Is the picture real or is it fake? Is this the Sidekick LX? Is it going to be available soon? How much does one cost?

Here’s a list with the specs from the picture here:

Social Networking Suite of Apps
- Facebook
- MySpace w/ video upload
- Twitter
- YouTube Mobile Access via browser

GPS Location Based Search
- Turn by Turn Navigation
- Microsoft Live Local Search and Maps

Content Creation
- Blog publishing, editing, and management client
- Photobucket Upload and Management
- Video recorder and upload to MySpace/Photobucket

Communications
- Signature Sidekick IM/SMS/E-mail Experience
- Microsoft Outlook/Exchange synchronization

Hardware
- Large (3.2 inch WVGA) screen with sharp 854×480 resolution
- Thin design
- 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and video recording
- Large QWERTY keyboard
- Expandable memory up to 8GB via MicroSD

We can’t help but notice concepts like 3G, GPS and YouTube. Is this what the 2009 Sidekick is ready to bring to the table? Looking forward for someone to confirm all of this!

via Hiptop3

Tags: 2009, 3G, GPS, LX, Mobile News, rumor, sidekick, T-Mobile, youtube

Sanyo Japan has announced the launch of its latest Katana LX Cell phone with Sprint. This CDMA cell phone has a sexy and slim exterior. In a lightweight Clamshell design the Sanyo Katana LX has alot of amazing features like GPS navigation, high-quality speakerphone, aBluetooth, VGA camera, and Sanyo’s unique call screening feature. The mirrored front of the cell phone bars view of the OLED outer display which has a resolution of 128×160. This 3.4 oz weighing phone runs on CDMA 850 / CDMA 1900 modes. It will be available soon at an expected price of 49.99 US dollars.

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Tags: Cell Phones, Katana, LX, Phone, Sanyo, Sanyo