Sidekick 4G

So today I went to Stonewood Mall and dropped by the T-Mobile store so I could finally see the Sidekick 4G that I've had my eye on since I heard it was coming out. Having owned a Sidekick LX, seeing a new Sidekick coming out made me happy since the keyboard is awesome! I used to be so fast on the LX and I could text without looking(something I doubt I will ever be able to do on a touch screen phone). Anyway, so from reviews I've seen on the Sidekick, the only real downside(in my opinion) is that the camera is a 3MP with no flash. So that means I can only get decent pictures with good lighting. That's a bit disappointing considering my current phone has a 5MP camera. As of today I also don't currently know if I can create custom themes like I did for my LX(which was my favorite thing to do at the time). Although I've already gotten over that in case I can't do it. Size wise I'm looking to have a phone that's about as big as the LX, but the SK4G is thinner for sure. The keyboard is pretty much the same albeit with some tweaks. Here's a side by side of the phones.

So yeah you can see that there isn't too big a difference. The big change from LX to 4G is that the 4G is manufactured by Samsung while Sharp took care of the LX. The 4G is also the first Sidekick to run the latest Android software. The LX ran on Danger's OS. New to the Sidekick 4G is "Group Chat" and "Cloud Texting". With Group Chat, you can send a text to a selected amount of people, and they'll all be able to reply to the thread regardless of what carrier they are using. They will also see replies for anyone else within the group. Cloud Text is a feature that allows you to visit a specific site on T-Mobile and will allow you to reply from your PC. Your messages apparently get synced together. This can be useful if you're charging your phone in a different room and you need to get a text out. I decided that I definitely want the Sidekick 4G.