The Sidekick LX from 2007 is getting an update this year, with a bigger and higher resolution screen, better camera, GPS, 3G and a larger capacity battery.

It has a 3.2-inch WVGA 852 x 480 resolution screen (a BIG upgrade from the previous Sidekick LX’s 3-inch 240 x 400 screen), which I can only assume, would definitely look amazing!

The main thing about the Sidekick is the QWERTY keyboard underneath the slide-out screen. The device, now sporting 3G connectivity, is for instant messaging nuts, those all-day texting marathons and of course, the fad nowadays… Twitter! It also has a built-in GPS receiver along with a 3.2 megapixel shooter.

A previous Sidekick phone was called the Sidekick LX. This new one just has a “2009″ affixed at the end. I wonder why they didn’t make up a new name for it. Sidekick LXi would certainly be easier to remember.

Based on the countdown clock on the T-Mobile website, the Sidekick LX 2009 becomes available on May 13, 2009. It is priced at $199.99 (after a $50 mail-in rebate) with a 2-year contract.

[via nitro:licious and Neowin.net]