T-Mobile suspends Sidekick Slide sales

T-Mobile confirmed Monday that it had temporarily suspended sales of the Sidekick Slide until it can discover why the phone is turning off when the device is opened and closed. The issue is localized to the Slide models, produced by Motorola. The Sharp-produced Sidekick LX and iD are not affected, T-Mobile said. The Slide first disappeared from the carrier's online store late on Friday.

Customers will have three different options to address the issue, T-Mobile said. First, they could opt to keep their devices until both the carrier and Motorola have more information about the issue. If they do not wish to keep the Slide, they may trade it in for an LX, or apply the purchase price to another phone model. It is not immediately known how widespread the power problem is.