In an announcement that comes with very little surprise, T-Mobile has officially unveiled the latest Sidekick — the LX. Of course, we have already seen a Sidekick LX, but to differentiate, this is the Sidekick LX 2009 and it is also noted for being the first Sidekick to have 3G support. Overall the design of the new Sidekick is similar to the previous models in that it has the flip out screen with hidden QWERTY keyboard, however it does have an overall sleeker appearance. Just for reference, the Sidekick LX 2009 measures in at 5.2 x 2.4 x 0.64-inches and weighs in at 5.82-ounces.

To begin with, the Sidekick LX 2009 features a 3.2-inch display with an 854 x 480 resolution, built-in GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash and it also ships with a 1GB microSD card. Additionally, the new Sidekick also features Twitter integration along with improved support for Facebook and MySpace. Overall, the Sidekick still remains tightly integrated with social media, which includes the ability to record, play and share videos on sites such as MySpace and YouTube. Additionally, T-Mobile also plans to offer Exchange Active Sync support however that will not be available at the time of launch. According to T-Mobile customers will be able to download that support “shortly following” the launch.

The Sidekick LX 2009 will be available in either Carbon or Orchid and will set you back $199 which comes along with the standard two-year agreement and after a mail-in-rebate. Customers can begin pre-ordering the device as of today (April 17) with regular availability beginning on May 13.

At this point it seems to come without question that we will be seeing a new Sidekick in the coming months, what seems to be more of the mystery at this point is what it will be called. So far the circulating rumors have referred to it as the Sidekick 2009, Sidekick LX 2009 and more »

The latest details surrounding the upcoming launch of the Sidekick 2009 are still falling in the rumor category, however they do seem to hold a little bit of truth. As for the launch, so far we have seen some good stuff coming through, but there still are a few key items missing. To begin with, the latest rumor is calling for the Sidekick 2009 to launch on April 1, 2009, which would be during CTIA.

As far as the truth to that date, like I mentioned it is just a rumor at this point, however there is a possibility. We have seen online reports that there are users in the wild that are already testing the device, we have even recently seen that leaked image proving it. That seems to fit with the time lime for an April 1 release, however, on the flip side, we still have not seen that required FCC listing just yet. This seems to be a little bit of good and bad for an April 1 release, but as always time will tell.

Despite the fact that the upcoming Sidekick is often being referred to as both the Sidekick 2009 and also by the codename of Blade, that does not seem to have stopped someone from leaking a nice, and surprisingly not very blurry image. Although, not a big difference in style, the Blade does seem to be more »