Spy Shots: Motorola's New Sidekick?

Looks like T-Mobile is teeing up another Sidekick—but this time, the handset appears to be coming courtesy of Motorola. The KickRAZR, perhaps?

Gizmodo got its hands on some snazzy images of the rumored Motorola Zante, a sleek, glossy-looking thing with the Sidekick's signature swiveling display and a full QWERTY keypad. Indeed, the basic design of the phone looks pretty close to the Sidekicks of old, complete with the "Jump" key and the pea-sized trackball. In fact, besides the shiny new shell, it's tough to find anything all that different from the Sidekick 3 (assuming the leaked spec sheet is accurate): there's still a music player, a 1.3-megapixel camera, plenty of IM options (including AIM, Yahoo! Messenger and MSN), a solid Web browser, Bluetooth, push e-mail (nothing new) and the aging but still intuitive Danger OS. All well and good, but still no 3G (not surprising, since T-Mobile is still EDGE-only in the U.S.) and the 65,000-color display is sorely in need of an upgrade.

Anyway, Gizmodo's spy is reporting a Q3 release date for the Zante—in other words, within the next couple of months—with a retail price of about $270, in line with previous full-fledged Sidekicks. Stay tuned.

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