affordable” thing kinda seems impossible with those specs that they are listing.
July 16th, 2008 at 9:37 am
you guys keep me sane
July 16th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
The Gekko is supposed to be the successor to the SidekickiD right? It should be priced lower than the flagship LX but we’ll see…
July 16th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Yeah right hahaha, your stuck unless you want to pay full price
July 16th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
wtf, so this is a girls phone?
July 16th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Not really. Its targeted towards females but that doesn’t mean that guys can’t have it. Like the iD was targeted twards people with a budget but that doesn’t mean everyone who has it doesn’t have money.
July 16th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
so does anyone know exactly how much they think it’ll cost?!?!
July 16th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
i thinkk its gonna bee $300 but idkkk ? if the price is affordablee with all of those features then it’ll deff. be likee $300
July 17th, 2008 at 8:52 am
More news, please!! If it’s coming out in the end of July, then there should be a lot of news ALREADY.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:10 am
this phone looks bad ass im gettting it
July 17th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
i think it will come out at the endd of this month & even if it is coming out this month there doesn’t neeed to be more info on it.
July 17th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Yes sweetie, I do have some questions about it and it seems like I can’t find the information yet. 😉
August 1st, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I GOT MY UPPDATE AT TACO BELL ITS TITE THE ONLY THING IT ONLY RECORDS 20SECS BUT ITS TITE ITS LIKE OMG!!!!!!!!!!!11111
August 6th, 2008 at 6:12 am
Is it just me, or are a lot of the OTA update and “new” kick replies, seem to be trolls?
(Trolls= people who work for a company or subcontracted, and are paid to sit at a pc, and post positive messages to promote a certain product,etc., to a selected group of consumers)
Lol, I’m jusssssst saying….
And as for the update, what the duce?! 1st time hearing about it today,let alone receiving it! Same goes for the “new” kick,is that some sort of sick joke?
August 13th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
On tmobile.com it says that they are $150.00
December 29th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Man I feel that the 08 is very valuable….you can change cases any time…u can remix your own shell even upload a photo for your shell..but this phone is not jus for ladies…men can have them to…if your on the go or in the crib its great to have an 08!