14 DAY TRIAL // Soon, mobile phone carrier T-Mobile should bring to the market a new device in its Sidekick family of devices, namely the Sidekick 4G, which was officially introduced a few days ago.
The company already confirmed a series of details on the hardware specifications of this device, but it seems that there are some features that were not included in the official announcement.
Among them, we can count the fact that the forthcoming T-Mobile Sidekick 4G would sport Mobile Hotspot capabilities, as well as tethering for broadband data.
In all fairness, this was somehow expected, since the wireless carrier already offers the feature in many of its smartphones.
At the same time, the Sidekick 4G device, which comes from Samsung, would arrive with support for microSD cards, and would include a 2GB card right from the start, in addition to the 1GB of built-in memory that it already sports.
Unlike Windows Phone 7 devices, the Sidekick would allow users to swap the memory card, so as to include more storage space into the mix.
Features like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, as well as built-in GPS receiver, would also be included into the mix, it seems.
Previously, the wireless carrier announced that the new device would arrive on the market with a 1GHz application processor packed inside, and that it would run under Google's Android 2.2 Froyo operating system.
The carrier also confirmed that the new Sidekick would arrive with a VGA front-facing camera that would support video calling (T-Mobile Video Chat powered by Qik).
One of the most appealing features of the handset would be the fact that it would offer support for the wireless carrier's 4G network, thus providing users with enhanced download speeds (it would support up to 21 Mbps theoretical speeds).
The company unveiled that the new Sidekick 4G device would arrive on shelves later this spring, but did not confirm a specific release date on it as of yet.