Sent in by a reader, we’ve got a large image file that has two possible logos for the Sidekick Slide and the Sidekick LX. this could be a good fake since it would not be difficult to make, but the Sidekick Slide logo does have the feel of a T-Mobile logo. But it is missing the familiar T-Mobile magenta color in it. The Sidekick LX logo just doesn’t look right for some reason. However, the T-Mobile copyright in the top left corner either gives some credit, or is just a nice touch by someone faking it.

Thanks R!

CrunchGear posted about the latest Sidekick Zante/Slide info and are a bit cautious about believing it. We’re also a bit skeptical over here. Here are some reasons why we think the latest “leak” of Zante / Slide info is flawed.

The Zante on the features image is a bad photoshop. Why would you put a black phone on a black background? And even so, why not outline it in white rather than leftover garbage from a select tool? However the actual Zante image itself is something new. I just find it hard to believe that any “official doc” like this would be so poorly done.

What is the difference between a Feature and an Enabler? Why so much repetition in specifications? Are you just trying to take up space?

The Zante will use microSD not “Mlini SD”

The Zante has previously been reported as the Q700, not the Q900.

All the info has been previously leaked in some form already or easily assumed. It’s easy to gather it all and photoshop it together.

Why is it spelled “Catalogue” and not “Catalog” like it is on the Sidekick devices?

The screen on the Zante is an image of Danger OS 3.0, not 4.0 like the URL for the user manual placeholder on Danger’s site indicates.

Why in the world would you measure size in cc instead of inches or millimeters?

There is talk of the Zante having incredible battery life, but the battery is only 1130mAh, whereas the Sidekick 3’s current battery is 1500mAh and only gets about a day of usage. Can we really believe that they dropped the power consumption that much to get a rumoured 5.9hrs of talk time?

No mention of the feature of OS OTAs? This is one of the features that Danger has that most other phones don’t.

“WMA.2.5mm Audio” ? – Is this a new codec or did someone not hit return to create a new bullet point about the size of the headphone port?

All in all, I think some of this info is right, some of it is wrong, and some of it is old. Perhaps the person leaking this does have access to some info, but I don’t think this came from Danger or Motorola. Anyone else want to point out other fun facts about this latest “leak”?

More renderings of the possible Sidekick Slide / Zante have surfaced as well as an image with some stats. While the first two are most definitely renderings, the specification sheet is somewhat suspicious. Poor graphics, and misspelled words like “Mlini” and “catalogue” (it’s Download Catalog on the Sidekick 3 devices). And if they’re going for form factors, one would think they would opt for microSD as opposed to miniSD. And if this is a sheet for T-Mobile (as it has the T-Mobile phone people) why is it called the Zante and not the Sidekick Slide? If it’s not for T-Mobile, why is it using the T-Mobile phone splash screen and not Danger’s internal splash screen? We’re a little skeptical of the source, although a large part of the information looks to be correct. Here are the specs from the image:

Zante Main Features / Highlights

Specifications

SA Date: Q3 2007

Form Factor: QWERTY assisted slider

Finish: Premium-look CMF, plastic

Bands/Modes: GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900

GPRS (2U/4D) Class 10

EDGE (2U/4D) Class 10

Size: 104cc

Weight: 150g

Antenna: Internal

Battery: 1130 mAh (BK70) removable

Key Features

2.4″ QVGA 65k TFT Display

1.3MP Imager

Large 5-row QWERTY keyboard

MP3, WAV, MIDI, AAC, AAC+, WMA, 2.5mm Audio

Push Email

SMS, MMS, IM (AIM, Yahoo, Microsoft)

Web-browsing with Javascript support

Game controllers

Bluetooth Wireless Connectivity

Expandable mem up to 2GB with Mlini SD

Enablers

EDGE

1.3MP Imager

Java

Audio Codec: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA

EL Backlighting

Integrated BlueTooth

128MB shared internal user memory

Danger Service Delivery Engine

Realtime web-page conversion

OTA synchronization of user data

Download catalogue

original post over at Gizmodo

We’ve been poking around on the FCC site to see if anything has been submitted for the Sidekick Slide / Zante / Q700. So far nothing conclusive, but here are some suspects and why we think they’re suspect. We’d love to hear other’s opinions.

FCCID: IHDT56HU1

Documents filed on 06/15/2007, 45 day confidentiality puts full release on July 30th unless extension is filed.

Supports GSM 850, 1900, EDGE, and Bluetooth

“The transmitter is contained in a single chip solution, which integrates the Bluetooth baseband, RF transceiver, ARM7 TDMI, memory (ROM and RAM), and power management on one chip using 90nm process manufacturing and Digital RF Processor technology.”

Bluetooth Specification v2.0 adaptive frequency hopping (AFH) and extended Synchronous Connection Oriented (eSCO) is used to deliver a high-quality Bluetooth voice and enhanced data throughput.

Has Class 12 EDGE

Internal antenna: 36.6mm x 8.0mm

User Manual is 1.7megs

FCC Docs

FCCID: IHDT56HZ1

Documents filed on 05/15/2007, 45 day confidentiality puts full info release on June 29th unless extension is filed.

Supports GSM 850, 1900, EDGE, and Bluetooth

Can be connected to computer via USB

Uses batteries: SNN5810A, SNN5808A, SNN5805A. None of these battery models are found by google, new hardware design dictates a new battery?

It mentions some information about CDMA testing as well?

Internal antenna: 40mm x 6mm

User manual is 3.7megs

FCC Docs

But this could all be barking up the wrong tree as the information on the new Sidekick Slide may not even be in the hands of the FCC at this time. The above phones may just be some new thin device from Motorola with lots of Zs or Vs in the name.

Looking back at the Sidekick 3, all the FCC docs were released around April 22nd, with the device hitting stores (for upgrading customers) on June 28th, about 9 weeks. These docs put the guesstimated release date around Aug 30th or Sept 30th. The last leaked docs were talking about August 22nd. Just some food for thought.

We took a closer look at the supposed document and have some more info. It was taken with a Sidekick 3 on 06/19/2007. It appears to be that the Danger PV-400, aka the Sidekick LX/LE is requested for release in Q3 of 2007, but is slated for release sometime between Q4 of 2007 and Q2 of 2008. The Sidekick Slide (SLD?) aka the Motorola Q700 has a “REALESE” date of Q3 2007. Is T-Mobile just bad at spelling or not know where the caps lock key is? And were they really wanting to release two Danger devices in Q3 2007?

Here’s the text from the paper:

6/12/2007 T-Mobile Co.
Danger PV -400 REV
SDK L(X)
SDK L(E1)

DOC. 985334563 PV REV.

FINALIZATION: Q4 2007 – Q2 2008
RELEASE: Q3 REQ. UNDECIDED
PROD. DELAY 699888
DATA. NO. 834

—————————-

CONTRACT. GEN MOTOROLA Q700 GSM
SK SLD** FCC APR: PROCCESSING

BATT LI-ON K38ARBRC

PRODUCT FINALIZATION: AUG 22, 2007
REALESE: LATE Q3 2007
DANGER
NO DATA. JAP. 453

56RT56456HTEGER45

Ryan writes to let us know he found this leaked info on the new Sidekick LX and LE. We’re out at diner, posting from our Zante so we’ll have to look into this further to see if it’s legit or not. Wanted to at least get it to you guys to check out first.

UPDATE: We got copies of the pics in case they were pulled:

Not sure if this is just someone making really bad fakes or if someone is not capable of taking a decent photo. This piece of paper has a weird mix of Sharp, Motorola, Sidekick Slide (SLD and Q700 mentions), Sidekick L(X) and Sidekick L(E) mentions.

More info in on the Sidekick Slide has leaked out.

Sources confirm that it is the Zante, and here are the specs:

•It’s called the Motorola Q700, or Zante
•September 9-11, 2007 Launch [In question, as are all unofficial release dates]
•Danger 4.0 OS
•Assisted slide
•Round keyboard keys
•Transmissive 2.4-inch, 320 × 240 screen
•118mm x 62mm x 17.5mm
•MMS support
•MicroSD
•USB charging
•Voice dialing
•Same 100/30 SMS message limit as previous SKs
•Same 1.3MP camera

Some are speculating that this is an “interim device” to hold people over until the Sidekick 4. This is not just some thrown together device that’s basically the same as the old device, like the Sidekick ID was. This is a new hardware design, aimed at the market of people who complain that the Sidekick is too big and bulky. The new operating system probably won’t be ground breaking (we don’t expect to see video on it), but it will have some nice improvements over version 3.4.

via Gizmodo

What’s this? A little more poking around in the whois databases and we’ve uncovered two more domains registered by T-Mobile, sidekicklx.com and sidekickle.com. Unfortunately these names don’t give us much as far as clues. SidekickLE.com was registered on May 31st, 2007 but SidekickLX.com was registered on May 18th, 2007. While Sidekick LX could be the original thought for the name of the Sidekick Slide, it could also be another device entirely. We’re guessing the Sidekick LE is going to be related to a special edition Sidekick, as T-Mobile has a habit of putting out (highly popular) Limited Edition (LE) devices. We’ll let you know as soon as we find out more about all of these newly registered names.

Whois registry info is sometimes a great way to find out about gadgets that aren’t released yet. We did some poking around and discovered that T-Mobile has registered a new domain related to the sidekick, sidekickslide.com. They registered it on May 31st, 2007 as indicated by the whois information. Sometimes companies will register domain names that are similar to existing products just to prevent other people from using them. But this domain is something completely different than any of the other Sidekick devices, so we’re guessing the name of the next Sidekick is going to be the Slide.

Could this be the Zante that we uncovered earlier through Flickr? Or maybe the Sidekick X? Why the name “Slide”? We’re guessing it has something to do with the way the screen opens. Danger may be putting out a device that doesn’t have the familiar flip in attempt for something new. The patent filings from years ago have a phone design that has a screen that slides up rather than flips out. Besides, with the (horrible) Helio Ocean release, everyone’s talking about sliders these days. And we’re also willing to bet that this is new hardware made by Motorola based on the timing and the leaked Powerpoint slide.

We don’t have any release date on this device yet, but if T-Mobile is registering a domain then chances are it’s coming soon. Besides, with the iPhone slated to come out in 2 weeks, T-Mobile is going to need something new on the market to compete. We’re just hoping it’s better than the Slide click.

Danger’s job page, while always interesting to look at, sometimes drops clues regarding what features they’re working on for future devices. This time it looks like they’re going to be working on GPS support via bluetooth. Here’s the internship listing:

Internship – Software Engineering: Location-Based Services
Job Code : Intern-07-3
Division/Company : Apps
Location : 1; PALO ALTO CA US 94306
Travel Required : No Travel
Job Type : Intern-Temporary
Career Level : Student (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Education : Some College Coursework Completed
Skill : Computer Software Development -> C language programming, Java, UNIX
Category : Computers, Hardware,Computers, Software,Engineering,Telecommunications
Compensation :
Job Description :

INTERN AT DANGER THIS SUMMER!

Internship – Software Engineering: Location-Based Services

We are offering full time summer internships in both MBA and technical areas. Our Summer Internship Program will run 3 months from approximately June 4th thru August 31st.

We are seeking talented students who would love the opportunity to work in a challenging & creative environment. Danger, Inc. is a dynamic, fast paced, private software company in the mobile/internet space. Creating innovative, user-friendly, fun software for the mobile Internet is the heart of what we do. As an intern at Danger, you will be a part of innovative projects and work with some of the most talented people in the industry! You will learn from the best and be a part of today’s most cutting edge technology! All our internships are paid! We offer competitive salary and perks.

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MAY 11TH! APPLY NOW!

In this position you will be working with Danger’s experienced Library Team to formalize our Blue Tooth support for serial protocol.

* Formalize Java Native Interface APIs for our BT serial support
* Get API approval through the API Council
* Formalize the Java Native Interface and glue layer for binding the BT serial support as a GPS provider of data

Job Requirements :

Skills/Requirements

* This is a great opportunity for a Computer Science major with coding experience
* Bachelor’s level student working at the C-language level
* Working knowledge of Java a big plus!
* You must be enrolled in a college or university and actively pursuing a degree relative to the internship
* You must be immediately authorized to work in the US.

Thanks to exiva from HiptopHunt for noticing this