T-Mobile 4G Mobile Hotspot hitting stores tomorrow, just as expected

Don't ya just love it when a plan comes together? As expected, T-Mobile has confirmed that its 4G Mobile Hotspot will be hitting stores tomorrow. The ZTE-sourced sliver of plastic and OLED will be T-Mo's first such device and, with its HSPA+ radio, clocks in at 21Mbps, while an SD card slot means it can provide up to 32GB of wireless storage. You can read more about it from our hands-on, or just go get your own tomorrow for $79.99 -- after the requisite rebate and contract negotiations, of course. 

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T-Mobile Releases Hands On Sidekick 4G Video

T-Mobile announced the new Sidekick 4G Android smartphone earlier this week, and now they have released a hands on video which shows us some of the features as well as the user interface on the new T-Mobile Sidekick 4G.

As a reminder of the specifications, the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G is made by Samsung and it comes with Google’s Android OS, and features a 3.5 inc Super AMOLED display plus a slide out QWERTY keyboard, have a look at the video of it in action below.

Other specifications on the Sidekick 4G include a custom TouchWiz user interface, and it will come with Android 2.2 Froyo, there is also a front facing VGA camera for video calls and a three megapixel camera on the back.

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T-Mobile Sidekick 4G from Samsung announced, coming 'later this spring'

Samsung T-Mobile Sidekick 4G

Sure, Danger's servers are going away, but the Sidekick brand belongs to T-Mobile -- and that particular component of the teen-friendly smartphone ecosystem pioneer isn't going anywhere. Of course, the carrier's been saying for a couple months now that it'd be relaunching Sidekick on Android, but they're making the device very official today with the unveiling of the Samsung-sourced Sidekick 4G. Though it lacks a swiveling display, T-Mobile is quick to note that the phone's got a "pop-tilt" mechanism that should still be pretty unique in the market -- and this is the first Sidekick with a touchscreen (3.5 inch WVGA, to be exact). The Android 2.2-based unit has a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 3 megapixel primary cam, and a pretty fierce-looking user interface (dare we say a tad Kin-like?) that comes loaded with a couple Samsung staples -- Samsung Media Hub, notably -- along with Qik video calling, DriveSmart texting-while-driving lockout functionality, and Sidekick Group Text and Cloud Text, which together form some manner of cross-platform messaging tool. Pricing and availability are a little murky at this point, but we can expect it "later this spring" in your choice of black or "pearl magenta." Follow the break for the full press release.

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