Missed out on going to the Celebrity Sidekick LX release party? Don’t feel bad, we didn’t get to go either. (I guess the Hiptop3.com invitation was lost in the mail.)

WireImage has some photos from the Launch to make it seem like you were there.

Some of the Celebrities who attended were Jenna Jameson, Carmen Electra, JC Chasez, Laura Prepon, Lil’ John, Bow Wow, Travis Barker, Kat Von D, and for some unknown reason to all mankind Chris ..er.. “Chrissy” Crocker.

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Chris.. erm, “Chrissy” Crocker makes a… “appearance” We were going to label this one NSFW (Not Safe For Work) but we’re going to label it NSFHR (Not Safe For Human Retinas) …proceed with Extreme Caution, the color Orange may be ruined for life after viewing.

Still unsure if you want to make the 3-400 dollar dent in your wallet with the Sidekick LX?

CNet and Yahoo! Tech have you covered with reviews of the Sidekick LX. None of the reviews go as deep as I would like, they seem to be more like “First Looks”, but they might help you make the decision.

Yahoo! Tech’s Review
CNet’s Review

Thanks to everyone who sent these in

The Sidekick LX has officially hit for current T-Mobile customers. IF you want yours, give Customer Care a call at 1-800-937-8997, or log in to My T-Mobile and click on “Upgrade Phone” in the bottom left. If you’re eligible for an upgrade it will let you select phones. The Sidekick is under the “Handhelds” tab.

– $299.99 with a 2 year contract extension
– $399.99 with no contract extension
– $15 for Express (3 business days) shipping on the phone. Free Express shipping if you order online apparently.
– $9.95 for UPS Ground (7 business days)
– Tracking number is your 10 digit phone number (including dashes)

We grabbed a Midnight Blue Sidekick LX, no contract extension, and Express shipping for a total of $444.86 after tax!

Which one did everyone get?

Don’t forget to get your microSD card for your Sidekick LX!

Thanks to Thomas for processing our order!

Just in time for the Sidekick LX to launch to current T-Mobile customers, a theme site launches for the device. Go get your Sidekick LX themes from sklxthemes.com. You can also pick up a microSD card for your Sidekick LX over there as well.

Word from BoyGeniusReport is that T-Mobile is going to be updating Sidekick Data plans to include Unlimited MMS for the LX and Slide, and remain at the same price.

Those of you who are buying their LX as their first Sidekick will automatically get this new plan, the rest of us will have to call T-Mobile and be switched over.

Via BoyGeniusReport

CrunchGear’s got their hands on their Sidekick LX and has given it a quick once over. Nothing much new there, just a few comparison shots to other devices. (iPhone’s and Blackberrys)

View all the photos over at CrunchGear.

Looks like T-Mobile jumped the gun a little early and released the Manual for the Sidekick LX to us. We’re not sure if there are any surprises in it, but if there are we’ll be sure to post them here.

Sidekick LX Manual

Some new features we’ve discovered in our first combing of the manual:

Yahoo Messenger finally auto-connects

Yahoo Messenger Conferencing. (I don’t think this means chatrooms. I could be wrong.)

“Note! The SonicBOOM Music Player will play MP3, WAV, MIDI, WMA, AAC (MP4), XMF, RMF, AIFC, IMY, AMR files; it will not play RAM, M4P, FLAC, RA or any other file that is not listed above.”

Please do note, the Manual will show some features that have been removed by T-Mobile. It is a general Manual, not T-Mobile specific.

Just last week, we reported on T-Mobile’s Pricing for the Sidekick LX Here

But, it looks like T-Mobile has made our wallets happier and reduced the price of the LX! The new pricing listed on T-Mobile.com reports the (Possibly 2 year. We are not sure.) contract price at $299.99 and the Non-Contract pricing is now $399.99

Source: T-Mobile.com

Thanks to everyone who’s sent this in.

It’s Halloween season again, and as usual exiva will be running the HiptopHunt Halloween Scavenger Hunt. This is the 2nd year exiva will be running it, and the 6th year for the tradition.

Last year we had the largest turnout in 5 years with 296 players, 48 teams, 485 items, 5,504 posts and 6,004 images. This year will hopefully be bigger!

Signup’s have begun and will run through the 27th of October. So build your teams, and get everyone to sign up. There will be prizes again this year, but they are not to exiva yet… So we will make another post when they are here.

So, Sign up Today. Also, you can follow hth_announce on twitter, for upto the minute announcements on the progress of Halloween.

For those unable to make up their minds on which Sidekick LX to get, Boy Genius has some color comparison shots to help you make up your mind.

View the gallery of photos.

Via Boy Genius Report