T-Mobile brings Facebook and paid Twitter apps to older Sidekicks

by Chris Ziegler Sep 3rd 2009 @ 2:10PM

The original Sidekick was one of the first devices to push phones as deeply social text-based tools, and that trend continues today -- which naturally makes tight integration with Facebook and Twitter absolutely vital. The fresh 2009 version of the Sidekick LX has been available with both of these, and T-Mobile is now retroactively offering them to owners of the original LX, the Sidekick 2008, and the Sidekick Slide (remember that?). There's a catch, though -- while Facebook's free, Twitter is going to run owners of the older Sidekicks $1.99 a month, despite the fact that it's no charge to LX 2009 owners. Seems exceptionally bogus to us -- but then again, considering how great the latest LX is compared to every other Sidekick ever made, owners might just use this as an excuse to take the plunge. Both apps are now available.

[Via Phone Scoop]

Filed under: Software, T-Mobile, Danger

Tags: danger, facebook, hiptop, sidekick, sidekick lx, sidekick slide, SidekickLx, SidekickSlide, t mobile, t-mobile, tmobile, twitter

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Zipper @ Sep 4th 2009 7:59AM

Kind of odd to charge for Twitter and not facebook. I think facebook would get more use and on top of that use more bandwidth.

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gamepete64 @ Sep 4th 2009 3:46PM

Yay, I'm gonna get it asap on my 08.

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Snoopmayo @ Sep 30th 2009 2:59PM

I think if you skip all those apps and go to http://m.mwd.com is best twitter mobile web app.

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