Just in case you didn’t get the SMS, exisiting T-Mobile customers can now upgrade to the new Tony Hawk Limited Edition Sidekick LX. The price will vary from person to person, based on the last time you upgraded your phone. I upgraded to a Sidekick LX (no contract extension) the day they were available and the above price is what T-Mobile showed me. All you need to do is log in to My T-Mobile click on Shop -> Upgrade Phone and then you should see the Tony Hawk LX if you’re eligible to upgrade. You can also call Customer Care to upgrade, or even upgrade in select stores (call first to see if they have the Tony Hawk LX in stock).

Want to compare the rumored size of the Sidekick 2008 to the Sidekick LX? Take a look:

Want to know what the full specs on the T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 are? BreatheTmobile has them for you and we’re reposting below:

T-Mobile Sidekick (2008) Specs:

2mp camera w/video
Media Player
Pc-like HTML web browser
Instant Msg
Email
Automatic Backup
Removable Faceplates (customizable at sidekick.com w/your own art or pix!)
2.6″ high resolution wQVGA screen w/ micro-reflective tft lcd
Bluetooth 2.0 w/file transfer
QWERTY keyboard
Trackball
3.5mm headjack
Mirco SD slot w/ 4gb support

Quadband 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
size: 120 x 57.5 x 18 mm!!!!!!
weight: 140 g
standby: 10 days
talk time: 5 hours
Display: 400 x 240 pixel
ram: 128 mb
Flash ROM: 64 mb

It looks like this device is going to be pretty similar to the Sidekick LX, which is no surprise. He also mentions that the device will be “affordable”, although noone is tossing around a price tag yet. His original post can be found on the TmoNews forums.

So the latest rumor on the street is that this long awaited Gecco device is going to be called the “Sidekick 2008” by T-Mobile. We have to wonder if T-Mobile marketing is serious about launching a device halfway through the year it’s named for, but then again they did release the SKiD. We’ve squinted our eyes and examined the photos and haven’t been able to see anything that confirms that it will be called the Sidekick 2008. On the back of the screen where it normally says “Sidekick LX” or whatever, it just says “Sidekick”. So here’s your salt shaker, this is what we’ve heard. Probably even more exciting though are some fuzzy pictures floating around that you can see above and below. Looks like T-Mobile is prepared to help you customize the hell out of your device with Sidekick Shells.

via Thanks for the tip Dominic!

We’ve had a number of people write in to point out what looks like a Limited Edition Famous Stars and Straps Sidekick LX on the Famous website. It turns out that unfortunately this isn’t a limited edition that we’ll see being sold in stores. It was a special batch of devices just for Travis Barker, a long time Sidekick user, and crew. I know I know, based on the number of Famous Stars and Straps themes that have been uploaded, I bet a lot of you would be waiting in line to buy this device if you could. In the meantime you’ll just have to make your own with Colorware or a can of spray paint.

Word on the street is that Palm hired one of the guys (Matias Duarte) responsible for the Sidekick user interface we all know and love. There was no official announcement, but supposedly Duarte left Helio for Palm late last year. Palm confirmed that he’s working there, but of course no details on exactly what he’s doing. Who knows, maybe the Palm OS will start looking more like the Sidekick. With Microsoft picking up Danger and this hire by Palm, you can’t help but notice that the industry likes the way Danger thinks.

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We received the above screenshots from a Best Buy employee (they have access to see inventory coming) from their internal tools. Looks like T-Mobile switched around the misspelling of “Gecko” and are calling it the Sidekick Gecco. There’s not a whole lot of details other than the name of the device, the size and weight of the box, and the release date of July 27th that we knew about long ago. Oh wait, what’s that? $299? Is that the price of the Sidekick Gecco? Hmm.. Needless to say, this is exciting and only a couple weeks away!

Big thanks to our anonymous tipster