I guess it’s about time Nokia came up with something to rival T-Mobile’s Sidekick LX 2009. Nokia’s “socially supercharged” Surge features a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard and runs on the Symbian S60 interface. It also features a 2.4″ QVGA (320 x 240) resolution screen, HSDPA connectivity up to 3.6Mbps, 2 megapixel camera, microSD expansion up to 8GB. It runs on a 1500mAh battery, same as the E71x if I’m not mistaken, which definitely means that you’ll get loads of talk and standby time.

Not quite sure how well this is going to sell since Symbian is not widely accepted across the United States.

The Nokia Surge will be available online and in-store via AT&T starting July 19, 2009. It will be priced at $79.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate, which comes in the form of an AT&T Promotion Card. As always, a two-year service agreement is required.

The Nokia Surge offers multimedia and entertainment features, including:

• 2.0 megapixel camera — Customers can capture quality photos with color camera and 4X digital zoom
• AT&T Navigator — AT&T Navigator provides audible turn-by-turn directions, monitors traffic and alerts users when there is a slowdown or incident
• AT&T Mobile Music — Customers can listen and download their favorite music from Napster Mobile, eMusic Mobile, XM Radio and more over the air
• AT&T Video Share — The first-ever service in the U.S. that allows users to share live video over wireless devices while participating in a voice call
• JuiceCaster — Customers can share videos and pictures from their wireless device to the Web’s most popular sites including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr

If you’re into the nitty gritty of technology stuff, here is the specifications sheet (in PDF format) for the device. Also, below is AT&T’s commercial for the socially supercharged Nokia Surge.

[via AT&T - News Room]