Gigaom just did an interview with T-Mobile USA’s chief technology officer, Cole Brodman, and it turns out myFaves may be getting in on the social networking bandwagon.  During the interview Brodman said that T-Mobile was working hard to reinvent its MyFaves feature into a social networking hub.  Brodman said. “I want it to be more than just voice,” he said. “I want it to be a lens to our social networks.”

Interview

OK, so the rumors of a new T-Mobile Sidekick are true, but there is still no official details. The names being tossed around for the new phone include T-Mobile Sidekick Blade and T-Mobile Sidekick 2009. Anyways here is a picture of what is to come. Stay tuned for official details soon.

It seems that the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide will now be discontinued in the Sidekick lineup. The device used equipment designed by Motorola which had some power issues. Combined with the fact that it was only available in two colors, and it will not be getting the video update makes it hard to compete with the other Sidekick’s.

So if your a fan of the Sidekick Slide now is the time to buy as it will probably only be available in stores for a limited amout of time. Although you can still find a nice stock of the phones online.

Motorola Sidekick Slide GSM PDA Cell Phone T-Mobile at US $79.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 9:26:07 PDT Add to watch list

Motorola Sidekick Slide Cell Phone PDA GSM T-Mobile at US $59.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 10:36:07 PDT Add to watch list

If you are a T-Mobile user you have probably been wondering when T-Mobile’s new 3G network will be available for you to use. Well, if the above image is true it appears that T-Mobile is saying they will be launching 3G on October 1, 2008 in 27 cities.

• New York City
• Austin
• NJ and Long Island
• Las Vagas
• Minneapolis
• Miami
• Dallas
• Chicago
• Houston
• Philadelphia
• Denver
• Detroit
• Orlando
• Kansas city
• Atlanta
• Los Angeles
• New England (whatever that means)
• Portland
• Sacramento
• San Diego
• Seattle
• Washington DC
• San Francisco
• Birmingham
• Memphis
• Tampa
• Phoenix

Here are some new pictures of the up and coming new Sidekick Gekko. The phone is rumored to be coming out this summer. But with all of the rumors going around about the phone we won’t get are hopes up until we hear the official word from T-Mobile. Anyways the phone seems to have some very cool new looks, and a slightly sleeker more modern shape.

The two above pictures where sent into hiptop3 from a BestBuy employee. They are screen shots of the internal stock tools from BestBuy, which indicate some details to the release of the T-Mobile Sidekick Gecco.

First off its seems that they may have changed the name from Gecko to Gecco. It also indicates that the release will be on July 27, which we where already aware of, and that the price will be $299.99. Other then that the only thing we can see from the pictures is the size and weight.