The Sidekick messaging devices haven’t had as high a profile here in the UK as in the US, although T-Mobile is now selling the very attractive Sidekick Slide, which should change that. Not least because it’s just got a new MySpace Mobile application, providing push access to the social network. Push? Yep: you can access messages, comments, friend requests and other info, and get automatic alerts pop up to tell you when new messages arrive, rather than have to log in to check them. There’s also one-button uploading of photos to your profile, and the ability to edit your profile from the Sidekick. Oh, and the app is free to use, too. If you have a Sidekick, you can download it from the community folder of the handset’s Catalogue menu. It’s certainly a neat idea, and is comparable to the dedicated Facebook application for BlackBerry devices that was launched last year. Actually, that’s our only quibble with the Sidekick news - it’d be nice to have similar apps for Facebook and Bebo available for the Slide…
